The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Four Small Round Boxes [ARK00152]
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: Boxes complete with lids are numbered "1", "2", "4" and "6". Number 6 has a small piece of crystal inside. Each has a scrap of lint. These boxes have been linked to the note found, in Bargrave's hand, in the cabinets referring to a group of 34: "For curiosity, because sold in the shops at Rome, so that for 2s. 6d. I had these 34 (pretended) reliques [sic.] of saints' bones".] (early - mid 17th cent)