Roger Ascham - Francis Alan - 1554-05-19

Roger Ascham, London

Roger Ascham - Francis Alan - 1554-05-19

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14346
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Roger Ascham
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Francis Alan
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	May 19, 1554 ^JL
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	London ^{51° 30' 26.41" N, 0° 7' 39.54" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Jacopo Strada
LiteratureReference to literature.	Strada 15531, Giles 1865-1866, vol. I.2, pp. 292-2, letter 1242, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1359-603
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Numismatic Literature
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'On 19 May 1554, Ascham sent Francis Alan, Gardiner’s Secretary, a copy of Iacopo de Strada’s brand new book on coins, with an elaborate dedicatory letter. The book and letter were recently found by Lucy Nicholas in the library of Lichfield Cathedral. The letter was known from Edward Grant’s edition of Ascham’s letters (no date given), and from the translation given by Abraham Fleming in his Panoplie of Epistles, but not with the context of Strada’s book or the correct date (Londini. Decimo nono Maii. MDLIIII = London, 19 May 1554).' (Burnett 2020b, pp. 1359-60)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

The book is Lichfield Cathedral Library, R49A. It is signed on the title page by a later owner ‘E (or possibly F) Hartford’. This might be Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford, of the 3rd creation, (1539–1621), the grandfather of William, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588–1660), whose wife Frances, Duchess of Somerset, gave his books to the library in 1673: another volume in the same library has one of his bindings. (Burnett 2020b, p. 1360 n. 15) (en)

References

^ Strada, Jacopo (1553), Epitome Thesauri antiquitatum hoc est, IMPP. Rom. Orientalium et Occidentalium Iconum, ex antiquis Numismatibus quàm fidelissimè deliniatarum. Ex Musaeo Iacobi de Strada Mantuani Antiquarij, Lugduni, apud Iacobum de Strada, et Thomam Guerinum.
^ Giles, J.A. (ed.)(1865-6) The whole works of Roger Ascham, now first collected and revised, with a life of the author, London.
^ 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.