Travel notes made by John Greaves
MS. Savile 49
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Travel notes made by John Greaves
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 49
Summary
Travel notes made by John Greaves (or Graves) the mathematician (d. 1652) in Italy, Turkey, and Egypt, in four volumes:
1. Jottings made in 1637-9 in Richard Allestree's printed almanack for 1637, including notes on weights and measures, inscriptions, and scientific experiments at Florence, Rome, and Siena, 30 leaves, 5 1/2 × 4 in.
2. Memoranda and church notes at Constantinople, without arrangement, 28 leaves, 6 1/2 × 4 1/10 in.
3. An astronomical journal in English kept in Egypt, 1637-8, with further memoranda in Italian and Arabic on the Pyramids, 80 leaves, 4 4/5 × 3 1/5 in.
4. Colloquial phrases in Latin, Greek, and Arabic scattered throughout a volume devoted to memoranda and copies of inscriptions made at Cairo and Alexandria, 1638, 67 leaves, 6 2/5 × 1 2/5 in.
Date
Four manuscripts written by John Greaves, 1637-1639, in Italy, Turkey, and Egypt
Language
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Italian
Multiple languages
Arabic
English
Physical facet
On paper, kept in a box
Physical extent
4 items
Custodial history
Labelled '49'
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Collection contents
Travel notes made by John Greaves
