The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Thomas Norton ( - fl. 1705)
the Poet VisitorRelationships: Thomas Norton 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)
[*] Ovid,
(the Poet)
Jamī¢³ opusquod nec Jovis Ira nec exegis exegi
Ignis necFerrum nec edax potuit poterit
Abolere Vetustas
Metamorphosis, Book XV, line 871-872: "And now my work is done, which neither the wrath of Jove, nor fire, nor sword, nor the gnawing tooth of time shall ever be able to undo."
Tho:Thomas Norton