The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Roger Gale (26 Sepr 1672 - 25 Jun 1744)
Co-authored Knowledge of Medals with Louis Jobert and Joseph Addison. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/10294 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Gale_%28antiquary%29 VisitorRelevant locations: Residence at Scruton, Yorkshire
Relationships: Roger Gale was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Translator - The Knowledge of Medals: or, Instructions for those who apply themselves to the study of medals both ancient and modern from the French.
as Translator - The Knowledge of Medals: or, instructions for those who apply themselves to the study of medals, both ancient and modern. ... Written by a nobleman of France. Made English by an eminent hand. The second edition. To which is added, an essay concerning the error in distributing modern medals.
as Translator - The Knowledge of Medals: or, instructions for those who apply themselves to the study of medals, both ancient and modern. ... Written by a nobleman of France. Made English by an eminent hand. The second edition. To which is added, an essay concerning the error in distributing modern medals..
References in Documents:
Left Hand, but Sloane
able Depth under Ground) that turns quite contrary Way, viz. to
the Right; it is of a deep Orange or Chestnut
Colour;
therRoger Gale Esq
near
all turn'd the same Way. This hath a Hole perforated very
pro
bably by the Purple Fish, as that learned Gentleman
conjectures from
this Passage in
pascitur perforando
reliqua conchylia, tanta duritia aculeo est
Listerg)g)
viz. the large Striæ in
straight Lines from the Head to the
Margin, enclining to a Red, four
Inches in Length and 4 ½ in Breadth; another
five broad; a third
less, but of a different Colour, yellowish.
striated with twenty Ridges; it is red, spotted with white: This
strictly
corresponds with his in Length, almost two Inches, larger
than which he had not seen
one.
a Purple Blush within,
that exceeds it in a 5th Part:
is less than either, yet a like Number
of Furrows.
but one Inch broad and almost two in Length. Scallope from the
breadth, and near two Foot in Circumference.
Rev. Jos. Wilkin
son
Dubl .
son
with Variety of Colours, single strip'd, and spotted, about half Inch
broad.
Grew
is
Orange.
of the
ApalatæanMountains
the Rest of the
Numbers of them, and other Shells, are found, which is an undeni
able Argument of an universal Deluge. Don.
Lapis Astroitidis, commonly called the Brainstones; they are fre
quently found in the Seas about
ther: It is curiously undulated; the
Ridges in this are very high,
and the transverse Striæ
very fine, the winding of the Waves imi
tate the Gyri or Aufractus of a Man's Brain, whence the Name.ListerPoint-work wrought by the Needle.Char. Towneley
T. with the Top rising high and round; the Furrows in
this are small.
and being two Inches thick on one Side; the thin Plates, which com
pose the small Cells, and the Formation of the Stone is better dis
cerned.
sent me fromCorall
Lamina; it
resembles the
Astropodium ramulosumof
Lh. Tab. 14. 1132. c.
Mush
roomCorall somewhat compress'd, striated above, the inner Part be
room
low; it is of a like fine Texture, with the small Striæ of the Brain-
stone.
in Form of an Hemisphere,fungus Lapideus
Starry
Fungites , both sent me, with other valuable Fossils, from
Roger GaleEsq
orAstroites
starred Stone, a thin one with less perfect Stars, shewing
their Original when beginning to grow or sprout up at the Bottom
of the Sea (
c)
c)
Dr.
Nat. Hist. of
, a Foot in CircumfeAstroites
rence, wholly composed of radiated Stars, like Fig. 4. in the same
Table. Some of these Sorts of Coralls are frequently found in
rope
in
be petrified Wood.
Lhwyd
fordshire
surrounded withMyce
tites
tites
d)
p. 305
(Sieve-stone
d), a
perforated brown Stone.
e)
Nat. Hist.
p. 139
(Porpites Plotii
e),
&Lhuidii (
f) from
the
f)
very fair; from
Gale
,Specimen minus
& elegantius
(Porpites Plotii
e),
&Lhuidii (
f) from
the
f)
very fair; from
Gale
,Specimen minus
& elegantius
Cochlites of four Wreaths, part of the Shell remains upon
the Clavicle of one of them. Don.
