'Gleanings of Antiquity from Verolam and St. Albans, collected by J. Webster'
Reference code
WEB
Title
'Gleanings of Antiquity from Verolam and St. Albans, collected by J. Webster'
Date
mid 18th century
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
ff. xi + pp. 266.
Quarto.
Modern cloth binding, red, old red leather lettering-piece on the front. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Williams, fol. i.
Quarto.
Modern cloth binding, red, old red leather lettering-piece on the front. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Williams, fol. i.
Scope and content
'Gleanings of Antiquity from Verolam and St. Albans, collected by J. Webster' (fol. vii). A collection compiled by Dr Joshua Webster (1716-1801), medical practitioner and Jacobite of St Albans.
Includes notes and drawings, many in colour wash, of roman, medieval and ecclesiastical antiquities found in or relating to St Albans; the present location of many of these is not known. Prefatory material, fols. iii-xi, by Dr Webster includes a w/col copy (fol. vi) of a portrait of William the Conqueror then in his possession. Index, pp. 261-6. Items illustrated (and described as follows) include:- A fine oriental pearl from the shrine of St Alban, pp. 175-6; the sword of King Offa, pp. 250-3; the head of a crozier, dated 1070, borne by Odo of Bayeux, half brother of the Conqueror, p. 256; the head of Cardinal Wolsey's crozier, dated 1521, p. 257. Views of St Albans and Verulamium include:- A copy by Dr Webster of 'Dr Stukeley's Survey 1734', p. 24, and a double-spread colour sketch plan 'survey'd by J. W. 1745', pp. 26-7. Extracts from MSS include the Book of St Albans. References to Browne Willis, James West, MP for St Albans, and other antiquaries.
See East Herts. Arch. Soc. Trans., 5 (1912-14), 294-8.
Includes notes and drawings, many in colour wash, of roman, medieval and ecclesiastical antiquities found in or relating to St Albans; the present location of many of these is not known. Prefatory material, fols. iii-xi, by Dr Webster includes a w/col copy (fol. vi) of a portrait of William the Conqueror then in his possession. Index, pp. 261-6. Items illustrated (and described as follows) include:- A fine oriental pearl from the shrine of St Alban, pp. 175-6; the sword of King Offa, pp. 250-3; the head of a crozier, dated 1070, borne by Odo of Bayeux, half brother of the Conqueror, p. 256; the head of Cardinal Wolsey's crozier, dated 1521, p. 257. Views of St Albans and Verulamium include:- A copy by Dr Webster of 'Dr Stukeley's Survey 1734', p. 24, and a double-spread colour sketch plan 'survey'd by J. W. 1745', pp. 26-7. Extracts from MSS include the Book of St Albans. References to Browne Willis, James West, MP for St Albans, and other antiquaries.
See East Herts. Arch. Soc. Trans., 5 (1912-14), 294-8.
Creator
Webster, Joshua (1716-1801), physician and Jacobite
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/720
Archival history
Owned (in 1915) by Miss Williams of Bath. Purchased from Mrs Macpherson, 1951.