The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Tacitus Augustus Marcus Claudius [Emperor] (c. 200 - 276)
Roman emperor from 275 to 276 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Claudius_Tacitus Authority - ancientReferences in Documents:
stepping forwards his shield &
spear in his left Hand & on
his Arm, holding out with
his Right Hand an olive
Branch.
S.
former
out to a military Figure an
crown or Chaplet
ΚΑ
former.
in its Right Hand a Staff or spear
in it's left standing before an
a serpent arising from the Altar
XXII.
graphias)s)
in my Compass, I shall endeavour to reduce these to his Method, on
ly he
beginning with Chrystals and Diamonds, I
shall premise the Margaritæ Cumbrenses.
have as good a Water as thePearls
Oriental:
, which are as useful in Physick as the finest, though notSand-Pearls
so valuable for the Beauty.
of the finer WaTwin-Pearl
ter; a Dozen of which were sent me by my
who hath been a First-rate Benefactor to this Collection of Natural
Curiosities above 20 Years ago.
Hen. Savile's
(
t)
t)
Life ofAgricol.
is neither so agreeable to the Sentiments of
tempted by their Beauty (as
toBritish Pearls
, nor to the express Testimony of veVenus Genetrix
nerable
u)
u)
Eccles. Hist. Lib. I. C. I.
Alfred
Onyx with Moss included in Part of it. Don. D.
Boulter
Rock-Crystal, half a Foot round one Way, and within half an
Inch
of it, the other. It was brought me from
Jabes Cay
who observed therein the
Modus Concrescendiin the Middle, different
from that of the out-side. Sometimes there remains a small Drop in
the Middle of a transparent Peble that will never take the solid Form.
Irisor lesser Crystals, here are several Sorts, as those called
, from the Place inDownham Diamonds
round; from
Hargrave
fromDiamonds
(near the Sulphur-well) after Rain; as are also those at
Downham .
from the County ofBrindle-stones
near two Inches in Circumference one way, and above 2 ½ the other.
AmethistineColour. Don. D.
M. Marshal , Dublin .
from theIris minima Cambrensis
Anglesey.
Episc.
rency, and Sizes, of which one very much resembles that engraved
Lh. Tab. I. 15
fromPseudo-Adamantes
Jo. Wood
wardM. D.
ward
like, but more opace, about a Foot in Circumference; but from whence
I know not, it being given to
Crysta
lizedSpar very curious from the Iron-ores in
lized
nefactor last mentioned, from whom I received most of the
Sparsthat
follow.
Spar from
Peak.
called
from the
Scot's Pillar at
Pool's
Hole,
Derbyshire .
Spar
from the
Lonesdale's
unlike it from Alderman
Okey-holein
Quarry at
Quarry near
Stalagamites, one very curious, like
Lh. Tab. I. 50
Rasp-berry.
Species, course like the Stone they adhere to.
: This I brought from the Petrifying orStalagamites mamil
laris opacus
laris opacus
Dropping-wellat
Stalactites
or Water-pipe (
x)
x)
p. 301.
Pipes, each large enough to receive a Goose-Quill, and a transverse
one that passeth horizontally.
Stalactitesor
Lapides Stil
latitii, as
latitii
Plot
y)
y)
Nat. Hist.
p96
Top of a Vault, and is seven Inches round where it hath joined the
Roof, yet has a small Hole quite thro' it;
ry fine Sparine Substance, but hath no Hollow.
rence betwixt the
Stalactitesand the
Sparis, that the former is always
opacous and never angular. The latter always or usually perspicuous,
and never round (
z)
z)
p. 306.
Moon-stone or
Selenites Rhomboidalisof
Plot
a)
a)
consists of ten Planes, four long, as many short, and the two Sides:
sent me by the
UniversityCol.
hath also two smaller
Selenitæimmersed about half Way in the Body
of the large one.
that seems like the half one, split theSelenites
long Way, so hath but six Planes.
of the longer Sort and thinner:
in Digging a Well at
from
Woodward
Musæum.
Talcum aureum Indiæ Occidentalis.
sides this
Gold Talkfrom the
a Sort of Silver
, but know not the Place.English Talk
graphias)s)
in my Compass, I shall endeavour to reduce these to his Method, on
ly he
beginning with Chrystals and Diamonds, I
shall premise the Margaritæ Cumbrenses.
have as good a Water as thePearls
Oriental:
, which are as useful in Physick as the finest, though notSand-Pearls
so valuable for the Beauty.
of the finer WaTwin-Pearl
ter; a Dozen of which were sent me by my
who hath been a First-rate Benefactor to this Collection of Natural
Curiosities above 20 Years ago.
Hen. Savile's
(
t)
t)
Life ofAgricol.
is neither so agreeable to the Sentiments of
tempted by their Beauty (as
toBritish Pearls
, nor to the express Testimony of veVenus Genetrix
nerable
u)
u)
Eccles. Hist. Lib. I. C. I.
Alfred