A miscellaneous collection of autographical, linguistic and palaeographic curiosities formed by the antiquary John Pointer (1668-1754). Kept together with MS 254 which consists of additions to this collection. The printed items, and the Turkish and Hebrew manuscript items, have been catalogued more fully elsewhere, the former on the Oxford University on-line catalogue (SOLO), and the latter in Savage-Smith's Descriptive Catalogue of Oriental Manuscripts at St John's College, Oxford (Oxford University Press, 2005).
Fols 1-99: Pointer, John, Musæum Pointerianum , Vol. 4. (from front cover). Title also inside front cover, "MUSÆUM POINTERIANUM | Vol. 4th | Being | A Collection of several Papers of | Antiquity & Curiosity." Captions in English, but items often in other languages. Single 18th c. hand in black ink (Pointer's own).
1) Fol. 1r: Indulgence printed by Wynknyn de Worde, 1526. STC (2nd ed.), 14077c.121B; ESTC, S93142. For full details see SOLO. Pointer's caption: "Pope Clement 7ths Pardon of sins, granted to Mrs Margaret Brokes, of Knaresborough in Yorkshire, & her Heirs, for 500 years. Granted A.D. 1526. in quantum claves Ecclesiae [si?] extendunt." Blank for name filled in in 16th c. secretary hand. Granted by Brother Oswald, Vicar General & Provincial of the Trinitarian Order in England. Decorated with three painted Maltese style crosses in pink and green, originally red and blue?, the colours of the Trinitarian cross. [fol. 1v blank.]
2) Fols 2r-3v: "A transcription of the afore-going Popes Pardon" in Pointer's hand. Latin. With note at bottom of fol. 3v: "Given by Dr Brooks of All Souls Coll."
3) Fol. 4r: Symbolum Apostolicum printed in a southern Indian language, possibly Malayalam-Tamil? 17th c. For full details see SOLO. Caption: "The Apostles Creed in ye Malabar Language."
4) Fols 4v-5v: "Toe-writing." Notes in Pointer's hand, with an engraved portrait of Johannes Valerius, 18th c? pasted below. For full details see SOLO. Also a pasted slip with a sample of examples of Valerius'? toe-writing in English & Latin (63 x 145 mm).
5) Fols 6-7: Turkish letter from the Kaymakam Pasha (Öküz Mehmed Pasha, d. 1620) to James I. Dated 1607/8. For full details see Savage-Smith (2005), entry no. 37, pp. [107]-110. Pointer's caption on 6r: "A Letter from the Sophi of Persia to K. Ch. I. written upon Paper made of ye Bark of Trees."
6) Fols 8-9: A letter in an early Cyrillic script, from Tsar Mikhail I Romanov to Charles I, dated 4th March 1631 (Coxe supplement). Russian? 543 x 412 mm (text area: 360 x 225 mm) folded to fit volume. Decorated with lavish foliate gilt part border and initial, surmounted by a crown. Addressed on verso? Two inscriptions by Pointer on fol. 8r: 1. "The Czar of Muscovy's Letter"; 2. (inverted) "A Letter from the Czar of Muscovy to K. James 2d written in the Slavonian Language."
7) Fol. 10r: "Mouth-writing." With a pasted slip (117 x 107 mm) bearing an example in English.
8) Fols 10v-11r: "Stump-writing." Various pasted items relating to the German artist, magician and illustrator, Matthias or "Matthew" Buchinger (d. 1739), including: 2 printed advertisements for his appearances, both dated later in ink, one (for an appearance in Oxford) to 1730 (see SOLO), the other to 1717 (see SOLO); a printed elegy on Buchinger's (misreported) death, possibly cut from a newspaper, ESTC, T182474 (see SOLO); and three examples of his calligraphic work. Of these latter, two are standard samples with an ornate headpiece incorporating the letters ABC and their mirror image, and the text "This was Written by | [inverted] Matthew Buchinger | born Without | [mirror writing] Hand or Feet ...". One (98 x 153 mm) was done at Worcester on "Octobr 2nd 1724", the other (61 x 126 mm) at Oxford in 1727. The third example (52 x 46 mm) is a micrographic version of the Lord's Prayer in English arranged in a spiral and dated 1717, with an ornate square, foliate border. Pointer's caption: "This German Monster was married & had 8 children all Perfect & Compleat. He wrote by holding his pen between ye 2 stumps of his Arms ...". [fol. 11v blank.]