, the small striated one ofBuc
cinites
cinites
Plot
h)
h)
from my
also the
CochleaKind, and the
Buccina, fill'd with
Pyrites, from a Clay-Pit at
Jo. Woodward
M D.
fromTurbinites
Turbinated
Stones , with a plain Superficies curiously turned in the Form of a
Spiral Cone, like a Scrue or Steel-worm for drawing Corks out: One
of half an Inch long, hath five solid Wreaths. These were from the
at
the
Buccinites(above three Inches round) was sent me with many rare
Fossils, by my
Lister
i)
i)
p216
land
Tellenites: These are distinguishable enough from the
Pectun
culiby their oblong Form; but from the
culi
Musculites, and some Sort
of the
Ostracites, it is more difficult to distinguish them.
,Tellina minima
of
North, Tab. VI. Fig. 12.
: The Name discovers itsTrigonella
Triangular Form; the larger and lesser Species.
areTerebratula
striated, more gibbous, and the Margin thicker, with the middle Part
depress'd or elated.
Margine si
nuato, Lh. 830
nuato
small
Com.
Ebor. Don. D.
ference, from
Hargrave
Lh. 829
with transverse
Striæ.
perforated (whence the Name.) Don.
. Lh. 878Pholas amyg
daloides
daloides
, so called from its resemblance of theSolenites
Solenor
Sheth-shell(
n)
n)
p. 192
Conchites Mytuloides(
o). This and
o)
Pholaswere from
Cav. Nevile
Concha anomia rarior vertice rostrato, both the smooth and
lightly
striated; one filled with Chalk, the other with Stone. Don.
Gale
from
Woodward
Cay
Ludus Helmontii.
Bodies, a blewish Ash Colour, and a yellowish Wax Colour, whence
Grew
waxen Veine(
p)
p)
p. 311
Gale
, thatLu
dus Helmontii
dus Helmontii
Woodward
orOtites
Auriculares. as called by
Plot
q)
q)
Nat. Hist. of
p. 130
to a humane Ear.
perfect Shell,
different both in Figure, Colour, and Substance;
some including Flint, others Chalk,
or Stone, I shall begin with the
first of Lhwyd Echinitæ laticlavii maximi fragmentum.
very curious fromEchinus
Ovarius
(with eleven other Varieties) by D.
ble Collection.
HeddingtonQuarry
These are curiously studded or embroidered as it were. Don.
Cavend. NevileM. A.
, with the Shells veryEchinites Galeatus
perfect:
Echinites
from the Chalk-Pits near
deep at
Woodward
ther
Roger GaleEsq
Size.
including Chalk;Echinus Pileatus
fordshire
(from their Likeness to a Cap laced down theCap-stones
Sides (
a)
a)
Dr. Plot
Nat. Hist.
p. 92
(given me by
ble Rows of Points that center at the
Modiolus.
compress'dKind,
here is part of a large flat
, from the Fields nearEchinus
Spatagus
ford
Stones or white
Plot's
(
b)
b)
very curious, fromEchinites Cordatus
from a Chalk-Pit, near
ring to it from
County.
, fromEchinites Pentaphylloides
not in the Center, but inclining to one Side (Umbilicus
c)
c)
And
of theRa
dioli
dioli
Echinites; they are ridged and channelled the whole
Length of the Stone, and the Ridges purled with small Knots set in
the
QuincunxOrder; they mostly consist of a bright shining Sub
stance, not unlike the
Selenites.
Plot
Lapides
Judaici(
Judaici
d)
d)
p. 125
Woodward
Colour, white and
dark; as to
Form, round and compress'd; and as to
Size, from near
two Inches, to little more than half an Inch in Length; and from
two Inches round to less than ½ Inch.
Pedicle,
or Knob at one End;
sted of their Parts, having a smooth Superficies.
, or smallAculei
Radiolus, from the Chalk-Pits of
andKent , Essex
from
R. GaleEsq
and seem to be the largest
Cucumerinusof
Ichthyodontes Cuspidati, or Glossopetræ of different Sizes, from a Quar
ter of an Inch, to an Inch and half, both of the smooth and serrated,
and of several Colours,
viz. white, yellow, sad Colour, blewish and
black, the larger Sort filled with rough Stone of their different Co
lours, though the Teeth themselves be smooth, bright, and shining.
