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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 266. 



in this opinion. Whether there is really any pro- 

 bability of this being a genuine autograpjh or not, 

 I hope some light may be thrown upon it by you 

 or some of your numerous antiquarian readers. 



I inclose a fac-simile of the writing, and shall 

 feel greatly obliged by your insertion of this com- 

 munication in " N. & Q." J. W. FiSHEK. 



25. Moss Street, Liverpool. 



[If our correspondent will forward the book, we will 

 submit the autograph to the examination of some com- 

 petent authority, although recent experience in Shak- 

 spearian relics does not encourage us to hope that such 

 examination will establish the genuineness of the auto- 

 graph. — Ed. «N. & Q."] 



MEDALLIC QUEKIES. 



I have received three medals from Florence : 

 as I have not met with them in any book, I send a 

 description of them, in hopes some of your numis- 

 matic readers may be able to tell me if they are 

 ascribed to the right persons. 



1. A head, with a monk's hood drawn on in 

 very high relief. " portio . mea . in . terka . 

 TiVENTivM." Reverse : Beneath, a city ; above, 

 on the left, a hand and arm, holding a dagger, 

 issuing from clouds ; on the right, a dove, sur- 

 rounded by a nimbus. " post . gladivm . sps . 



DONI . SVP . TERRAM." 



This is sent to me as a medal of Fra Girolamo 

 Savonarola. It is said to be very rare. The 

 gallery at Florence do not possess it, and offered 

 71. for it. 



2. A head with monk's hood drawn on, in high 

 relief. " anideotibiqvia favstonomine vo- 

 CARis." Reverse : A full-length figure of Faith 

 to the left, holding in the right a chalice and host ; 

 in the left a cross, treflee fitchee. " fides." 



This is said to be the medal of Fra Domenico 

 da Pescia, principal follower of Savonarola, with 

 him imprisoned in 1498, and afterwards burnt. 

 The consecrated cup in the reverse alludes to his 

 offer, and that of his companion Fra Silvestre da 

 Firenze, to walk through the flames holding the 

 consecrated vessel, in order to prove the truth of 

 the doctrines preached by Savonarola. 



3. A tonsured head in high relief. " in . 



QVIETV . EST . COR . MEVM . DONEC . REQVIESCAT . 



IN . TE." Reverse : The head of our Saviour to 

 the left, surrounded by a nimbus. " iesvs . 



CHRISTVS . SALVATOR . MUNDI." 



This is said to be a medal of Fra Bondinelli, 

 "Dei nuovi observanti." 



Of the three coins, No. 3. is about the size of 

 a crown piece, but excessively thick. No. 2. is 

 considerably larger, but flatter ; and 1. again 

 larger. They are all of copper, and their work- 

 manship rude though very effective. Loccan. 



Coverdales Bihle. — Are either of the earlier 

 editions of the Vulgate illustrated with the exact 

 cut of the Creation, that appears on the first page 

 of Coverdale's Bible, 1535 ? I make this Query, 

 because I find a similar frontispiece in an edition, 

 printed at " Lugduni in ofiicina Jacobi Saconi 

 anno diii decimo quinto supra millesimii Duode- 

 cimo Kalendas Octobris." This bears in detail 

 so striking a resemblance to Coverdale's, that I am 

 inclined to regard it as the pattern cut. I should 

 feel obliged by a decision. R. C. Warbe. 



Kidderminster. 



Sebasiopol, or Sevastopol. — I have some reason 

 for thinking that it should be always spelt with 

 the b, but that the single b is pronounced like a 

 V ; and the double b only has the proper sound of 

 b given it by the Russians. The present con- 

 fusion cannot be right. Will no one, through 

 " N. & Q.," set this straight ? A. H. M. White. 



Castle resembling Colzean Castle. — Can any of 

 your readers inform me where in the United 

 Kingdom Is situate the following castle? I have 

 looked for It without success In my limited library 

 of views. 



A castle, the residence within the last twenty 

 years of a nobleman, on the top of lofty and pre- 

 cipitous cliffs, going perpendicularly down into the 

 sea, with trees about it and hills rising behind it, 

 and a view of the open sea ; it Is believed either a 

 part was ruinous, or else a ruin in the Immediate 

 vicinity ; there was a walk half-way down the 

 cliff overhanging the water, with a descent from 

 above by steps with railings. On the opposite 

 side of an arm of the sea, or wide river (up which 

 large ships frequently passed), was another castle 

 or residence within sight, belonging to a relative 

 of this nobleman. 



Colzean Castle on Frith of Clyde resembles it 

 in some respects, but is not the castle described, 

 Percy Fitzherbert Jones. 



Dr. John Dee. — Can you or any of your nu- 

 merous and learned subscribers inform me on what 

 day In the year 1608 the above learned man died 

 (in Mortlake), or upon what day he was interred 

 (in the chancel of the church) ? Where are por- 

 traits of him to be seen ? J. J. H. 



Booksellers^ Stocks burned. — Can any of your 

 readers give a list of the great fires at the houses 

 of booksellers and printers, occasioning the total 

 or partial destruction of valuable works, with a 

 list of the works so destroyed ? J. M. 



Molines of Stohe-Poges. — Sir John Mollnes Is 

 known to have been the possessor of this manor in 

 1331, leaving it to his widow Egldia. He is reported 