9) Fol. 12r: A 17th c. receipt (87 x 86 mm) bearing the name John Langley and the date April 3rd 1662. English. Pointer's caption: "It was a Custom formerly for the Scholars of Brazen-nose to have Almond, Raisins & Figgs for dinner on Good-Friday, as you may see by this Receipt."
10) Fols 12v-13r: Printed copy of Papal Bull of Pope Leo X dated 1516. STC (2nd ed.), 14077c.102; ESTC, S93117. See SOLO. Pointer's caption: "A Bull of Pope Leo ye 10th – granted A.D. 1516 – for ye space of 10 years." [fols 13v blank.]
11) Fols 14-15: Engraving of a mosaic produced for the antiquary (and one of Pointer's rivals) Thomas Hearne by Michael Burghers in 1712. See SOLO. Pointer's caption: "An antique ROMAN PAVEMENT, 35 foot in length x 20 in breadth ... found in ye parish of Stansfield near Woodstock, Oxford shire, A.D. 1711/12, proved to have been a Pavement of a Subaltern Officers [Tent?] belonging to Allectus, 1400 year ago!"
12) Fol. 16: Engraving of "The Clog or Staffordshire Perpetuall Almanack", produced ca. 1670? See SOLO.
13) Fols 17-19: Pointer's notes on the above: "The meaning of this Staffordshire Perpetual Almanac."
14) Fols 20-23: Materials on the "Painted Prince" Giolo or Jeoly, of Gilolo, (b. ca. 1662). These include an engraved illustrated advert for his exhibition, ca. 1692, (see SOLO), a letterpress advert, ca. 1692, (Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), P3484; ESTC, R222721, see SOLO), and Pointer's notes describing his part in the removal of Jeoly's skin on his death, and a further exhibition of tattoed "Indian Princes" in 1719.
15) Fol. 24: Printed sheet "A description and explanation of a neat pocket-piece, or medal ... wherein are described ... tables and lines whereby to find the days of the week, and day of the month for ever ...". 1717. ESTC, T12223. See SOLO.
16) Fol. 25: Printed sheet: "A perpetuall ephemeris table showing the day or/of the month for ever." 1644? See SOLO.
17) Fols 26-27: Engraving of Charles I surrounded by other worthies, by Joseph Nutting. 1648. See SOLO.
18) Fol. 28: Printed sheet: "The four Indian kings speech to Her Majesty ["Q. Ann" inserted by Pointer], London, April 20. 1710." (ESTC, T5943). See SOLO.
19) Fols 29-30: Autograph letter from John Martin (fl. 1730, of Merton College), at Sandwich, to Pointer, dated October 1st, 1730. (187 x 290 mm, folded). English. Addressed to Pointer at Merton College on fol. 29r, with Pointer's caption, "A Letter from an old friend of mine proving that a fragment of the Walls of TROY, that he sent me is genuine" on fol. 29v, and the main body of the letter, on fol. 30, describing Martin's receipt of the fragment from a person who had visited Troy, and remembering their acquaintance at Merton 30 years previously. With fragment of a black wax armorial seal affixed.
20) Fol. 31r: Transcription in Pointer's hand with caption: "A Copy of some of Sr Tho. Fairfax's Letter to Prince Rupert \at Bristol/ in ye time of ye Civil War." [fol. 31v blank.]
21) Fol. 32r: Transcription of a prayer in Pointer's hand with caption: "Oliver Cromwell, in the Evening before his Departure was heard to Pray thus."
22) Fols 32v-45v: A collection of autographs, mainly on pasted slips cut from other documents, except where indicated.
- i. Fol. 32v. 1.) Thomas Gore (1631-1684, writer on heraldry?). 2.) [Hen. Balliunt?]. 3.) Sir Robert Munro of Foulis (1684-1746, army officer & politician).
