Charles Ellis - John Covel - 1699-10-09

Charles Ellis, Paris

Charles Ellis - John Covel - 1699-10-09

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15871
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Add MS 22910, ff.492-3
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Charles Ellis
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	John Covel
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	October 9, 1699
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Paris ^{48° 51' 12.58" N, 2° 20' 54.21" E}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	John Selden
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, pp. 587-81
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Thirty Pieces Of, Judas , Rhodes , Apollo
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'The medal of Xst I mentiond is as yett a stranger to all the Collections in these parts. I have seen several of other Sorts & some of them you describe & this draws in a piece that is praeserved in the Coelestinus Cloyster a quarter of an hour out of Louvain which they say was one of those Judas receivd for betraying our Saviour, but upon examination I found it a Grecian coyn, with ΡΟΔΙΟΝ, an Apollo head on one side & a rose on the other, you have one if I remember well, & I have saw another among the admirable medalles of Dr Sarbus (?) but you know so many pieces of sylver signified so many Shekels, which are quite different matters; howsoever pie creditur, as the prior answered me, & all is well.' (BL, Add MS 22910, f.492v; Burnett 2020b, pp. 587-8 n. 156)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (fr)

Among the notes Covel had made at the bottom of the letter was ‘numismata rodia: selden say Xt [Christ] was sold for’. (fr)

References

^ Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.