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Sloane MS 1950
- Record Id:
- 040-002114308
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000603.0x000271
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 1950
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Sloane 1950
Paper, in Octavo, ff. 112, XVII Century; apparently in the handwriting of Nehemiah Grew.
A Common-place book, containing miscellaneous observations; amongst which the following may be noticed: —
1. Short account of Constantinople. ff. 2-4.
2. Short account of China. f. 5.
3. Naval and military terms, rivers and seas whence named, etc. ff. 7, 40.
4. Observations relative to the customs and manners of foreign nations, etc. ff. 9b-11.
5. Terms of Drawing, Paining, etc. f. 12.
6. Short accounts of Thales, Solon, Socrates, and other antient philosophers, and their different systems of philosophy. ff. 13-34.
7. 'The Marchionesse of Newcastle her philosophy compendiumd.' ff. 35-38.
8. A collection of sentences extracted apparently from some book. f. 39.
9. Some anatomical observations. ff. 41-46.
10. On the practice of archery. f. 47.
11. Some observations on fleas, flies, spiders and other insects. ff. 48b-50.
12. The several terms of horsemanship. f. 51.
13. Remarks upon various stars and constellations. f. 51b.
14. A common-place book, consisting of verses, phrases, etc., collected from Martial, Seneca, Ovid, &c. Latin. ff. 53-74.
15. Characterismus, or a system of such rules as might be best for the writing of short-hand. ff. 75-87.
16. Observations on Poetry, with illustrations from different Comedies. ff. 88-91.
17. Letter de M. Le Cardinal Du Perron enuoyee au Sieur Casaubon en Angleterre; in English. ff. 92-112. Printed in French, in 4to., Paris, 1612.
Writers of Manuscripts: Grew (Nehemiah).
Nehemiah Grew, MD; Secretary to the Royal Society: Miscellaneous papers: 17th-18th centt.
includes:
- ff. 2-4 City of Constantinople: Account of: 17th cent.
- f. 5 China: Account of: 17th cent.
- ff. 9 b-11 Manners and Customs: Observations on those of foreign nations: 17th cent.
- f. 12 Fine Arts: Terms of drawing, painting, etc.: 17th cent.
- f. 13 Thales, the Philosopher: Account of: 17th cent.
- f. 13 b Solon: Account of: 17th cent.
- ff. 13-34 b Philosophy: Account of ancient systems of: 17th cent.
- f. 15 b Socrates: Account of: 17th cent.
- ff. 35-38 Margaret Cavendish, wife (1645) of William, 1st Duke of Newcastle: Compendium of her philosophy: 17th cent.
- f. 47 Sports and Pastimes: On the practice of archery: 17th cent.
- ff. 48 b-50 Entomology: Entomological observations: 17th cent.
- ff. 75-87 Shorthand: System of shorthand: 17th cent.
- ff. 88-91 b Poetry: Observations on: 17th cent.
- ff. 92-112 Isaac Casaubon: Letter to, from Card. du Perron: circ. 1612.
- ff. 92-112 Jacques Davy du Perron, Cardinal Bishop of Evreux and Archbishop of Sens: Letter to I. Casaubon: [1612].: Transl.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Sloane Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-002114308 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 1950 : Sloane 1950Paper, in Octavo, ff. 112, XVII Century; apparently in the handwriting of Nehemiah Grew.A Common-place book,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[1956]/040-002114308
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Casaubon, Isaac, classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian, 1559-1614,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121340643
Cavendish, Margaret, wife (1645) of William, 1st Duke of Newcastle
Duperron, Jacques, politician, bishop and cardinal, 1556-1618
Grew, Nehemiah, MD; Secretary to the Royal Society
Socrates
Solon, of Athens, c 630 BC-c 560 BC
Thales, the Philosopher - Places:
- China, Asia
Constantinople, Europe/Asia