Page 153. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of the old façade of Guildhall with the Chapel, Blackwell Hall, and the old Law Courts; elegantly dressed figures in foreground with a decorative carriage approaching the arched entrance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Guildhall in King Street, London
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The gentleman's magazine, or, Monthly intelligencer. London : Printed by Edw. Cave ..., v. 21 (January 1751), page 49., In lower margin is a key (numbered 1 to 9) to the buildings depicted: 1. Blackwell Hall. 2. Guild Hall Chappell ..., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from upper margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1880,1113.3580., "Gent. Mag." etched in upper left margin; "Jan. 1751" etched in upper right margin., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 153 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Manuscript on paper (watermarks hidden in gutter) of alchemical texts including works by Albertus Magnus, Johannes Andreae, and Paracelsus. With treatises on the Philosopher's Stone and alchemical recipes
Description:
In Latin and German., Script: Written by 10 or more hands, all of the 17th and 18th centuries; most are cursive, but the one on ff. 176r-183r is gothic textura., Drawings in watercolor, of mediocre quality, including various symbolic depictions of alchemical processes taking place within flasks. Table of Hermes Trismegistus, f. 175r. Diagrams scattered throughout., and Binding: 18th century (?). Brown calf blind-tooled, edges gilt. Arms (unidentified) stamped on binding: on front, quarterly 1 and 4, barry of 6, 2 and 3, a lion rampant; inescutcheon, a bar fess impaled with barry of 6; the whole held by a two-headed eagle, displayed, below a crown. Back cover: barry of 8 impaled with a patriarchal cross on a hillock.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280., Giovanni d'Andrea, approximately 1270-1348., and Paracelsus, 1493-1541.
Subject (Topic):
Alchemy, German poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, and Manuscripts, Medieval
100 watercolor botanical illustrations in one volume, by Jane Atkinson, 1796-1800. The illustrations are labeled with the names of each plant, the location it was found, and the date of creation. Locations noted include: Brayton Hall, Irton Hall, and Whitehaven, Cumbria; and Linton, North Yorkshire
Description:
Jane Atkinson (1775-1855) was born in Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, England. She was the youngest child of George and Bridget (Maughan) Atkinson., Text in English and Latin., Title from title page., Place of creation supplied by cataloger., Date of creation from inscriptions on drawings., Illustrations captioned with plant names in English and Latin., Ownership inscription on the front pastedown: "Jane Atkinson"., At foot of title page: "When nature had replenished every vale / she found her choicest flowers in Littledale. / Extempore by Edmund Lamplugh Irton"., Manuscript index to the volume's contents on three pages tipped in at end., Three of the illustrations are on extended and folded leaves., and Binding: contemporary sheep.
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., Cumbria (England), Irton (Cumbria, England), Linton (North Yorkshire, England), and Whitehaven (England)
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Jane, 1775-1855. and Irton, Edmund Lamplugh.
Subject (Topic):
Botanical illustration, Flowers, Plants, and Women artists
Manuscript contains a collection of ordinances for the use of officials of the Venetian Republic, laying out different instructions for a new governor to follow
Alternative Title:
Appointments by the doge
Description:
Manuscripts on vellum; written in humanistic cursive in Latin and Italian. Each volume shows a different and particular hand of execution with regard to illumination as well as to writing., Binding: each volume bound in white vellum over boards., Pages numbered in black ink, upper left verso and right recto; leaves on volume 6 numbered on upper right recto., Title devised by cataloger., Numbering: volume 1: 33 pages (pages 31-33 blank); volume 2: 90 pages (page 90 blank); volume 3: 56 pages (page 56 blank); volume 4: 52 pages (pages 50-52 blank); volume 5: 118 pages (pages 117-118 blank) ; volume 6: 56 leaves., The first page of each volume has the emblem of Venice and the coat of arms of the appointee for governership within a decorative border. The appointee's coat of arms is at bottom, while the winged Lion of Saint Mark is in the upper field. That the Lion is poised on both earth and water is significant: its stance alludes to Venice's power on land and sea. The beast also holds an open book, which refers to Venice's legendary association with Saint Mark the Evangelist. Also notable in the decorative border of volume 3 are the Angel Gabriel and Virgin Mary at upper left and right corners, two bishop saints at center left and right, and Saint Francis of Assisi and Anthony of Egypt at lower left and right corners. All volumes have colored and calligraphed initials on first pages and colored capitals in text in colors throughout volumes., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b451623, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut : Yale Law Library, 2019. MssJ V53 no.1 Rare26 11-0287, and Description based on print version record.
Publisher:
producer not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Venice (Italy), Italy, Venice, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Officials and employees, Politics and government, Law, Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern), and Manuscripts, Italian