- ii. Fol. 33r. Pointer's caption: "An order sign'd by Oliver Cromwell's own hand & directed to the Ambassador of the King of Spain concerning some Prize ships", dated 24th Apr. 1653, with Cromwell's signature. Appoints Walter Walker and John Thurloe (1616-1668) to confer with the Spanish Ambassador. English. 217 x 138 mm, pasted into volume, and obviously trimmed as Pointer has had to supply the ends of sentences on the supporting leaf.
- iii. Fol. 33v. 1.) "The Hand-writing of Dr Hough Bp. of Worcester", a slip bearing an autograph certification of acceptance of the resignation of Rev. Samuel Wolley from the Rectory of [Cromb Dabilot?], dated "Hartlebury Octob. 20th 1730," signed "J. Wigorn.", i.e. John Hough (1651-1743). English. 78 x 157 mm. 2.) Robert Thompson, M.D. S.R.S. 3.) Thomas Penyston, "a very curious antiquary". 4.) "The Handwriting of that Excellent & Indefatigable Antiquary Mr Tho. Hearne ...": a printed receipt (see SOLO) signed by Thomas Hearne (1678-1735) for a purchase of a book made by the judge Sir Martin Wright (1692/3-1767).
- iv. Fol. 34r: Pointer's caption to the page: "A List of the Handwriting of several famous men that were Fellows of All Souls College, Oxon. in 1654. Taken out of Bursars Accounts, & given me by Dr Marten of Mert. C." These are: 1.) Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665, scholar & courtier). 2.) Sir Thomas Millington (1628-1704, physician). 3.) J. Osborn. 4.) Sir Edward Littleton (1625-1702, planter & judge in Barbados). 5.) George Stradling (1620/21-1688, Dean of Chichester). 6.) Martin Aylworth, "History Professor". 7.) Thomas Henshaw.
- v. Fol. 34v. 1.) Robert Sanderson (1587-1663, Bishop of Lincoln?) 2.) Nathaniel Bond (1634-1707, lawyer) 3.) Benjamin Jenks (1648-1724, clergyman & author) 4.) Lord Gage (i.e. Sir Henry Gage? 1597-1645, Royalist army officer) 5.) James Radcliffe, styled 3rd Earl of Derwentwater (1689-1716, Jacobite). 6.) Sir William Osbaldeston, dated 29th November 1733.
- vi. Fols 35-36: An autograph letter from Charles II to James, Duke of York, dated September 4th, 1672, at Whitehall. English. 187 x 300 mm, folded. Address, date and seal on fol. 35v, body of letter on fol. 36. Encourages the Duke to maintain the fleet in good condition, and its presence around the coast, to discourage the Dutch under De Ruyter.
- vii. Fol. 37r: Printed warrant (209 x 162 mm) signed by Queen Anne. See SOLO. With the blanks filled to demand "One Brace of ... Bucks" to be delivered to the Duke of Shrewsbury as Chamberlain of the Royal Household by the ranger of Wychwood Forest. Dated 10th July, 1714, at Kensington.
- viii. Fol. 37v: More warrants as above: 1.) Printed (110 x 119 mm). See SOLO. Signed by George II for one fat doe to be delivered to the Bishop of Bristol, signed 15th November 1728. 2.) Manuscript (187 x 181 mm), signed by George I for five brace of fat bucks to be delivered to the Earl of Godolphin as Cofferer of the Royal Household by the keeper of Wychwood Forest. Dated 3rd June 1715.
- ix. Fol. 38: Another warrant as above. Printed (161 x 151 mm). See SOLO. Signed by Queen Caroline, consort of George II, for one fat buck to be delivered to the Dean of Christ Church by the keeper of Wychwood Forest. Dated 12th June, 1719.
- x. Fol. 39r. 1.) Oliver Cromwell, together with a separate slip bearing an imprint of his seal. 2.) Pasted slip with 16 signatures (96 x 127 mm) and an associated red wax armorial seal. Pointer's caption: "The Hand-writing of several Oxfordshire & Warwickshire Gent. as my Lord Compton, ... &c."
