Stukeley, William - Contents of the Medallic History of the first Brittish Kings. aug. 1762 - Oxford, Bodleian Library - MS Eng. Misc. d 445

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Stukeley, William - Contents of the Medallic History of the first Brittish Kings. aug. 1762 - Oxford, Bodleian Library - MS Eng. Misc. d 445
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16612
TitleTitel of the book. Contents of the Medallic History of the first Brittish Kings. aug. 1762
InstitutionName of Institution. Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number. MS Eng. Misc. d 445
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Stukeley
Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year . 1762
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Celtic , British Coins
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 9221
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia 
Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'Stukeley's more general work on ancient British coins, the MSS of which amount to some 200 folios. The work was left in several drafts and unfinished, several chapters existing only by their titles. It covered familiar ground, starting from Abraham and stressing the religious significance of the coins for Britain’s early history. The main interest here is that Stukeley had, however, completed several descriptions for coins for the plates (ff.30–9, 150–1, 161–92). The descriptions are, predictably, often fanciful.' (Burnett 2020b, p. 922)

References

  1. ^  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.