'Copy' or a second edition of Christopher Wren's Numismatum antiquorum sylloge (Lond. 1708)
'Copy' or a second edition of Christopher Wren's Numismatum antiquorum sylloge (Lond. 1708), incorporating parts of a printed exemplar of that work, and dividing it into three parts (at fols. 21, 48), the third containing 'Marmora epigrammatibus insignita', all Latin except one Greek.
Fol. 1 contains a list of the divisions of the Bodleian coins about 1750, partly based on Wise's Nummi Bodleiani, in dr. Owen's hand.
Dates
- Creation: Written perhaps in the second quarter of the 18th century in England
Extent
56 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- Latin
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Num. c. 1, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Num. c. 1
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 20447
Abstract
'Copy' or a second edition of Christopher Wren's Numismatum antiquorum sylloge (Lond. 1708)
Biographical / Historical
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) was an architect, astronomer, mathematician and MP.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 30647
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired by The Bodleian Library in 1890.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
12 5/8 × 9 in.
- Title
- 'Copy' or a second edition of Christopher Wren's Numismatum antiquorum sylloge (Lond. 1708)
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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