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

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Nun [Bargrave] ( - )

An unidentified nun who gave Bargrave a little lock and key and a piece of coral. Relationships: Nun [Bargrave] was a source of object(s) for John Bargrave (1610-1680)

 References in Documents:
Bargrave's catalogue: Rara, Antiqua, et Numismata Bargraviana (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16a)

(39). A pretty little padlock and key of guilt mettle, and a piece of coral, given me by a nunn, -- whose guifts are commonly costly, for you must return the double.