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Add MS 6760
- Record Id:
- 032-003442823
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442823
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x00053a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6760
- Title:
- Observations, etc., on architecture
- Scope & Content:
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The following fifteen volumes (6760-6773 and 6776) contain the collections of James Essex, architect, of Cambridge, and form a part of the legacy of the Rev. Thomas Kerrich.
In quarto, ff. 83, containing:
1. ‘Observations on the Antiquity of Masons and Masonry in England. By James Essex, f.S.A.’ ff. 1-16.
2. ‘Remarks upon Brick and Stone buildings in England,’ (printed in the Archæologia, IV, 73). ff. 17-28b. Cf. Add MS 6761, f. 7.
3. Sketch of two of the columns of Soloman’s Temple, and note from Vilalpanda tan. 2, l, 3, c, 4s. ff. 29b-30b.
4. Transcript by Mr. Essex, of ‘Certayne Questyons, with awnsweres to the Same, concernynge the Mystery of Maconrye; evrythenne by the Hand of Kynge Henrye the Sixthe of the Name, and faythfullye copyed by me Johan Leylande, Antiquarius, by the Commannde of His Highnesse,’ with notes by Mr. Locke, and glossary. ff. 31b-36.
5. Notes respecting the rebuilding of the Temple of Jerusalem by Zorobabel. ff. 37, 38.
6. Questions to be asked and answers to be given, previous to the admission of a free mason to another lodge, the oath, and free mason’s signs, etc. ff. 39-48.
7. ‘Observations on Croyland Abbey and Bridge. By James Essex, f.S.A.’ (Printed in the Bibliotheca Topograph Brit. No. 22). ff. 49-83b.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442823
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442823
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (83 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:
- Quarto
- Custodial History:
- Add MS 6760 to Add MS 6773, and Add MS 6776, contain the collections of James Essex, architect, of Cambridge, and form a part of the legacy of Thomas Kerrich. Add MS 6728 to Add MS 6776, inclusive, were bequeathed by Rev. Thomas Kerrich, Keeper of the Pub
- 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.
- Related Material:
- Add MS 6761; Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, volume 4, (1777)