Collection GB 0120 MSS.2800-2801 - Head, Erasmus (b 1711 )

2 volumes

GB 0120 MSS.2800-2801 c 1730-1742 Collection 2 volumes Head , Erasmus , b 1711

On the title page of MS.2801 the author describes himself as 'A.B. e Coll. Reg. Oxon, et ejusdem Collegii Taberdarius'. Pasted inside the cover is an engraved label 'Erasmus Head M.A. Prebendary of Carlisle'.

Purchased 1924.

Two commonplace books, 1730, 1732-1742.

Volume 1: with extracts from Sir William Temple and George Cheyne on health, 'The British Heroes, or, a new Poem in honour of St. George' by Mr John Grub, Schoolmaster of Christ Church, Oxon, etc.

Volume 2: Strange events, accidents and phenomena: with other historical occurrences worth observation, pp 63-72 'Paradoxes in physick and anatomy'. The date 1732 is found on p 11 and 1742 on p 74. An entry on p 3, dated 1771 seems to be by a different hand. Produced in Oxford. Compiler copied from other sources down contemporary events and ideas of note. The Index of the book reads: A Vampyre in Hungary, A Girl Possessed, A Cameleon, Miracles, Artifical rarities, Longevity, Aptness (instances of it), Moliere (His Plays), To preserve memory and procure long-life, The Spaniard's devotion, Erroneous opinions, superstition, customs etc, Painting, Fire-Ordeal, Vulgar Errors, Instances of Superstition, Physick, Paradoxes and Prodigies in Phsick and Anatomy, Mineralogy, Grammar, Geography (Paradoxes herein), Optics, Dreams, An Extraordinary Sleepy Person, 4 men living on Water for 4 days, A Ruminating Man, Remarkable Sayings, Strange customs, Tragedy - an account of it, Pedantry, what it is.

Two books as set out above in Scope and Content.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
Entry compiled by Barbara Ball from Wellcome Library online catalogue. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. October 2008 Information sources Documents Manuscripts Commonplace books Literature Literary forms and genres Poetry Miracles Religious experience Religion Cheyne , George , 1671-1743 , physician

Purchased 1924.

Two commonplace books, 1730, 1732-1742.

Volume 1: with extracts from Sir William Temple and George Cheyne on health, 'The British Heroes, or, a new Poem in honour of St. George' by Mr John Grub, Schoolmaster of Christ Church, Oxon, etc.

Volume 2: Strange events, accidents and phenomena: with other historical occurrences worth observation, pp 63-72 'Paradoxes in physick and anatomy'. The date 1732 is found on p 11 and 1742 on p 74. An entry on p 3, dated 1771 seems to be by a different hand. Produced in Oxford. Compiler copied from other sources down contemporary events and ideas of note. The Index of the book reads: A Vampyre in Hungary, A Girl Possessed, A Cameleon, Miracles, Artifical rarities, Longevity, Aptness (instances of it), Moliere (His Plays), To preserve memory and procure long-life, The Spaniard's devotion, Erroneous opinions, superstition, customs etc, Painting, Fire-Ordeal, Vulgar Errors, Instances of Superstition, Physick, Paradoxes and Prodigies in Phsick and Anatomy, Mineralogy, Grammar, Geography (Paradoxes herein), Optics, Dreams, An Extraordinary Sleepy Person, 4 men living on Water for 4 days, A Ruminating Man, Remarkable Sayings, Strange customs, Tragedy - an account of it, Pedantry, what it is.

Two books as set out above in Scope and Content.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

• English

• Latin

English

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English