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Shilling
File — Folder 1
Content Description
From the Collection:
One shilling coin minted in 1692. The obverse of the coin depicts the conjoined busts of King William and Queen Mary. The reverse depicts the arms of Great Britain, Ireland and France, with the rampant lion of the House of Orange in the middle. Wording reads, "King and Queen of Great Britain, France, and Ireland" The date 1692 is printed in the spaces between the arms, near the center of the reverse side of the coin.
Dates:
1692
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina, 1629
Item — Folder 3: Series id143046
Identifier: id141477
Scope and Contents
"The Promised Land," from Atlas Major. A map of the Holy Land, viewed from atop Mt. Pisgah. The Exodus and the Wandering of the Children of Israel are depicted in the Sinai. Moses and Aaron flank the decorative cartouche, Jonah and the whale are shown in the sea, and the Pharaoh's forces are seen drowning in the Red Sea. The Mare Mortuum or Dead Sea is shown in a distorted shape with Sodom and Gommora burning within it.Decorative cartouches, compass roses, ship, sea monsters....
Dates:
1629
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William Preston Notebook (Vol. 66), 1739-1757
Item — Box 16
Identifier: id1755
Scope and Contents
Notebook inscribed "Wm. Preston, Queen's Coll., Oxon 1739," containing poems and essays in Latin and English. One page gives dates of arrival in and departure from Williamsburg and Virginia. Acc 1985.55
Dates:
1739-1757
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center