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Hans Sloane - Jean-Paul Bignon - 1734-07-02

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Hans Sloane - Jean-Paul Bignon - 1734-07-02
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16082
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Sloane MS 4068, f.236
AuthorAuthor of the document. Hans Sloane
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Jean-Paul Bignon
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . July 2, 1734
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
LiteratureReference to literature. Burnett 2020b, p. 6671
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Islamic , Egypt , Arabic
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence French
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'[Ayuba Suleiman Diallo] m’a eté de service en decyphrant mes \Amulettes/ médailles et monoyes Arabes, dont plusieurs ont eté frappes du tems des Croisades, et sous les Califfes d’Egypte. Les revers de \la plus part du/ ces medailles sont des passages du ////// (ou Alcoran.).' (British Library, Sloane MS 4068, f.236; Burnett 2020b, p. 667)

References

  1. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.