Roger Ascham - John Cheke - 1550-11-11

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Roger Ascham, Augsburg

Roger Ascham - John Cheke - 1550-11-11
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14333
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Roger Ascham
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. John Cheke
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . November 11, 1550 JL
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Augsburg 48° 22' 0.49" N, 10° 53' 55.31" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature. Giles 1865-1866, vol. I.2, pp. 216-22, letter 1081, Burnett 2020b, pp. 1356, 82, 6772
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Nero , Augustus , Hebrew , Gold , Coin Price
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence Latin
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Monasteria, templa, bibliothecas, vetustos et libros et nummos, quibus ego domum reversus antiquissimis et elegantissimis te donabo, urbium mores, disciplinam, et situs, structuras, muros, vires, portus, et omnes circumcirca terrarum, aquarum opportunitates sic perlustro ...

Vidi quoque vetustos nummos elegantissimos; emi duos, Neronem et Augustum. Vidi quoque vetustum Hebraicum nummum aureum elegantem elegantissimis literis hebraicis: emissem, si in pretio fuisset ullus modus.'

[Monasteries, temples, libraries, old books and coins (when I return home, I shall give you the most elegant and ancient ones), the customs of cities, their government, their layouts, structures, walls, resources, ports, and all the good qualities of the surrounding land and water—all these I shall describe in such a way ...

[at Günzburg] I also saw very fine old coins; I bought two, a Nero and an Augustus. I also saw a fine ancient Hebrew gold piece, with very fine Hebrew lettering. I would have bought it if the price had been reasonable.]

(Giles 1865-1866, vol. I.2, p. 217; Burnett 2020b, p. 1356)

References

  1. ^  Giles, J.A. (ed.)(1865-6) The whole works of Roger Ascham, now first collected and revised, with a life of the author, London.
  2. ^  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.