The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Worm Eaten Wood [ARK00150]
Attached People: Collector (major) - Bargrave, John (1610-1680)Location(s): Current location at - Canterbury Cathedral Library and Archives (Library and/or Archive) -> Canterbury Cathedral (Institution)
Annotation:[Canterbury Catalog: Item still has own label in collection, Bargrave writes that he acquired this piece of wood in Rome. Fragment of wood with extensive but inactive wood borer damage. "From Rome, Of the wood with which cloth is made, which when it is foule is burned instead of washt [sic.] to make it clean".](early - mid 17th cent)