The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Pelham Johnston (1671 - 1765)
Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14946/14947?docPos=2 Relationships: Pelham Johnston was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
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Pelham Johnston
brought it from Cochlea immerso turbine;
for the Rounds of the Turban,
which in most Shells is prominent, in
this are turned inward, and sunk within the Body
of the Shell, which
is seven Inches long, and 14 Round; it is white, smooth (except
the
Spikes upon the Whirl) and Oval.
St. Thomas Becket's Murther, who is
represented as
saying Mass at the high Altar, and the
him; it is upon Copper, gilt and enamel'd. Don. D.
Bit of
Shrineat
ed
me by
Sar. Speering
fer
with the
Milk.
of Silver, with unknownAgnus Dei
Relicks therein; on one Side is engraved the old Character for
on the other, the
embossed Heads of
for theWafers
Eucharist; one has the Figure of
Cross, the other I H S, with a Cross above, and Nails below.
fromAgnus Dei
Jubilee; it is of pure white Wax inscri
bed,
Ecce Ag. Dei qui tol. pec. mundi. and below
Innocen.
XII. P. M. An. Iub.
XII. P. M. An. Iub
S. Felix
Valois F. Ord. S S. T. R. C.
Valois F. Ord. S S. T. R. C
in Brass castCrucifix
hollow; a lesser, solid and gilt, very well performed.
ofCross
Lignum Vitæ,
brought from an Hermitage upon
Serrat
by
Pelham Johnston
me by
of Pearl, that Part within the white Lines is pretended to be the
Wood of
Geatfound in a Grave
at
caster
Cest est la Cruice Ote: d: Tilli: a ki
aime Deu en face merci. Am.
aime Deu en face merci. Am