The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Nikolaus Serarius (1555 - 1609)
Jesuit, historian, and commentator on the Scriptures, with publications on Judaism. Probably the Serarius cited by Grew in relation to a Jewish phylactery (377). Another possibility is Peter Serrarius (1600-1669), who was also interested in and wrote about Judaism, but with a practical rather than academic interest. Authority - early modernRelevant locations: Lived at or near France, Europe
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Musæum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge .
References in Documents:
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685)
PHYLACTERY . This here is only
a single Scroll of
inches long; with Four Sentences of the(
13. from 7. to 11. and
11. most curiously written
upon it in
severally upon so many Scrolls. And that the
day, do wear them over their Foreheads in that manner.
So that they are of several sorts or modes, whereof this is
one.(Deut. 6.
8 . and in
the other
places above
quoted.
Wrighting. A
Jewish
a single Scroll of
Parchment, ΒΌ of an inch broad, and 15
inches long; with Four Sentences of the
Law,
viz. Exod.
13. from 7. to 11. and
f. 13. to 17.
Deut. 6.
f. 3. to 10. and
11.
f. 13. to 19.)
Hebrew.
Serarius ,from the
Rabbies, saith, That they were written
severally upon so many Scrolls. And that the
Jewsto this
day, do wear them over their Foreheads in that manner.
So that they are of several sorts or modes, whereof this is
one.
a)
8
the other
places above
quoted.