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Paper, 'On a Latin inscription to Flora, found in Italy' by John Ward

Reference number: L&P/2/15

Date: 20 December 1749

Description

Contains illustration of inscription.

Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Remarks upon an antient Roman Inscription, found in that part of Italy, which formerly belonged to the Sabines; and now in the possession of Richard Rawlinson, LL. D. & F. R. S'

Read 11 January 1750

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L&P/2/15
Earliest possible date
20 December 1749
Physical description
Ink on paper with illustration
Page extent
14 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ward

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John Ward, Paper, 'On a Latin inscription to Flora, found in Italy' by John Ward, 20 December 1749, L&P/2/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_15/paper-on-a-latin-inscription-to-flora-found-in-italy-by-john-ward, accessed on 21 January 2025

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