'Monumenta' parts 3 and 4
MS. Top. gen. c. 25
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Title
'Monumenta' parts 3 and 4
Shelfmark
MS. Top. gen. c. 25
Summary
Comprises
(fol. 4). Monumenta, part 3, containing sepulchral monuments, roads and dykes, pavements, coins, etc., with many plans, and letters from James Tyrrell of Shotover, Nov. 1692 (fol. 51), Thomas Guidott, July 20, 1689 (fol. 118), Andrew Paschal, two, 1689 (fol. 120);
(fol. 150). Monumenta, part 4, Στρώματα, including 'Chronologia Architectonica', 1671, an early and interesting attempt to discover a sequence of styles (fol. 152), (Chronologia Aspidologica', notes on escutcheons (fol. 180), 'Chronologia Graphica', a study of palæography, 1689 (fol. 185), illustrated by:
two leaves of an 11th cent. Vulgate, the first leaf bearing a list of capitula xcii-cxix, the second Ecclesiasticus iii. 18 - iv. 7;
a letter from John Whitson of Bristol, Dec. 6, 1621;
a record of sales of land by Thomas Pope of Hartlip in Kent (early 16th century), etc., 'Chronologia Vestiaria', a history of costume (fol. 197), notes on 'Nouuelles', prices, weights and measures, etc. (fol. 207), with a copy of an Assize of Beer and Bread from the Red Book of Bath, 1428 (fol. 216, cf. 226), and a paper on 'the proportions of the several languages, ingredients of our English', 1692/3 (fol. 238).
Copies of Latin inscriptions found in Great Britain occur at fol. 3.
Date
written chiefly in about 1665-1693 by J. Aubrey
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
250 Leaves
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Collection contents
John Aubrey's 'Monumenta Britannica'
'Monumenta' parts 3 and 4
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