William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1696-12-12

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William Nicolson, Great Salkeld

William Nicolson - Edward Lhuyd - 1696-12-12
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14548
InstitutionName of Institution. Oxford, Bodleian Library
InventoryInventory number. MS Ashmole 1816, f.482
AuthorAuthor of the document. William Nicolson
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Edward Lhuyd
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . December 12, 1696
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Great Salkeld 54° 43' 5.58" N, 2° 42' 56.72" W
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Justus Lipsius, John Selden
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 15531
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Julius Caesar , Solinus , British Coins , Celtic
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://tinyurl.com/ybuhg54g
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'We are not sure that the passage you quote out of Caesar’s Commentaries is truly genuine. Lipsius, you know, complains of a great many Interpolations in that Tract; insomuch that he can hardly allow one sound piece in it: And Mr Selden particularly assures us that, in this place, some MSS had laminis instead of Annulis. If that be the true Reading, their Lumps of Iron may prove as shapeless as I guess their Brass to have been. Both metals they (undoubtedly) gave in Exchange for other Commodities. And ’tis not unlikely but Caesar might be a little too careless here in expressing their Methods in bartering and Traffick. I am of opinion that Solinus (a much later writer) explains that account to this very purpose, when he tells us – .....'

(Bodleian Library, MS Ashmole 1816, f.482; Burnett 2020b, p. 1553)

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.