Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1570.

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Miscellany [manuscript], ca. 1570.

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Most of this volume may have been compiled by a clergyman of Somerset -- there are several documents relating to ecclesiastical matters and most of the abbreviated copies of different types of deeds and legal documents relate to that county and the bishopric of Bath and Wells. In addition there are other useful pieces of information: many medicinal recipes in which the writer often describes the herbs he recommends and in what kind of place they are to be found, [from the Agnus costus herbal], an alphabetical list of herbs (p. 69); Galyon the leach's advice on diet and blood letting (p. 57); the science of blowing and hunting of the horn (p. 137); Ptolemy's horoscopes which bear a sketchy resemblance to that part of his Quadripartitum (STC 20480) on the fortunes and destinies of men and women (p. 105); physiognomical characteristics (p. 201); and several poems, two giving advice on the acquisition of land (p. 17) and on favorable and unfavorable days (p. 143, incomplete), and two on biblical themes, Joseph and his brethren (p. 1, incomplete) and Susannah and the Elders (p. 129).

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English antiquary and collector. He began collecting while at Rugby School and Oxford. On inheriting his father's estate at Middle Hill in Worcestershire, Phillipps embarked on a career of collecting manuscripts and books. His collection of manuscripts eventually numbered over 60,000 items. During Continental trips in the 1820s Phillipps bought heavily, and back in England he continued to do so, often buying up entire estate libraries at auction. He collected Eastern, Greek and Lat...

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Ptolemy, active 2nd century

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