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

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George Paul ( - fl. 1704)

Coll Jes. Cantab. Soc. Visitor
 Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business Jesus College (Cambridge), Cambridge University
 Relationships: George Paul was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)

 Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
 References in Documents:
Ralph Thoresby's guestbook of visitors to his museum (Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27)
Nominis, anGliacæ Est herOs paRs altera, GEntis: Christo PAganos altera divUs aLit.[*] "Of a name, the English are heros of the other part of the race: Christ feeds the other god Paganos." Unsure what this means. He signed his name using the capitals in this quote; eg. anGliacæ Est herOs, etc. spells out GEO... George Paul CollCollegii Jes.Jesu Cantab.Cantabrigiensis Soc.Socius 9 Septer 1704 Dulces ante omnia Musæ.[*] From Virgil, Georgics, Book II, line 475 Sedula doctorū recitatrix Charta Virorum,  Quos segete haud rarâ Terra Britanna tulit, Quid Tibi nobiscum? quid me precor ordine Vulgi  Detrahis, et ponis non regione mea?[*] this line and a half is from Henricus de Nova Villa, Da Guidoni, LVIII Hoc unum referas de me quære n tibus olim,  Nos tamen haud Domino displicuisse tuo.[*] This poem is composed from different sources