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Creator:: Covel, John, 1638-1722
Published / Created:: [late 17th century]
Call Number:: Osborn b140
Image Count:: 103
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. and Blank pages not digitized. Text written upside down in latter half of volume; photographed right-side up.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
Subject (Name):: Colvill, John, Covel, John,--1638-1722, and Orthodox Eastern Church
Subject (Topic):: Christianity and other religions, Judaism, Music--History and criticism, Music--Manuscripts, and Theology
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]