Ornithoglossum, from its Likeness to the
Mag
piesTongue,
pies
, so called from its resemblance to aPlectronites
Cock-spuradhering to
Chalk; see the Figure
Phil. Trans. N° 200. Fig. 13.
Gale Esq
from theGlossopetræ
Malta,
called
Serpents-Tongues, though they are in Reality
Sharks-Teeth.
ther sort of Fossil Teeth are the
Scutellatior
Grinders, commonly cal
led
;Bufonitæ
Benefactors,
viz. Orbiculati, Umbonati, and
Scaphoides;
two former Sorts are filled with Stone,
it to be hollow; and in Figure somewhat resembling a little
Boat
of that, with one End narrower than another:
said
Trans.
Bufonitæare of various Colours, a brighter and
deeper brown, blewish and dark black, all bright and shining;
hath an
Areolaupon the Convex Side, surrounded with Rays.
ther
Vipers Eye; the Gift of
Alt
chribell;
chribell
surrounded with a Circle of pale Yellow, and that with another of
blewish White; the rest of the Stone is black; these are frequently
set in Rings.
he brought from the
Fish's Eye; it is a
Kind of
Pisolythus, the Humours of the Eye, with the
Tunica Uvea,
and the
Iris, are not ill-represented (
h)
h)
p258
the
Oculi Cancrorum, a
crustaceousStone , said to be taken out of
Crab's
Eyes; of these I have both the blewish and white, of a less and lar
Eyes
ger Sort, better than 1 ½ Inch round, which
Sus. Maddox
me from
The Belemnitæ are the last Classis in LhwydLithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia: Here are of different
Sizes and Colours, from little
more than ½ Inch
Plot
was but 1 ¼ round, but
of
Lister
k)
k)
pag. 226
.Yorkeshire Belemnites maximus ni
ger
ger
HedingtonQuary
Com.
Yellow, and when vehemently rubb'd takes up a Straw like
Amber,
which the black one will not do, though as large. Don. D.
Arm.
CrickladeHill
from a closer Center.
Don. D.
Jo WoodwardM. D.
much thicker than a Goose Quill;
Inch in Length is very near two in Circumference.
Medullain
one of the hollowed
Belemnitesconsists of a white Sort of
Selenitesor
Spar. The Generality of these
Thunderbolts, as the Vulgar call them,
are of a
ConicalFigure, from a thick Basis tapering to a Point:
amongst some sent me by my
Cylindrical, or equally thick from End to End;
thickest in the Middle, and gradually slenderer to both Ends: The for
mer of these hath the
Rimaor Chink, the whole Length, which
the second hath only at the Basis;
but the Generality want it.
tish, ash-coloured, reddish, brown and Amber-coloured.
Marble may fitly be added Alabaster,
which some Naturalists
account
marmor incoctum sive imperfectum: Of this here are clear white
of different Thicknesses, and white, with red Veins, and brown Spots,
dug up at
, of the Colour ofFlint
Amberwithout,
within hath a Spar-like Substance, sent from
Cay
Native Blew, of which
Cæruleum nativum,
see
Plot
d)
d)
Nat. Hist. of
pag. 57 & 161
Copper and Lead
of Tin with
Mundickand
Pyrites;
ed and ingenious
Woodward
Copper
Basset
Tinin it) from a different Mine of
Basset
Will. Godolphin
rich in
Tin.
Copper
Don.
greatest Curiosity relating to this Metal was sent me from
William Sykes
An
informed) several of them were found in the Copper Grove at
it is a most regular
, hath six angular Points, and consequentOctoedra
ly eight solid Triangles, or as many
Pyramidsjoined in Base; the Fi
gure of it may be seen in the
Phil. Trans. N° 277
for Metals, as well as their
Fluoresor Spars, to strike into various and
exact Mathematical Figures, wherein Nature seems to attempt what
she hath brought to Perfection in this, which is the most curious, and
in the Opinion of most competent Judges, beyond any Thing that
with a
Lead Oreand
Sulphur
of their several Veins that have begun to shoot out in such regular
Forms.