- xi. Fol. 39v: 1.) Robert Walpole (1676-1745, Prime Minister) 2.) Lord Pawlett (i.e. either of the 2nd or 3rd Dukes of Bolton? Charles Powlett or Paulet) 3.) F[rancis?] Twisleton, called "Colonel" in Pointer's caption. 4.) John Wallis (1616-1703, mathematician & cryptographer).
- xii. Fol. 40r: 1.) Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723, architect) dated July 30th 1719. 2.) R. Brooke, "Governor of Warwick Castle in ye time of the Grand Rebellion" (i.e. Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke? 1607-1643, Parliamentarian commander) 3.) Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713, Archbishop of Armagh) 4.) Lord Ryalton. 5.) Sir Thomas Wheate? 6.) Sir Thomas Reade.
xiii. Fol. 40v: 1.) Ri[chard?] Crosse, "Rector of Broughton in Oxfordsh., Prebendary of Winchester & Hereford, & Archdeacon of Salop." With a wax seal. 2.) Lord Abingdon, with a wax seal. 3.) Seth Ward (1617-1689, astronomer & Bishop of Salisbury) 4.) Henry Bigg, "Warden of Winchester College." 5.) Richard Wykeham, "Sometime High Sheriff of Oxfordshire". With wax seal. - xiv. Fol. 41r: 1.) Charles Butler, Earl of Arran (1671-1758) 2.) John Baron, "Master of Baliol College." 3.) Bernard Gardiner, Warden of All Souls (1668-1726) 4.) William Wake (1657-1737, Archbishop of Canterbury) 5.) 3 signatures of Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761) as Bishop of Bangor. 6.) Edward Fowler (1632-1714, Bishop of Gloucester) 7.) White Kennett (1660-1728, Bishop of Peterborough) 8.) Edmund Gibson (1669-1748, Bishop of Lincoln).
- xv. Fol. 41v: 1.) Sir Edmund Probyn (1678-1742, judge) 2.) William Cave (1637-1713, clergyman & scholar) 3.) Sir Walter Ralegh (1554-1618, adventurer, author, courtier) 4.) Thomas Green (1658-1738, Bishop of Ely) 5.) Edward Wells (1667-1727, clergyman & educationalist).
- xvi. Fol. 42r: 1.) James Hay, "Dr Hay M.D. of the University of Edenborough in Scotland, an Eminent Physician & one that had been Tutor to the Earl of Northampton & several other young Noblemen, & travell'd with them into Foreign Parts." 2.) Earl of Stamford (one of the 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earls?), with a red wax armorial seal. 3.) Lord Ward (either of the 1st or 2nd Barons?) 4.) Sir Philip Warburton, "of Chester" M.P. 1747. [fols 42v-43v blank.]
- xvii. Fol. 44r: 1.) Andrew Snape (1675-1742, Provost of King's College, Cambridge) 2.) Thomas Fairfax (1612-1671, Parliamentarian commander) 3.) Robert Overton (1608/9-1678/9, Parliamentarian officer) 4.) Henry Compton (1631/2-1713, Bishop of London) 5.) John Fell (1625-1686, Bishop of Oxford) 6.) William Whiston (1667-1752, natural philosopher & theologian), with red wax armorial seal.
- xviii. Fol. 44v: "A copy of Verses of Sr Harry Newton's [i.e. Sir Henry Newton, 1650-1715, diplomat & judge] own Hand-writing, printed in his Epistolae, Orationes, & Carmina, 1710". Pasted leaf (197 x 140 mm) bearing an autograph poem in black ink, entitled, In villam Imperatoris Hadriani . Latin.
- xix. Fol. 45r: Letter (224 x 180 mm) tipped-in to previous leaf. From A. Snape [i.e. Andrew Snape, 1675-1742], Provost of Kings College Cambridge, to Francis White, "Principal of the Post Masters", dated July 20th, 1730. English. Regards the appointment of William Moreland as a post-master at Merton College, Oxford.
