The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Cardinal of Rome (ambiguous) ( - )

References in Documents:
A Catalogue of Many Natural Rarities (Authorial, print 1664) A peece of Oaken Wood turned into Jasper, it is polished on the one side, that the grain of the Wood may appear, and was sawed off from a peece of Wood like a billet, that a Cardinal had in Rome, for a great Rarity.
A Catalogue of Many Natural Rarities (Authorial, print 1665) A peece of Oaken-wood turned into Jasper, it is polished on the one side, that the grain of the wood may appear, and was sawed off from a peece of wood like a billet. A Cardinal of Rome once possest it for a great Rarity.