Circle with inscription
Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p7
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 153mm
width (page): 100mm
width (page): 100mm
Subject
Description
This plaque, or design for a plaque, is added in the middle of a set of notes by Henry Oldenburg from the 1650s. The plaque mentions the horticulturist Ralph Austen (c. 1612-1676) and the art of cultivating apple trees. In Oldenburg's notes we do not find any information about apples or cider (although there are short notes on the preparation and recovering of beer). There is a list of trees, but this does not seem to be related to Austen.
Transcription
DOMS. RADULPHUS AUSTEN/OPTIMA. POMORUM/VNA PRIMUS ARTE ET/ INDUSTRIA OXONIAE/ PARAVIT. Circa AD.'
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place