- xx. Fol. 45v: 1.) Sir Martin Wright (1692/3-1737, judge) 2.) Sir John Rushout (1685-1765, politician?) 3.) Josiah Pullen (1631-1714, clergyman & University teacher).
23) Fols 46-47: A petition in Greek script from the Patriarch of Alexandria (Samuel Kapasoulis, fl. 1710-1723) to the Archbishop of Canterbury (Thomas Tenison, 1636-1715) dated 5th February 1712. Modern Greek. 588 x 400 mm (text area: 523 x 300 mm) folded to fit volume. With circular black inked pictorial stamp/seal of the patriarch. Inscriptions by Pointer on fol. 46r: "The humble Petition of ye Patriarch of Alexandria to ye Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Tennison in Modern Greek. Also a translation of ye said letter into Latin."
24) Fols 48r-50r: Latin translation of 23 above in Pointer's hand.
25) Fols 50v-55r: Continuation of the collection of autographs as at 22 above.
- i. Fol. 50v: 1.) "The Duke of Richmond, Knight of the Garter" (i.e. Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond?, 1701-1750) 2.) Edmund Gibson (1669-1748, Bishop of London), with impression of his seal. 3.) "Duchess-Dowager of Marlborough's Hand" (i.e. Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough?, 1660-1744) 4.) Richard Hooker (1554-1600, theologian & philosopher) 5.) "The Lord Coventry's Hand."
- ii. Fol. 51r: 1.) Richard Fiddes (1671-1725, clergyman & writer) 2.) 2 signatures of John Fell (1625-1686, clergyman & academic), one with red wax armorial seal. 3.) John Caswell (1654/5-1712, mathematician & Oxford academic) 4.) John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722, general & politician) 5.) Sir Thomas Gedney. 6.) John Robinson (1650-1723, Bishop of London).
- iii. Fol. 51v: 1.) William Bradshaw (1671-1732, Bishop of Bristol), with two red wax armorial seals. 2.) Isaiah Aaron "a learned Jew & a Convert, & Son of Rabbi Aaron of blessed memory", inscription in Hebrew, translated by Pointer. 3.) Henry Egerton (1687-1746, Bishop of Hereford), with red wax armorial seal.
- iv. Fol. 52r: 1.) "Father Montfaucon's [i.e. Bernard de Montfaucon, 1655-1741?, monk & palaeographer] Letter to the Bp. of Oxford [i.e. John Potter 1673/4-1747], 1718"; Latin label addressed to Potter as Bishop of Oxford (89 x 112 mm), with inscription in another hand beneath, "Revnd Sir, This I know to be the hand writing of Father Montfaucon. J. Russell." 2.) 2 autographs of Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715, Bishop of Salisbury & historian) as Bishop of Salisbury. 3.) William Lloyd (1627-1717, Bishop of Worcester) 4.) John Potter (1673/4-1747, later Archbishop of Canterbury) as Bishop of Oxford, with green wax armorial seal. 5.) William Sherlock (1639/40-1707, clergyman & controversialist) 6.) Edward Welchman (1665-1739, clergyman & religious writer).
- v. Fol. 52v: 1.) James de La Faye, "Minister of the English Church at Utrecht"; 2.) Thomas de La Faye, "His son's". 3.) 2 autographs and read wax armorial seal of Richard Willis (1664-1734, Bishop of Winchester) 4.) John Mather (fl. 1715-1748, Vice Chancellor of Oxford University & president of Christ Church), dated March 14th 1723.
- vi. Fol. 53r: 1.) 2 signatures of Robert Charnock (1663-1696, Jacobite conspirator) 2.) Sir John Egerton (one of the Earls of Bridgewater) 3.) John Tyler (1640-1724, Bishop of Llandaff), "who abstain'd from eating flesh 45 years, & never had a beard ...". 4.) Robert Shippen (1675-1745, Principal of Brasenose College) 5.) John Holland (fl. 1709-1734, Warden of Merton College), with red wax armorial seal.
