The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Flat Tortoise
Images supplied courtesy of the Burton Constable Foundation. [Photograph].Click image for full-size. Collector (major)Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725) Donator of object(s)Netherwood (-) In Print: Material from the 'Museum' of Ralph Thoresby (1659-1725) Preserved at Burton Constable Hall, East Yorkshire, 35 Location(s): Warning: Undefined array key "image_location_id" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 130 Warning: Undefined array key "location_id" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 131 Warning: Undefined array key "location_name" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 132 Warning: Undefined array key "location_role_name" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 133 Warning: Undefined array key "location_type_name" in /var/www/html/projects/ark/public/public_image.php on line 134 - ()
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Description:Described in Musaeum Thoresbianum as: ‘A flat . . . [tortoise] . . . from Barbadoes; the convex
Work is composed of Black and Citrine, 13 entire
round, or rather Pentagonal Figures, besides
the Halves at the Edge. Don. D. Netherwood.’