The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Four Roman Pastes [ARK00047]
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: Four Roman Pastes, of various nature, which Bargrave describes as "Paste antiche Romane incognite": (i)- Green with metallic "oil" like colours running through (ii)- Predominately Green, other colours visible (iii)- Coloured red and brown (iv)- Smaller version of previous paste "They seem to be a kind of glass, or rather of that material of which enamell [sic.] is made; but whichsoever the matter is I know not ... they put an esteem on them and I was (made) pay dear for them"; "Several pieces of a flat ancient Roman paste ... pict [sic.] up amongst the antiquarians".] (approx 15AD - 500AD)