The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Lloyd (1638 - 13 Feb 1687)
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16845?docPos=4 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lloyd_%28Bishop_of_St_David%27s%29 Relevant locations: Housed collection or remnant at Ashmolean Museum, OxfordReferences in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Junior Proctor (MacGregor, ed.)
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[Addendum 22]
For
The RevdDr Lloyd Vice-Chancellor of theUniversity of Oxon & Principall ofJesus College
at His Lodgings there These
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Of theEgyptian embalming Trough given byDr. Perry . SeeView of the Levant &c byCharles Perry MD. P.519
Extract – The Matter or Substance of this precious piece of Antiquity, is granite of the prime Quality: its form is this & if it were perfect at the end, c, it would then appear to be the Section, taken lengthways, of a vase of this form for without doubt the other side corresponded with it as to form, Dimension & ornaments. The whole piece from the point a to the end c is 7 feet long the width 2 feet & the fl at part of an uniform Thickness of nearly 10 Inches: its weight 20 hundr&c. Whatsoever it is or may have been when whole & entire, it appears to be the most precious & curious piece of Antiquity that we have seen in our Travels, whether in Italy, Greece, Syria or Egypt. &c.
Board w – seeh. HieroglyphicsMarmora Oxonien : pars. secada. IVTwo Egyptian Figure Wi. Hierogl: – V
Phoenician Characters VIIISlab w – CXLIVh. Arabic Characters