The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Simeon Sethi (c. 1035 - c. 1110)
Byzantine scientist, naturalist, and translator Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Sethi Authority - medievalReferences in Documents:
Grew, Musaeum Regalis (1685) The MUSK DEER .
reckoning up the Names, tells us, That theEnglish call
him a
He breeds inChina , and the East Indies . Not ill pictur'd
Calceolarius 's That in Kircher 's China Illustrata
faulty as to the Snout and Feet. That ofJohnston ab
surd. Almost every where worse describ'd.
Aldrovandus ,
Simeon Sethi ,
is true. The Description likewise given byScaliger , and
out of him byChiocco in
Calceolarius 's is false, and
very defective. The best I find is amongst the
German
Transactions . To which I would have refer'd the
Rea
der, but that comparing it with That I had drawn up before
I met with it, I see some differences.
Capreolus Moschi.Gesner
reckoning up the Names, tells us, That the
him a
Musk Cat. But is better at other Languages.
He breeds in
Musæum.
faulty as to the Snout and Feet. That of
surd. Almost every where worse describ'd.
That he is
a two-horn'd Animal, says
a two-horn'd Animal, says
all agree, except
who saith he hath but one. Neither of which
is true. The Description likewise given by
out of him by
Musæum
very defective. The best I find is amongst the
Transactions
der, but that comparing it with That I had drawn up before
I met with it, I see some differences.