Humfrey Wanley - John Jackson 1701-04-07

Humfrey Wanley

Humfrey Wanley - John Jackson 1701-04-07

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14027
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Humfrey Wanley
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	John Jackson
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	April 7, 1701
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
LiteratureReference to literature.	Lastanosa 16451, Wanley 1989, pp. 154-61 Letter 752, Burnett 2020b, p. 12453
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Spain , Legends , Punic , Numismatic Literature , Alphabet
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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However, enquiry may be made whether the Biscainers have any books among them written in their most ancient Language[.] Medalls I know there are many, with barbarous Heads of these old Spaniards engraven on them, the Inscriptions being sometimes in Roman, & sometimes in strange Letters which are called Punic; but how truly I know not. One Lattanosa did about 40 or 50 years ago, print at Huesca a Collection of such medals (in 4to) taken from many of the best Cabinets in Spain. The Title of this book begin’s thus, Museo de las Medallas desconnoscidas Espanolas [1645]. I desire you, Sir, to buy this book if you can get it at a reasonable price, for here in England, I could never hear of any more than two of them. Upon Enquiry, you will easily meet with such Medals; if you do, be pleas’d to confer with any ingenious Spaniard, and try and pick out an Alphabet, or even any one word that you can be sure of. (Wanley 1989, pp. 154-61 Letter 75; Burnett 2020b, p. 1245)

References

^ Lastanosa, Vincencio Juan de (1645), Museo de las medallas desconocidas espanolas, Huesca, Impresso en Huesca : por Iuan Nogues, [28], p. 1-20 , h. 21-52 , p. 53-221, h. 222-224 , [14] p. : il. ; 4º
^ Wanley, Humfrey (1989), Letters of Humfrey Wanley, Oxford (ed. P. L. Heyworth)
^ 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.