- vii. Fol. 53v: 1.) "Oxfordshire Gent." Two slips with a list of six names, and a clipped remnant of a printed date (1655): Jo. Lovelace; Willm Morton?; Thos Cobbe; Will. Fletewood; Edw. Norreys; Thomas Wheate. 2.) Algernon Seymour, Baron Percy & Duke of Somerset (1684-1750) 3.) Richard Reynolds (1674-1744, Bishop of Lincoln), with red wax armorial seal. 4.) William Talbot (1659-1730, Bishop of Durham) 5.) 2 autographs of Richard Mead (1673-1754, physician).
- viii. Fol. 54r: 1.) Robert Say (d. 1691, head of Oriel College & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford), with red wax armorial seal. 2.) Paper label (118 x 156 mm) with a Latin inscription from Terence and the signatures of John & Thomas Potter, sons of John Potter (Archbishop of Canterbury as above), dated October 24th 1723. 3.) Nathaniel Bacon (1593-1660, politician & author?), dated September 3rd 1644. 4.) R. Trewin? 5.) Thomas Bramston, M.P. for Maldon, Essex.
- ix. Fol. 54v: 1. Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart. & M.P. for Cockermouth, Cumberland. 2.) "Sr Laurence Fiennes, Ld Say & Seale". 3.) Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester (1602-1671, politician & parliamentarian commander), with red wax armorial seal. 4.) Sir George Beaumont. 5.) Paper slip (84 x 160 mm) dated August 6th 1725, "[And?] then of the Reverend Mr Streat Bursar of Merton Coll. the sum of three pounds three shillings being the charitable contribution of Merton College towards the relief of the Abbots & Monks of Mount Athos, Reveived of me 3 Guineas." with a fragment of an inscription in Greek script.
- x. Pointer's caption: "An Epitaph writ by Polydore Virgil (Polidoro Virgili, ca. 1470-1555, humanist scholar) upon the Founder of Merton College, Oxon, whom he falsely call'd Wm. Marton. This Author li'd in ye 15th & 16th Centuries, was an Italian, & was sent by ye Pop into England to gather up ye Peter-Pence, & having got into ye Kings Favour was made Arch-deacon of Wells." Paper label (154 x 171 mm) bearing a verse in Latin in a humanistic script in black ink.
26) Fol. 55v: Pointer's caption: "The Confession of Joanna Meades, who was burnt at Oxford May 17. 1723 for Poisoning her own Husband ...". Paper label (201 x 158 mm) with the text of the confession in an 18th c. hand in black ink, signed "ioanna meades".
27) Fols 56-57v: Various accounts in Pointer's hand of conjoined twins, "2 Children growing together". Pointer's account covers births at Sturminster Newton, Dorset (1736); Comarin, Hungary (with a pen sketch, brought to Oxford in 1708); St Domingo, West Indies (1533); Blois, France (1724); Swansea, Wales (1678).
28) Fols 58-59: Materials relating to the case of the suicide of Richard Martin, a "scout" at University College, Oxford in February 24th 1712. Fol. 58r: Pointer's account of the case. [fol. 58v blank.] Fol. 59: Martin's suicide note explaining his drowning as a result of maternal antipathy and unemployment (tipped in, 271 x 188 mm).
29) Fol. 60: Part of a printed leaf from the "White-Hall Evening Post" for April 20-22, 1732, no. 2148. (right hand column of first leaf only.) Re-prints suicide notes left by Richard & Bridget Smith. With a red-inked stamp for postage. (ESTC, P1835) See SOLO.
30) Fols 61-65: "The Copy of a Hebrew Conveyance of land in Gamlingay from William of Leicester, to Walter de Merton the Founder of Merton College, Oxon. In ye time of K. Hen. 3d. The Founder purchasing land of a jew, the Jew wou'd have ye leases drawn in his Own Language. These Leases now translated into Latin by M. Gagnier." For full details see Savage-Smith (2005), entry no. 36, pp. 103-106
31) Fol. 66: A table in Pointer's hand: "The low Prices of Corn, Cattle, & other Commodities in England from K. John's time down to K. Hen. 6th which is 300 years."
