Simonds D'Ewes - Daniel Heinsius - 1640-09-29

Simonds D’Ewes

Simonds D'Ewes - Daniel Heinsius - 1640-09-29

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	15620
InstitutionName of Institution.	London, British Library
InventoryInventory number.	Harley MS 377, ff.43r-45v
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Simonds D’Ewes
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	Daniel Heinsius
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	September 29, 1640
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	McGee 2015, p. 4181, Burnett 2020b, pp. 513, 5092
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Manuscripts , Gold , Silver , Bronze , Greek , Roman , British Coins , Saxon , Norman
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	Latin
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'Oh nobis utinam Te heic Vir doctissime paucis frui liceret diebus quo aliquot Autographorum me penes millia, cum numismatis, aureis argenteis aeneis Graecis, Romanis, Britannicis, Anglo-Saxonicis Normanno-Anglicis penitius inspiceres.' [Would that we might enjoy your company here for a few days, most learned of men, in which you might inspect in detail some thousands of autographs in my posssession, together with the gold, silver and bronze coins, some Greek, some Roman, some British, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo- Norman.] (BL, Harley MS 377, f.45r-v; translation from Burnett 2020b, p. 513)

References

^ McGee, J.S. (2015) An Industrious Mind. The Worlds of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Stanford, Stanford University Press.
^ 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.