Beaupré Bell - William Stukeley - 1735-06-05
Beaupré Bell, Beaupré Hall
Beaupré Bell - William Stukeley - 1735-06-05
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 15447 |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | |
| InventoryInventory number. | |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Beaupré Bell |
| RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. | William Stukeley |
| Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . | June 5, 1735 |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | Beaupré Hall 52° 36' 57.46" N, 0° 14' 1.61" E |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | Roger Gale, Patrick Kennedy, Johann Albert Fabricius |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, p. 461Lukis 1882-1887, Burnett 2020b, p. 400 (corr.)Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Numismatic Literature , Constantine , Labarum |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | English |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'You did not, I perceive, send the parcel of medals from Dr. Kennedy to Mrs. Wingfield, till after she had conveyed the other I expected to me, so it did not arrive till last week, but was then highly acceptable, having received a letter from the Dr. on that subject not altogether genteel, or even commonly civil. Your own book, which came with them, has given me great pleasure & improvement, & I desire you to accept my best thanks for so agreeable a favor. Gale & Bochart I had read just before, so was the more surprized to find the number of particulars in your piece equally curious & new. Every one in these parts applauds it, & wishes to see it continued. I have looked over what coins I have, but find only one that can possibly be of use in a scheme of this nature; 'tis a small one of Constanine Max: with the monogram on a Labarum, which I have enclosed & request you to accept. The truth of this appearance to Constantine is generally doubted; but this coin shows that he actually did favor the Christians, either out of policy or conviction. Fabricius, in his Bibliotheca Graeca, has a curious disseration to show that the cross which appeared was a natural phaenomenon in a solar halo, which, if you have it not already, may at any time command' (Lukis 1882-1887, vol. 1, p. 461; Burnett 2020b, p. 400 (corr.))