| Reference number | CLP/24/47 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'A short discourse of ye motif and manner of erecting in the low countries A Monti di Pieta' by Van Helmont [written in the hand of Henry Oldenburgh, Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 17th century |
| Description | A description of the 'Monte di Pieta', an institutional pawnbroker run as a charity, 'whose point it was to receive ye goods of poor people, to value you aright and to lend you thereupon at least 3/4 of ye whole value.' Description of these in the low countries [Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg].
Subject: Anthropology |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |