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Add MS 6761
- Record Id:
- 032-003442824
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003442824
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075949233.0x00053b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 6761
- Title:
- Observations, plans, etc., on architecture
- Scope & Content:
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In quarto, ff. 108, containing:
1. ‘The Plan and Section of an Ancient Building at Cambridge, formerly part of the Franciscan Friary, and afterwards the Chapel of Sidney Sussex College.’ f. 1b.
2. ‘Observations on the Old Chapel of Sidney College, in Cambridge’ (imperfect). ff. 2-8.
3. Observations upon the Benedictine Priory of Dermy, with references to a plan which does not appear. ff. 9-14.
4. ‘Conjectures concerning the origin and ancient state of Grantaceester, before the year 700, by J. Essex, f.S.A.’ ff. 15-30b.
5. Observations upon the round churches in England, and particularly that in Cambridge. ff. 32-36b.
6. Extracts from the register of the parish of St. Mary next the Market, in Cambridge, from 1504 to 1635. ff. 37-48b.
7. Observations upon early English brick buildings (forming a portion of the paper upon the same subject by Essex, printed in the Archæologia, vol. IV, p. 73). ff. 49-71. Cf. Add MS 6760, f. 2.
8. ‘A Survey of Lincoln Cathedral, by James Essex, f.S.A.’ (Different from the observations upon Lincoln Cathedral, in the Archæologia, vol. IV, p. 149). ff. 72-80b.
9. ‘Some account of Lincoln Cathedral,’ read to the Society of Antiquaries, 23 Dec 1773 (not by Mr. Essex). ff. 81-83. See Add MS 6763, f. 1.
10. ‘An account of the price of Corn and other commodities for 600 years last past.’ (From Fleetwood’s Chronicon Preciosimi). ff. 84-108.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003442824", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 6761: Observations, plans, etc., on architecture" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003442824
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003442824
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (108 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 6760; Add MS 6763