Elstob, William - An account of ye examination that was made of the several Roman weights that are to be met wthin the Cabinets belonging to ye Bodleian Library Among Archbishop Lauds Roman Families

William Elstob, Oxford, 1700/12/23

Elstob, William - An account of ye examination that was made of the several Roman weights that are to be met wthin the Cabinets belonging to ye Bodleian Library Among Archbishop Lauds Roman Families

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14991
TitleTitel of the book.	An account of ye examination that was made of the several Roman weights that are to be met wthin the Cabinets belonging to ye Bodleian Library Among Archbishop Lauds Roman Families
InstitutionName of Institution.	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Oxford ^{51° 45' 7.25" N, 1° 15' 28.26" W}
InventoryInventory number.	MS Arch. Bod. Fol 4 (= Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson N1), ff.ii a-b-c-d
AuthorAuthor of the document.	William Elstob
CollectorCollector.
Catalogue dateDate when the catalogue was issued: day - month - year .	December 23, 1700
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Humfrey Wanley, William Laud
LiteratureReference to literature.	Berry - Kim 2005, p. 1351, Burnett 2020b, pp. 429-30, 12482
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Roman , Roman Republican , Aes Grave

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'Wanley reported in 1700 that Elstob had been weighing and describing ‘the old Roman weights,’ the large Roman bronze pieces which we now recognise as the heavy cast bronze pieces of aes grave, made in the third century BC. The list has survived, and is entitled ‘An account of y^e examination that was made of the several Roman weights that are to be met w^thin the Cabinets belonging to y^e Bodleian Library Among Archbishop Lauds Roman Families.’ At the end of the list, it is stated that ‘This examination was made December 23rd 1700 by ...’ and then signed in a different hand and ink ‘Humfrey Wanley.’ Berry and Kim acutely observed that it had previously been signed by William Elstob, to whom Wanley had entrusted the work, but whom he had deprived of the credit by erasing his name.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 1248)

References

^ Berry, D. & H. Kim (2005) 'A Great Ornament to the University: the development of numismatics in Oxford during the seventeenth Century', in C. Dekesel & T. Stäcker (eds.) Europäische numismatische Literatur im 17. Jahrhundert, Wiesbaden, Hassarowitz Verlag, pp. 125-39
^ 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.