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 1645Lastanosa 1645, Wanley 1989, pp. 154-61 Letter 75Wanley 1989, Burnett 2020b, p. 1245Burnett 2020b |
| KeywordNumismatic Keywords ᵖ | Spain , Legends , Punic , Numismatic Literature , Alphabet |
| LanguageLanguage of the correspondence | |
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".
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.
