The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
D. Baxter, Reverend ( - )
Ordained minister, “VDM” verbi divini minister (Minister of the Divine Word) References in Documents: Corallium fossile exalbidum; the first of the
Lh. 92
from
Shipston Sollersin
.Gloc . Lh
tus
Madrepora, Lh.
Sloan
Branches not above an Inch high (
b)
b)
p. 51
; this is of the tapering Part towards theCorallium al
bum porosum maximum
bum porosum maximum
Top, thicker than the little Finger, about five Inches long, hath
but one Joint, the muricated Prickles are convex below, but Hollow
above, fit to receive Nourishment from the Water, but whether from
the
, one Leaf growing out of another,Corallina Opuntiades
from the Coast of
full of small Holes upon the Surface: It was broke from the Rock
that my Friend's Ship struck against. Don. D.
Madox.
ches
many lesser Branches intermixed. Don.
D. Baxter
Root of
RedCoral , growing upon a Rock, but the Branches broken off,
that there remains not above an Inch in Height of each Branch,
which is smooth, solid and red, as are also the spreading Branches
of the Root.
Stems of above 20 Branches, some of which are four Inches round.