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{{Correspondence
|Institution=Oxford, Bodleian Library
|Inventory=MS Rawl. letters 4, f° 379
|Author=Benedict Leonard Calvert
|Recipient=Thomas Hearne
|Correspondence date=1723/09/03
|Place=Paris
|Coordinates=48.85661, 2.3515
|Associated persons=Louis XV of France
|Link=http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/b3572c69-3778-4129-9851-b59dc0384d64?sort=date-a&rows=50&let_con=his triumph after the taking of Jerusalem&baseurl=/forms/advanced&start=0&type=advanced&numFound=1
|Grand document=Lettre du 3 septembre 1723 (de Paris): The honble Benedict Leonard Calvert, Esq. informs me, in a Letter from Paris dated Sept. 3, 1723, that that Country affords little pleasure in the search of Antiquities; not that there is an entire want of them, but they are so disposed that it requires much time & application to see them. The King’s Library; being under some new regulations & alterations, is intirely shut up. His Closet of Medalls, &c., cannot be seen without an Order from himself. Indeed, at Versailes, in the Gardens, are several antique figures, which Mr. Calvert took some pains to examine. There are 3 senatorial figures, att y e feet of each a sort of Capsa, or Coffer. But yet which seems most valuable, as best executed, is one of Titus, the Roman Emperour, in the Military habit, resting one hand on a shield; on his Brest is represented two Angels, as it were supporting a Candlestick with seven Branches. This Mr. Calvert takes to be his triumph after the taking of Jerusalem. (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawl. letters 4, f° 379).
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