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RefNoCLP/16/53/3
LevelItem
TitleLetter extract, regarding an ancient date found at Widgel Hall in Hertfordshire, England from John [Mordaunt] Cope to Alexander Stuart
Date25 February 1734
DescriptionCope describes 'an ancient chimney-peice [sic] [...] found on pulling down part of Widgel Hall in Hertfordshire; there is cut upon it a date expressed part in Roman numerals, part in Indian [Eastern Arabic] figures', noting that this is 'the earliest instance, I have mett with, of the Indian figures being used here in England, viz 1016'.

Subject: Antiquities / Language

Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1734

Published in Philosophical Transactions as ''An extract of a letter from Mr. John Cope to Dr. Alexander Stuart, Physician in Ordinary to her Majesty, Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society, London, concerning an ancient date found at Widgel-Hall in Hertfordshire'
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0023
RelatedRecordRBO/19/24
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA867Cope; Sir; John Mordaunt (1731 - 1779)1731 - 1779
NA301Stuart; Alexander (c 1673 - 1742)c 1673 - 1742
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