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RefNoCLP/15i/62
LevelItem
TitleFigures, regarding some unusual bones dug up in Canterbury [England] by John Somner
Date[1700-1701]
DescriptionSomner shares nine figures of bones dug up in Canterbury. The figures are labelled with letters but there is no accompanying text. On verso is a note that reads 'This belongs to Chartham news or a relation of bones dug up in Canterbury'.

Subject: Zoology / Zooarchaeology

An accompanying paper was published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Chartham news: or a brief relation of some strange bones there lately digged up, in some grounds of Mr John Somner’s in Canterbury'
Extent2p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1700.0089
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 272, p 882
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