Antimony from
Prussia .
fromMundick
veryMarchasite
curiously variegated from
Cole-OrtonCoal-Pits in
from
Woodward
given me atMarchasite
Will. GilpinEsq
Or
bicularMarchasite tuberated about the Bigness of a Hand-Ball.
bicular
ther
R. Gale
granulatedMarchasite growing on an Ash-coloured Stone
pointed into Right Angles.
TabulatedMarchasite flat and plain,
like a Table; these are found, naturally squared and polished, in the
midst of Lime-stone Rocks in
Rob. Hesketh
CubickMarchasite , little more than a Quar
in a
Cube.
Pyrites from
Kighley
upon the highest Hill betwixt the
from the Springs running thence into both of them. This is called
Mundickby some, but is really
Pyrites, in the Opinion of that great
Naturalist,
Lister
as he truly observes,
Qui vero Pyritæ in stanni fodinis habentur, a no
stris metallariis MUNDIC & MAXY appellantur(
stris metallariis MUNDIC & MAXY appellantur
a)
a)
p. 28
fromPyrites
the Fields near
with brassy shining Particles, from
Woodward
roundPyrites full of little Knobs of an Iron Colour.
Cylindrick
from the
Jud. Dickenson
Lond .
Composition of sparkling
Pyritæof
.Marchasite
Sparand
Ash-coloured
in Lares. Don. D.Chirt
Gratitude to my Benefactors obligeth me to acknowledge to whose
Kindess I am obliged
for some of the most valuable of the said Originals, viz. to the
most
Yorke
, andSarum , Carlisle
; theMan
Rev. Mr.
Atkinson, Banks, Boyse, Calamy, Chorley, Clarke,Coningham , Cooke,
Cressey; Daubuz, Deering,Drake ,
Dwyer; Fall; Gale(Dean of
Cressey; Daubuz, Deering,
,Yorke
to whom, and to Dr.
Hudsonthe greatest Number of the Learned Fo
reigners are directed)
Gibson; Hardy, Hickes, Hill, Hough, Hudson,
Humfrey; Milner; Nalson, Noble; Pearson, Plaxton, Priestley; Smith,
Stretton, Strype(for some very valuable
Humfrey; Milner; Nalson, Noble; Pearson, Plaxton, Priestley; Smith,
Stretton, Strype
temp. Reg. Eliz.) Talbot, Tal
lents; Wasse, and
lents; Wasse
Wilkinson. And of the Laity, Mr.
Bayns, Blythman,
Brenand, Sir
Brenand
Esq; Mr.Walter Calverley , John Chamberlayn
Churchill;Rob.
Dale , Jo. Dyneley , and
Dale
Esquires, the Executors of the LordJohn
Evelyn
Evers; Tho. Lord
, andFairfax , Barwick, Tho.
Robert
Esqrs;Bryan Fair
fax
fax
, andRoger
Gale
Esqrs; SirWill. Gilpin
, andAndr.
Fountaine ; Jo.
Hare
Hare
Esqrs; Mr.Rob. Hitch
Holmes, and
Houghton;Tho. Kirk Esq;
Dr.
,Lister
Lhwyd
Will. Lowther
John Middleton,Robert
Molesworth Esq;
Molesworth
Robert NelsonEsq
Peter le NeveEsq
Hen.
NewmanEsq
Newman
Tho. Parker, Lord Chief-Ju
stice
Will. PetytEsq
Petiver, Dr.
Richardson,Tho. Rymer Esq;
Dr.
Esq; SirSampson , Theo. Shelton
Esq;Phil. Sydenham , Robert Stephens
Wentworth
Geo. Wheeler
Woodward.
Pierse-Bridge, whence
Dr.
(Phil. Col. N°4.) and the Figure of it already twice enLister
graved,
viz. in the new Editions of
(p. 782.) andCamden 's Britannia
's Itinerary (Antoninus
pag. 50.) it is but 11 Inches in Height, and eight
in Breadth. The distinct mention of CONDATI or CONDATE
(for by the Distance from the Side there seem to have been
liniolæan
nexed to I) would almost tempt one to believe, thar
Consleyin that
Neighbourhood was the ancient
, whichCondate
placeth inCamden
, but that the learnedChe
shire
shire
Gale
Conjecture. It will not however be denied, but that
Consleyas well as
was in all Probability then calledCongleton
; and I am the moreCondate
confirmed in my Opinion (
p. 161.) that the
had several CitiesRomans
of the same Name, because my said honoured Friend
Roger GaleEsq
informs me that the
Geographer hath no less than fiveRavennate
Alauna's. The last Line, as I take it, is to be read
ex jussu solvit libente
animo.
animo
tessellated Pavements, or Dice-like Squares of
Stone or Brick,
wherewith the
used to pave the Place, where they set theRomans
Præ
torium, or General's Tent,
torium
&c. Here are various Specimens of different
Sizes and Colours (white, red, blue, yellow, and black) and from very
distinct Places; as from the ancient
from a QuarIsurium (Aldbrough )
ter to half an Inch Square:
ed and red, which I took from a checquered Pavement discovered
there,
An.
by
MusaicWork (in
May1703
.Romans
Sizes as sent me
Midgeleyof
Beverley
vered in those Parts, which hath not yet met with a Person of Curio
sity enough to give the World an Account of it.
the noted
Pavement nearStunsfield
, concerning which the inOxford
genious
Hearne
to the 8th Vol. of
's Itinerary.Leland
. Don. D.Lapides tessellati pavimenti apud
Roxby in Com. Lincolniensi , An. Dom. 1699 reperti
Roxby in Com. Lincolniensi
Rog.
Gale
Arm.
Gale, late Dean of
Yorke
conjoined
which see the industrious
de la Pryme
N° 263
's he refers to, is in theLister
Phil.
Collections(N° 4.) not
Collections
Transactions.
Roman Plaister
at
, mentioned byBuxton
Leigh
Pearson
uponKirkby
, nearWherfe
:Tadcaster
.Romans
Don. D.
Canc.Gul. Pearson
.Ebor
finer Cement, sent me from
byIreland
Sam. MolyneuxEsq
ther Branch of the
.Roman
Plasticks
. Don. D.Lapides tessellati pavimenti apud
Roxby in Com. Lincolniensi , An. Dom. 1699 reperti
Roxby in Com. Lincolniensi
Rog.
Gale
Arm.
Roman Lamp that I bought at
;London
what maimed, but of finer Workmanship, that was dug up at
,Yorke
upon the Bottom is FVGARI. VV.
,Præfericulum
given me by
Woodward
Station last mentioned, which even in the thinnest Part (of which
here is also a Specimen) is an Inch thick, but the Handles are half a
Foot or seven Inches round; one of these, though of the coarsest
Clay, hath had an Inscription, of which only the three last Letters
OMS remain.
tificer's Name, in rais'd Letters impress'd with a Stamp at the Bottom
of the
Patera, or other Vessel used at their Sacrifices or solemn Festi
vals; for I think these, which are of very curious Workmanship,
were rarely used as Sepulchral Urns.
these is the Lion catching at his Prey; upon another the Statue of
, with the Lions Skin cast over his Left Arm.Hercules
DOVIICCVS.
.Yorke
Galatum, sent me by the
Bishop of
Carlisle
, byChester
Henry
PrescotEsq
Prescot
andAldbrough
, by theRibchester
Morris
and
Hargreaves
in this NeighBurgdunum
Roger GaleEsq
byTrent
;Littleborow
;Sir Godfrey
Copley
Copley
present Fabrick of
Paul
, whereupon is a humane StatueLondon
very well designed with a
Præfericulum, or other Sacrificing Vessel, in
his Right Hand: These are all very curiously wrought in Bass-Relieve,
and were made in Molds, of which I saw one in the Learned and In
genious Dr.
atWoodward's
Musæum
Gresham-College
of the dark coloured Clay, with a Heart upon it;
a
Capricorn.
Nil admirari—
Epistulae, Book I, Epistle VI, Line 1: “Marvel at nothing”
advantage by Philosophy, to wonder
at nothing)—