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Stowe MS 1013
- Record Id:
- 040-001953867
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x000227
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 1013
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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COMMONPLACE-BOOK belonging to, and for the most part in the hand of, Edward Vernon, D.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector of St. George's, Bloomsbury (ob. 1761). The contents are:-(1) "A brief account of the nature, end and use of chronology." f. 3;-(2) "De origine scribendi": a treatise in English on the art of writing, extracted from Harley MS.5899 (f.71). f. 25;-(3) "Coronatio Reginæ Anglo-Saxonum ante conquestum," extracted from Harley MS. 6166 (f. 67). In the hand of T. Astle. f. 29;-(4) Notes on the manufacture of ink. f. 32;-(5) "An Epitome of Dr. [Samuel] Clarke's demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God." f. 35;-(6) "A translation of Marquis de la Hopital's [Guillaume Francois Antoine de l'Hospital, Marquis de Sainte Mesme] four first books of Conic Sections." f. 44. At the end, reversing the volume, are miscellaneous extracts and commonplaces, chiefly in the hand of Thomas Astle. Paper; ff. 117. XVIIIth cent. Small Quarto.
Edward Vernon, DD, Rector of St George's, Bloomsbury: Commonplace-book: 18th cent.
includes:
- f. 3 Chronology: Account of the nature, end and use of chronology: 18th cent.
- f. 25 Palaeography: Treatise " de origine scribendi ": 18th cent.: Copy.
- f. 29 Ceremonials: Coronatio Reginæ Anglo-Saxonum, from Harl. MS. 6166.
- f. 32 Ink: Notes on the manufacture of: 18th cent.
- f. 35 Dr Samuel Clarke, ob. 1729: Epitome of his " Demonstration of the Being, etc., of God ": 18th cent.
- f. 44 Mathematics: Translation of Marq. de l'Hospital's Conic Sections, Bk. i-iv.: 18th cent.
- f. 44 Guillaume François Antoine de L'Hospital, Marquis de Sainte Mesme: Translation of his Conic Sections, Bk. I-IV.: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953831
040-001953867 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 981-1015 : CLASS XXII.PROSE WORKS, PHILOLOGICAL, MORAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, ETC, WITH LITERARY COLLECTIONS AND COMMONPLACES.
Stowe MS 1013 : COMMONPLACE-BOOK belonging to, and for the most part in the hand of, Edward Vernon, D.D., of Trinity College, Cambridge, Rector of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0022]/036-001953831[0017]/040-001953867
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Clarke, Samuel, Dr, d 1729
L'Hospital, Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de Sainte Mesme
Vernon, Edward, DD, Rector of St George's, Bloomsbury