[Commonplace book]

Description

Title: [Commonplace book]
Creator: Covel, John, 1638-1722
Contributor: Colvill, John
Covel, John,--1638-1722
Orthodox Eastern Church
Published / Created: [late 17th century]
Abstract: Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing memoranda, historical notes, curiosities, and opinions on various subjects. Many of the entries are concerned with various religions, including describing their rites and customs, such as "sacrifices," "strange idols," and "temples"; and "notions about the Greek Church." Other items in the volume include the evolution of music, illustrated with diagrams, and an account of an experiment conducted by Sir Richard Munden (1640-89) off Cape St. Vincent in 1678 to test the properties of oil of aniseed, cork, and wood.
Description: Binding: full parchment.
Blank pages not digitized. Text written upside down in latter half of volume; photographed right-side up.
Extent: 1 v. (ca. 90 p.) ; 16 x 10 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Commonplace books
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name): Colvill, John
Covel, John,--1638-1722
Orthodox Eastern Church
Subject (Topic): Christianity and other religions
Judaism
Music--History and criticism
Music--Manuscripts
Theology

Access: Public
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Citation: John Covel, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.