Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, documenting the author's travels through France, Italy, Naples, Sicily, and Malta, paying particular attention to Catholic architecture and devotional practices. For example, he keeps lists of the relics he encounters, noting that at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, "There are many Reliques of the Virgin Mary, (as they say) namely, some of her Haire, her Smock, her Milk the which are kept in a very rich Cabinet of Silver and finely graven." At Lyon, he describes a church which "is the Cardinalls house whereinto entering we found in his Cabinett more Dogges than bookes."
Description:
Binding: parchment., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Note on title page: "A Copy from the Original of Thos. Lambton Esq. of Biddick-Waterville.", and Signature inside front cover: "James J. Gray. Houghton. 1845."
Subject (Geographic):
France--Description and travel., Italy--Description and travel., and Sicily (Italy)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Europe.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Relics., Reliquaries., and Travelers' writings, English.
Holograph journal on paper kept by a young man (possibly the son of Martin Lister?) on a tour through France, Switzerland, northern Germany, and Holland. He comments on the expenses and difficulties of traveling, the customs of different cities, and his impressions of various sights, including the Tuilleries, a visit to Versailles with the English Ambassador, the Roman amphitheatre at Rheims, the baths at Aix-la-Chapelle where "English cuntry dances are most in fashion," the relics of Mary, Queen of Scots displayed by the English Jesuits at Lisge, and the charnel yard of the cathedral at Havre-de-Grace. and Other subjects include his visit to the Royal Palace at the Hague, with descriptions of the private apartments of Lord Albemarle, the Duke of Portland, and others; his impressions of King William III in council with the States General; comments on laws and customs in Montpellier; and his opinion of the theater in Paris, where he found the costumes and stagings finer than in England but wrote that "theyr comedyes are not near so good as our Playes nor do they Act better."
Description:
Binding: contemporary parchment., Flyleaf annotated in 19th century hands: "Diary ? by Martin Lister. Yes.", For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Volume is incomplete, with text missing between the current 23v and 24r, and another possible break between 25v and 26r.
Subject (Geographic):
Belgium--Description and travel., France--Description and travel., Hague (Netherlands)--Court and courtiers., Hague (Netherlands)--Description and travel., Montpellier (France)--Description and travel., Montpellier (France)--Social life and customs., Netherlands--Description and travel., Netherlands--Social life and customs., and Orange (France : Principality)--Description and travel.
Subject (Name):
Montagu, Charles,--Duke of Manchester,--1660?-1722. and William--III,--King of England,--1650-1722.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education) and Travelers' writings, English.
