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Add MS 5023/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003907484
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003907481
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122614464.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5023/6
- Title:
- Drawing of fossil remains found on the Blattenberg Hill, made by Johan Jakob Scheuchzer
- Scope & Content:
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Drawing in Indian ink of fossil remains found on the Blattenberg Hill, near Zurich (Switzerland), made by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, M.D., and dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane. A title for the drawing is inscribed in Latin: "Monumentum vere diluvianum figuris quas heic delineatas vides ultra planam tabulae superficiem exstantibus ex monte Blattenberg Glaronensium eruditis imprimis reliquiarium diluvii amantibus problematis loco propositum a possessore Jacobo Scheuchzer M.D. Math. prof. Tigurino".
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003907481
040-003907484 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5023 : Miscellaneous drawings of the human body, ships and geometrical figures
Add MS 5023/6 : Drawing of fossil remains found on the Blattenberg Hill, made by Johan Jakob Scheuchzer - Hierarchy:
- 032-003907481[0003]/040-003907484
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5023
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 box (1 roll)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 490 x 134 mm (mount); 490 x 111 mm (drawing).
Medium: paper laid down on canvas.
Material: ink, grey wash.
- Finding Aids:
- Part of this description has been transcribed from the handwritten Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 20 (1831), located in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'Drawing in indian ink of various fossil remains found in the mountain of Blattenberg, near Zurich, in Switzerland, delineated by Professor Joh. Jac. Scheuchzer, M.D. and dedicated to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart.'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Scheuchzer, Johann Jacob, FRS; Swiss naturalist
Sloane, Hans, Baronet, physician and collector, 1660-1753,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000123196729,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/77959