32) Fols 67-70: 2 printed sheets with hand-colouring, The devises, motto's [sic] &c. used by the Parliament officers on standards, banners, &c. in the late Civil Wars; : taken from an original manuscript done at ye time, now in ye hands of Benja[mi]n Cole of Oxford. ca. 1650. See SOLO.
33) Fols 71-72: Notes in Pointer's hand relating to the discovery of a "Sea Angel" [an angel shark?] in the River Isis in Oxford, July 17th, 1715. Fol. 71r: ink sketch of the fish. Fol. 71v: Pointer's account, and a sketch of the "Jaws & Teeth in 'em.", with pencil note at the bottom of the page, "Mr Banks ye Painter has this Fish." Fol. 72: Latin extract from Konrad Gesner's De Aquatilibus [i.e. Historia animalium, Liber 4, 1558?, p. 1079.] in Pointer's hand.
34) Fols 73-74: Printed sheet, Ordo baccalaureorum determinantium in Universit. Oxon. per quadragesimam. ann. 1669/70 . (Wing (2nd ed.), O905; ESTC, R41792) See SOLO.
35) Fol. 75: Printed sheet, Tabella of various alphabets, chiefly runic and Frankish as suggested by various sources, e.g. Trithemius, Hrabanus Maurus, etc. Ca. 1750. See SOLO.
36) Fols 76-77: Printed sheet, Series lectionum in Academia Ultrajectina. A.C. MDCCXV. Prioris semestris. See SOLO
37) Fol. 78r: Two samples of hand-writing in imitation of print? 1. "Mr Thomason's Writing." Tipped in paper label (69 x 115 mm), fragment of an English translation of "ye Icon Basilice written by Mr Thomason a Latin Schoolmaster in Cheshire, who finisht a Book & presented it to ye Queen who gave him 50 [pounds?]. 2. "Mr Parry's Writing." Pasted paper label (44 x 126 mm), opening fragment of an English verse addressed to a lady. [fol. 78v blank.]
38) Fol. 79r: 3 examples of the Lord's Prayer in English in micrographic hand-writing. Pasted slips. 1. (17 x 17 mm) Dated 1685. 2. (30 x 26 mm). 3. (41 x 40 mm) Done in a spiral. Pointer's caption: "The Lord's Prayer wrot in this compass by a Gentleman of 55 years of age without the help of a Glass."
39) Fol. 79v: 3 examples of delicate paper silhouettes, mounted on coloured paper.
40) Fol. 80: Printed sheet, Ut exercitia academica & præsertim Quadragesimalia solennius in posterum peragantur, hoc programmate monere placuit, firmiterque injungere, ... . 1672. See SOLO. Pointer's caption: "A Programme agst. Riotous Disputations, publish'd by Dr Mew Vicechan. [i.e. Peter Mews, 1619-1706] & given me by the Rt. Rev. Dr Potter Bp. of Oxford [i.e. John Potter], afterwards Ld Archbishop of Cant."
41) Fol. 81: Latin letter to Christopher Potter (1591-1646) as Vice Chancellor of Oxford University from William Laud (1573-1645) as Archbishop of Canterbury, dated November 6th 1640. Regarding the presentation of manuscripts to the Bodleian Library. (290 x 182 mm. Text area: 212 x 157 mm).
42) Fol. 82: Printed sheet, The mystery and motions of free-masonry discovered . 1730. See SOLO.
43) Fol. 83: Printed sheet, first fol. of The Northampton Mercury for Monday, October 26th 1730, no. 27. (ESTC, P2111). See SOLO. An article on Free Masonry.
44) Fol. 84r: "A begging Epistle in Verse writ in Gold Letters upon colour'd Paper by Joshua Bowes, & dedicated to the Honble Colonel Rooke." A pasted slip (186 x 130 mm) of red paper with a verse in English in gold paint? containing the name of Colonel Rooke, and signed by Joshua Bowes in green? ink.
45) Fol. 84v: "Verses on Mr Secretary Harley's [i.e. Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, 1661-1724] being stab'd & like to have been kill'd by a villain [the Marquis de Guiscard?], written on Paper dipt in his Blood." A pasted slip (82 x 185 mm) of red stained paper, with verse in black ink.
