Record

RefNoCLP/16/49/2
LevelItem
TitleFigure, conveyance of a marble sepulchre owned by Hans Sloane by Roger Gale
Date1735
DescriptionA figure of the conveyance or chirograph on the marble sepulchre in the collection of Hans Sloane. This is transcribed line by line in the accompanying paper.

Subject: Antiquities

Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1735

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A copy of an ancient chirograph, or conveyance of part of a sepulchre, cut in marble lately brought from Rome, and now in the profession of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. R. S. Pr. with some observations upon it by Roger Gale, Esq; V. P. R. & Tr. R. S'
LanguageLatin
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0043
RelatedRecordRBO/19/40
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8406Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector1660 - 1753
NA2848Gale; Roger (1672 - 1744)1672 - 1744
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