[Commonplace book]
- Creator:
- Covel, John, 1638-1722
- Published/Created:
- [late 17th century]
- Physical Description:
- 1 v. (ca. 90 p.) ; 16 x 10 cm.
- Notes:
- Binding: full parchment.
Blank pages not digitized. Text written upside down in latter half of volume; photographed right-side up. - 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.
- Topics:
- Christianity and other religions
Judaism
Music--History and criticism
Music--Manuscripts
Theology - Topics:
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century
Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century - Topics:
- Colvill, John
Covel, John,--1638-1722
Orthodox Eastern Church - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Commonplace books
- Format:
- Text
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Call Number:
- Osborn b140
- Orbis Record:
- 7040170
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection
- oid pointer:
- 15493478
- Citation:
- John Covel, Commonplace Book. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete work digitized.
- OID:
- 15493473
- PID:
- digcoll:4027877