46) Fol. 85: Engraving, Ornatissimo doctissimoq[ue] viro Joanni Woodwardo, Medicinæ Doctoris, ejusdem Facultatis in Collegio Grehamensi Professori, & Societatis Regalis Socio, ectypum istud clypei antiqui in Museo ejus conservati, observantiæ et grati animi ergo, dicat consecratque Tho. Hearne . 1720s. See SOLO. Two captions in Pointer's hand: 1 (at head of leaf) "The Figure of an Ancient Shield in ye possession of Dr Woodward"; 2. (at bottom of leaf) "The Original is in the Possession of [space] Wilkinson MD. of Woodford in Essex."
47) Fol. 86r: 1.) A pasted slip (153 x 117 mm) bearing a sketch labelled "The Figure of an old Roman Key, found at the Devises in Wilts. in a Sepulchral Urn, wch was 5 ½ foot in Compass, an Ell in Height, & containd 10 Gallons, & was full of Ashes" in Pointer's hand. 2.) A pasted slip (73 x 166 mm) bearing a sketch with a caption "The Figure of Alexander-the-Great's Horn" in Pointer's hand above it, as well as various labels & notes in Latin, Greek and English on the label itself.
48) Fol. 86v: 1.) A pasted slip (83 x 131 mm) bearing a bill in a secretary hand, with Pointer's caption, "A Bill drawn upon by one Sam. Williamson a Taylor, upon Mr Poynter when Gent. Comr of Brazennose Coll. Oxon, in the year 1616", with a transcription by Pointer beneath. 2.) A printed receipt (65 x 90 mm), dated October 20th 1676, recording the payment of five shillings by Pointer for the half yearly duty on the 5 hearths in his house, received by John Lyons. See SOLO. With blanks filled out in a 17th c. hand.
49) Fol. 87r: Transcription of a Latin prayer, and an English translation in Pointer's hand. With caption, "The Copy of an Old Pater noster, or rather Papa noster, being directed to the Pope & not to God, [erased], & is the Reverse of the LORD'S PRAYER, & more properly a Curse than a Prayer. It was found immur'd in a Dissolv'd Priory in Warwickshire made by Mr Wm Townsend." A Latin satire on the Pater noster, followed by an English translation, with a parallel English transcription of the Lord's Prayer. [fol. 87v blank.]
50) Fol. 88: "Index." Listing in Pointer's hand of the main items in sequence, followed by a listing of the autographs of the more celebrated figures, mainly in sequence.
51) Fol. 89: Engraved sheet, Sigillum cœnobij de Cottingham in agro Ebor. fundat. A.D. 1322. Penes Ioann. Warburton Fecialem Somersetensem. Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariæ Lond. 1720. Penes reverendum virum Iosephum Sparkes Ecclesiæ Petroburg:ensis registrarium. Sumptibus Societatis Antiquariæ Lond. 1720. See SOLO.
52) Fols 91-94: A series of 3 loose inserts (2 folded) regarding Pointer's medal collection in his hand. Fol. 90. Part of a list of medals (160 x 100 mm). Fols 91-92. Outline of the contents of a book on medals, with caption "Medals. Knowledge of Medals. Written Originally by a Nobleman of France." (188 x 305 mm folded as bifolium to 188 x 152 mm). Fols 93-94. A list of medals, with caption "Mr Pointer's Medals." (182 x 306 mm folded as bifolium to 188 x 153 mm).
53) Fol. 95: Printed vellum sheet (folded) bearing a Latin lettre de tonsure for Maurice Cumman, signed by François Bosquet (1605-1676), Bishop of Montpellier, with the blanks filled in a 17th c. hand, and dated December 18th 1666. See SOLO.
54) Fol. 96: List (317 x 199 mm) in Pointer's hand with caption "Coins added & Medals added."
55) Fols 97-99: 3 leaves with engravings of Latin inscriptions, the final one with the engraved caption, Marmora antiqua &c. Ric: Rawlinson. 1730s? See SOLO.