Riggs Miller 1776, 2, 272-273 (Q1149): Difference between revisions
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(Changed claim: text of the quotation (P4): No room in this cabinet is more interesting in its appearance than the library, it contains a vast assemblage of manuscripts; they are pretty thick rolls; most of them quite brown, some black, and had suffered so much by the fire, that it was esteemed impossible to unroll them, had not an ingenious man, Padre Antonio Piaggi, invented a most curious method of opening them by degrees) |
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Revision as of 12:36, 27 August 2024
excerpt on the Portici Museum library
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Riggs Miller 1776, 2, 272-273 |
excerpt on the Portici Museum library |
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No room in this cabinet is more interesting in its appearance than the library, it contains a vast assemblage of manuscripts; they are pretty thick rolls; most of them quite brown, some black, and had suffered so much by the fire, that it was esteemed impossible to unroll them, had not an ingenious man, Padre Antonio Piaggi, invented a most curious method of opening them by degrees (English)