The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
John Ellis ( - )
Relevant locations: Lived at or near Kiddal, West YorkshireReferences in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) One of the Brass Instruments found near
vants of1709 .) at a
Place called
Sizes, from little more than 3 to 4½ Inches in length, and from 1½ to
2½ in breadth; they are somewhat in the Form of a Wedge, as pro
ceeding from a thin Edge, which after so many Ages is tolerably sharp
to 1½ or two Inches at the thicker End, where they are hollowed to
put upon a Shaft; each of them hath an Ear or Loop. Some sup
pose them to have been
others, of the
them rather to have been the Heads of
the civilized
scribed by
we may better conceive how those Ornamental Labels were fastned
than by the Pictures, as there exemplified. They are placed here a
mongst the
geniousMr. of
sertation upon them, which hath had two Editions, (Phil. Trans
N° 322 , and in the first Vol. of
them to have been
Materials, that were judged serviceable for building the Camps.
, as the SerBramham-moor
vants of
, ofJohn Ellis
, Esq; were plowing (Kidal
An.
Place called
; there were five or six of them of differentOsmond thick
Sizes, from little more than 3 to 4½ Inches in length, and from 1½ to
2½ in breadth; they are somewhat in the Form of a Wedge, as pro
ceeding from a thin Edge, which after so many Ages is tolerably sharp
to 1½ or two Inches at the thicker End, where they are hollowed to
put upon a Shaft; each of them hath an Ear or Loop. Some sup
pose them to have been
Arrow Heads, or
Axesof the ancient
;Britains
others, of the
: I think they are as much too light forRoman
Catapultæ
them rather to have been the Heads of
Spears, or walking Staves of
the civilized
; and though of different Form from those deBritains
scribed by
Speed(Hist. of Brit. cap. 6.) yet by the Loop in the Side
we may better conceive how those Ornamental Labels were fastned
than by the Pictures, as there exemplified. They are placed here a
mongst the
Antiquities in deference to the Judgment of the inRoman
genious
Hearne
, who hath bestowed an elaborate DisOxford
sertation upon them, which hath had two Editions, (
N° 322
's Itinerary.) He supposesLeland
them to have been
, used to cut the Stones and otherRoman Chissels
Materials, that were judged serviceable for building the Camps.