The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Bargrave Labels
Brent Nelson
general editor
Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral
Canterbury Cathedral Archives
CANCA-B/164
25 loose sheets
Bargrave's note-taking hand: mostly clear
Undated
Canterbury Cathedral
[a]
Some Papers
of
Dr Bargraves
mentioning
the Particulars
of some Part of
his collections. [a] Five bars of musical notation. 70a Four very short lines of illegible text 72a
From
Tuscalan
72b
I brought this
frō
from
Cicero’s
house at
Tusculan
10 milesRome where Tullie
writ hisTusculans questions.
1647.J Bargraue.
83a
The Virginian
Natiues mony 83bThe natiueVirginian mony, gould, siluer, pearle,
brought ouer by
Mr
Mr.
Alexander Coocke that being thrust
owt of his liuing atDankester in Yorksheer
by the Rebels went ouer. Chaplaine
to
Sr
Sir
Tho Lunsford and at the Kings restauration
was made Minister ofChislet neere Canterbury in
Kent,
by Archbishop Juxon.
---------
The black that is the gold. The name forgot,
The long white, their siluer caled Ranoke
The smale white theire pearle caled Wapenpake
Thewife
And Daughter of
Mr
Mr.
Cooke gaue mee thē as a present
at a newe years time.
John Bargraue
Præb
Prebendary
Cant.
Canterbury
1673.
83a3 Tabernæ
83b
I brought these stones
frō
from
the ruines
of thethree
tauernes spoken of
in Acts where thebretheren met
St
St.
Paul.
J Bargraue: 1647.
aWater
turned to
stoane nere
Tours in France
b
Water turned into stoane
at Caue guttiere neere
Tours in France
J. Bar.
1646 [a]That
wthin
within
a silke worme
wth with wch which she maketh silke. [a]
Frō
From
Milan.
Marble ofMilan of
wchwhich
many pillars of theCathedrall
church of
St
St.
Carlo, is made.
1
Frō
From
Rome 1647
2
Frō
From
Rome. J
Bargraue 1647.
Of the wood wth with wch which cloth is
made which wn when it is foule is
burned instead of washt to
make it cleane. [a] Ashes and materialls
of the burningMountaine of Vesuuius
neereNaples
John Bargraue
[a]
very ancient.
A lampand
Lacrymatorio of earth from
Roma Sotterranea
an other
Lachrimatorio of
glass frō from the same place. [a]A
peice
piece
of S Hilaries
Couch atPoicteeres
J. B. 1646
[a]
Comfetti Di Tivoli
The sand ofTeverone that Entreth in
to theTiber not farr
frō
from
Rome.
John Bargraue.
[a]
For Curiosity - because
Sould in Shopps atRoome,
so that for 2s-6d I had these 34
(pretended) reliques of Saincts
bones. 1
Frō
From
Madonna di Loretto
For Curiosity, to know the folly 2 Frō From
Madonna di Loretto
For Curiosity, to know the folly [a]A Cristall as it naturally
groweth sexanguler, which
I met with on thePenine
Alps, On theSempronion
Mount, now Caled mount
Sampion.
John Bargraue.
Mentioned in
Evelyn’s diary
[a]
Frō
From
Roma subterranea,
where thowsands of old
Christian martyrs lay buried
.
J Bargraue
[a]
This peece was
coined in Spaine,
in great want of monie, for
soe much weight in gold; and
Spaine
and is a raretie there as I have bene told.
it is a raritie:
Yet I doubt it, because of ye the
French on ye the other
syde: it may be but a counter. [a] Camuccis’, or Chamois
hornes.
Mountaine or Alp goates hornes,
by which they hang to breake
the fall when they strangely
lipp frō from Rock to Rock.
John
Bargraue.
[a]The
Anatōy
Anatomy
of an
eye by aHigh Dutch
man atVenice.
[a]
A
stone ofCicero
hows where he
wrot his epistles
neereFondi in
the kingdom of
Naples.
[a]
Tru ancient.
Frō From
Hercules temple under
theAventine hill at Rome
where he killedCacus where
now stands
St
St.
Stevens church
caled . . . S. Stefano del Cacco.
Hercules
wth
with
the bull.
[a]
Jeu D’Armoiries
78
Of the Mosaick worke of
StSt.
Marks church in
Venice 1647
J Bargraue
of
Dr Bargraves
mentioning
the Particulars
of some Part of
his collections. [a] Five bars of musical notation. 70a Four very short lines of illegible text 72a
From Tuscalan
72b
I brought this
frō
from
Cicero’s
house at
Tusculan
10 miles
Rome where Tullie
writ his
Tusculans questions.
1647.
J Bargraue.
83a
The Virginian
Natiues mony 83bThe natiue
Virginian mony, gould, siluer, pearle,
brought ouer by
Mr
Mr.
Alexander Coocke that being thrust owt of his liuing at
Dankester in Yorksheer
by the Rebels went ouer. Chaplaineto
Sr
Sir
Tho Lunsford and at the Kings restauration was made Minister of
Chislet neere Canterbury in
Kent,
by Archbishop Juxon. ---------
The black that is the gold. The name forgot,
The long white, their siluer caled Ranoke
The smale white theire pearle caled Wapenpake
The
wife
And Daughter of
Mr
Mr.
Cooke gaue mee thē as a presentat a newe years time.
John Bargraue
Præb
Prebendary
Cant.
Canterbury
1673.
83a3 Tabernæ
83b
I brought these stones
frō
from
the ruines of the
three
tauernes spoken of in Acts where the
bretheren met
St
St.
Paul.J Bargraue: 1647.
aWater
turned to
stoane nere
Tours in France
b
Water turned into stoane
at Caue guttiere neere
Tours in France
J. Bar.1646 [a]
That
wthin
within
a silke wormewth with wch which she maketh silke. [a]
Frō
From
Milan.Marble of
Milan of
wchwhich
many pillars of the
Cathedrall church of
St
St.
Carlo, is made.
1
Frō
From
Rome 1647
2
Frō
From
Rome. J
Bargraue 1647. Of the wood wth with wch which cloth is
made which wn when it is foule is
burned instead of washt to
make it cleane. [a] Ashes and materialls
of the burning
Mountaine of Vesuuius neere
Naples
John Bargraue
[a]
very ancient. A lamp
and Lacrymatorio of earth from
Roma Sotterranea an other
Lachrimatorio of glass frō from the same place. [a]
A
peice
piece
of S Hilaries
Couch at
Poicteeres
J. B. 1646
[a]
Comfetti Di Tivoli
The sand of
Teverone that Entreth in
to the
Tiber not farr
frō
from
Rome.
John Bargraue.
[a]
For Curiosity - because Sould in Shopps at
Roome, so that for 2s-6d I had these 34
(pretended) reliques of Saincts
bones. 1
Frō
From
Madonna di Loretto
For Curiosity, to know the folly 2 Frō From
Madonna di Loretto
For Curiosity, to know the folly [a]
A Cristall as it naturally
groweth sexanguler, which
I met with on the
Penine
Alps, On the
Sempronion Mount, now Caled mount
Sampion.
John Bargraue.
Mentioned in
Evelyn’s diary
[a]
Frō
From
Roma subterranea,
where thowsands of old
Christian martyrs lay buried
.
J Bargraue
[a]
This peece was
coined in Spaine, in great want of monie, for
soe much weight in gold; and
Spaine
and is a raretie there as I have bene told. it is a raritie:
Yet I doubt it, because of ye the
French on ye the other
syde: it may be but a counter. [a] Camuccis’, or Chamois
hornes.
Mountaine or Alp goates hornes,
by which they hang to breake
the fall when they strangely
lipp frō from Rock to Rock.
John
Bargraue.[a]
The
Anatōy
Anatomy
of an eye by a
High Dutch
man at
Venice.
[a]
A stone of
Cicero
hows where he wrot his epistles
neere
Fondi in the kingdom of
Naples.
[a]
Tru ancient.Frō From
Hercules temple under the
Aventine hill at Rome
where he killed
Cacus where now stands
St
St.
Stevens church caled . . . S. Stefano del Cacco.
Hercules
wth
with
the bull.
[a]
Jeu D’Armoiries
78
Of the Mosaick worke of
StSt.
Marks church in Venice 1647
J Bargraue