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032-003442346

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Title:

Papers, and printed tracts, relating to the celebrated shield formerly in the possession of Dr. John Woodward

Scope & Content:

A folio volume of papers and printed tracts relating to the celebrated shield formerly in the possession of Dr. John Woodward, ff. 185 and pp. *1-*69. They are:

1. Copy of a letter from Dr. Woodward to Mr. Sperling, at Copenhagen. Gresham College. 29 July 1703. f. 1.

2. Copy of a letter (in the hand of Pierre Valkinier) from Gisb. Cupertto to Nicolas Witsen. Daventriæ, 21 Jun 1707. (Latin). f. 5.

3. Letter from J. Le Clerc to p. Valkenier. Amst, 28 Juin 1707. (French). f. 5.

4. Letter from Mr. Basnage to the same. Rotterdam, 6 Juillet 1707. (French). f. 9.

5. Letter from Hadrian Reland to Dr. Woodward. Traj and Rhen, 7 Jul 1707. (Latin). f. 11.

6. Letter from p. Valkenier to Dr. Woodward. La Haye, 8 Juillet 1707. (French). f. 13.

7. Letter from Gisb. Cuperus to p. Valkenier. 23 Jul 1707. (Latin). f. 14.

8. Letter from Thomas Hearne to Mr. Woodward. Edmund Hall, Oxford, 26 Sept 1707, with an extract from Dr. Woodward’s reply. 12 Nov 1707. f. 18.

9. Letter from p. Valkenier to the same. La Haye, 14 Oct 1707. (French). f. 20.

10. Letter from Gisb. Cuperus to p. Valkenier. Daventriæ, 12 Nov 1707. (Latin). f. 22.

11. Letter from Jac. Gronovius to Dr. Woodward. Lugd ad Mæn, 4 Oct 1707. (Latin). f. 28.

12. Epitome Literarum à Dūo Cupero, 26 Nov 1707, datarum ad Dnum Valkenier (in the hand of Valkenier). f. 33.

13. Letter from J. J. Schenchzer to Dr. Woodward. Figuri, 30 Maii 1708. (Latin). f. 34.

14. Letter from Ezech. Spanhemius to the same. Londini, Kal. Sept 1709. (Latin). f. 36.

15. Letter from H. Dodwell to the same. Shottesbrook near Maidenhead. 3 Jan 1710/1711. f. 37.

16. Letter from J. J. Schenchzer to the same. Figuri, 22 Apr 1710. (Latin). f. 39.

17. Letter from H. Dodwell to the same. Shottesbrook, 14 Apr 1711. f. 40.

18. Extract of a letter of H. Dodwell to Mr. J. Downes, in answer to his doubts concerning the antiquity of Dr. Woodward’s shield. 12 May 1711. f. 41.

19. Letter from H. Dodwell to Dr. Woodward. Shottesbrook, 21 May 1711. f. 43.

20. Note from Fr. Brokesby to the same, written on the envelope of the last letter (not dated). f. 44.

21. Letter from John Battely to the same (not dated). f. 45.

22. A list of some manuscripts and letters relating to the late Dr. Woodward’s Roman shield. f. 46.

23. Another list of the same papers, lent to Mr. Ward, Professor at Gresham College. f. 47.

24. Rough draft of a letter, without signatures, concerning Dr. Woodward’s manuscripts. Oxford Street, 7 July 1739. f. 49.

25. A Synopsis of Mr. Ainsworth’s dissertation on the equestrian shield, late Dr. Woodward’s. f. 50.

26. A paper by Mr. J. Downes, headed thus by Dr. Woodward, ‘Ignorantis et invidiosi cujusdam circa Clypeum antiquum Woodwardianum Insimultationes.’ (Latin).

27. ‘Description d’un Clypeus Votiuns Antique, qui est dans le Cabinet de M. Woodward.’ f. 57.

28. A duplicate copy of the last. f. 59.

29. Translation of the last paper, with some notes added. f. 61.

30. An essay on the votive shield of Camillus (the original of the printed essay, art. 35). f. 63.

31. Portion of a letter, or dissertation, on the shield, in Latin. ff. 68, 69, 71, 72.

*31. Description of the shield, and conjectures as to its age, written in Dutch, by the same hand. f. 70.

32. Various memoranda, and notes, relating to the shield, all in Dr. Woodward’s handwriting. ff. 73-100.

33. List of persons to whom plaster casts of Dr. Woodward’s shield were sent. f. 101.

34. ‘Henrici Dodwell de Parma Equestri Woodwardiana Dissertatio. Recensuit Tho. Hearne, A.M., 8 Oxon 1713.’ (Printed). f. 102.

35. The London Journal for Saturday 19 April 1729, containing ‘An Essay on the Votive Shield of Camillus.’ (Printed). f. 176.

36. ‘De Clypeo Camilli Antiquo, operis Elegantissimi è Reliquiis Musei Woodwardiani ap. Cl. Virum Ric. King, Trib. Mil. adservato, Dissertatio.’ (Auctore Robert Ainsworth). Quarto, London, 1734. (Printed). f. 178.

37. ‘Parma Votiva Camilli’; a dissertation on Dr. Woodward’s shield, by John Wilkinson, M.D., with various memoranda and papers on the same subject chiefly in the handwriting of Dr. Wilkinsion. Among them is the draft of a letter from Dr. Wilkinson to Dr. William Hunter, giving an account of the shield, and offering to sell it. Woodford, 17 Aug 1779. ff. *1-*71.

Prefixed is a general list of contents, pp. I-III. These papers were bequeathed by Dr. Woodward to Colonel King, at whose death they were purchased by Dr. Wilkinson, and bought for the Museum at the sale of his Library, Lot. 665. 29 Oct 1819.See Ward’s ‘Lives of the Gresham Professors.’ f. Land. 1740. pp. 290, 291, 299.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume (185 folios, 69 pages)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Dutch
English
French
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Folio

Custodial History:

Papers bequeathed by Dr. John Woodward to Colonel King, at whose death they were purchased by Dr. Wilkinson, and bought for the British Museum at the sale of his library, Lot. 665, 29 Oct 1819

Arrangement:

Prefixed is a general list of contents, pages I-III

Publications:

Ward, Dr. John, The Lives of the Professors of Gresham College, (1740)

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.