D'Ewes, Simonds - Notes for plates of Theatrum Numaria Romanum
Simonds D’Ewes
D'Ewes, Simonds - Notes for plates of Theatrum Numaria Romanum
| FINA IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ | 15773 |
| TitleTitel of the book. | Notes for plates of Theatrum Numaria Romanum |
| InstitutionName of Institution. | London, British Library |
| InventoryInventory number. | Harley MS 255, f.62r |
| AuthorAuthor of the document. | Simonds D’Ewes |
| Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year . | |
| PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. | |
| Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. | |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Plates , Book Production |
| LiteratureReference to literature. | Burnett 2020b, pp. 531-2Burnett 2020b |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | Latin |
| External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ᵖ |
Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
'The main text on this page is the list of coins of Macrinus, but, upside down, we find that D’Ewes has added, in his own handwriting, a list of rulers under several headings (with totals that have been altered several times):
Tabula 9
Hadrianus 11
Sabina 1
L. Aelius 5
Antoninus Pius 7
Tabula 10
Antoninus Pius 13
Faustina Maior 6
Antoninus 5
(Philosophus)
Tabula 11
Antoninus
(Philosophus) 7
Faustina Minor 2
L. Verus 3
Lucilla L Veri 1
Commodus 1
Severus Imp 2
Antoninus
(Caracalla) 5
Elagabalus 3
Tabula 12
Alexander 3
Gordianus Africanus I 1
Gord. 3 2
Philippus pater 1
Traianus Decius 1
Postumus pater 1
These look very much like notes for the plates of the first volume of the Theatrum. Each of the lists for plates 9–11 has 24 coins, suggesting that the volume as a whole would have been illustrated with a total of 288 coins (12 x 24). If so, it would have been the most heavily illustrated book on Roman coins ever to have been published in England, with no parallel until the 18th century.' (Burnett 2020b, pp. 531-2)
