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Add MS 6120
- Record Id:
- 032-003442339
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442339
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x000356
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6120
- Title:
- Antiquarian collections in a recent hand
- Scope & Content:
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A thin quarto volume of antiquarian collections in a recent hand, ff. 12, containing:
1. Sketch in Indian ink of the armorial bearings of the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire, with some English verses in illustration, (from Butcher’s History of Stamford, octavo, 1717). f. 1
2. Illustration of a Roman inscription in Honour of Serapis, dug up at York in 1770 by Dr. Samuel Pegge (with a drawing): from the Archæologia, vol. III, p. 151. f. 3b.
3. On the boundary stone of Croyland Abbey by Dr. Givernon Pownall, 1771 (with a drawing): from the Archæologia, vol. III, p. 96. f. 6b.
4. View, and section, of Barrows in the Orkneys (from the Archæologia, III, 276). f. 10.
5. Drawings of two ancient gold medals or jewels (from Archæologia, III, 371). f. 11.
6. Plan of a Roman station at Melandria (in Derbyshire) and inscription found there (from Archæologia, III, 236). f. 12. Purchased at Mr. Towneley’s sale, second part, 1815.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442339", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 6120: Antiquarian collections in a recent hand" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442339
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442339
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- A thin quarto
- Custodial History:
- Purchased at the sale of the second portion of John Towneley’s Library, in 1815
- Publications:
- Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, volume 3, (1775); Butcher, Richard, A Survey and Antiquity of the Town of Stamford, octavo, (1717)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description has been transcribed from the original [18th-19th-century] handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts and may contain inaccuracies. The handwritten catalogue is available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.