Notebook of Edmund Castell, Mid to late seventeenth century
Scope and Contents
The notes are miscellaneous, chiefly Ethiopian, and occasionally Arabic or Hebrew with English renderings; part is also in cipher. Some of the leaves had previously contained anecdotes, etc., from classical and other sources, which remain legible under Castell's notes. See also MSS Dd.06.04, Dd.06.63 and Dd.12.15.
Dates
- Creation: Mid to late seventeenth century
Creator
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Extent
1 volume(s) (104 leaves.)
Language of Materials
Hebrew
Arabic
Custodial History
In the Library by the mid 1750s.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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