Between 1 January 1640 and 31 December 1640

Original Calendar: Unknown.

(approximate)

Recipients

Hartlib, Samuel, 1600-1662

Mentions

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 lord chancellor and politician; philosopher; first Baron Verulam; Viscount St Alban

Berg, Johannes, 1587-1658 Court preacher at the court of Brandenburg

Courteyn (mentioned 1640)

Digby, Kenelm (Sir), 1603-1665 natural philosopher; courtier; diplomatist

Dury, John, 1596-1680 Robertson, John; Rhaetus, Daniel

Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637 physician; writer on the occult

Hunnius, Nicolaus (fl. 1633)

Komenský, Jan Amos, 1592-1670 Moravian pedagogue and pansophist

Mersenne, Marin, 1588-1648 French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist

Reynold (fl. 1640)

Whyte (fl. 1640)

Origin

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Destination

London, England

(inferred)

Keywords

Fludd, De Harmonia Mundi; Merton College; Leipzig colloquy; Elector of Brandenburg; Marburg;

Language

Latin

Versions (originals, copies, etc)

• Printed copy
  • Printed edition details: Jan Kvačala ed., Korrespondence Jana Amosa Komenského, 2 vols (Prague, 1898-1902), I/70
• Scribal copy
  • Repository: British Library, Manuscript Collections

    City: London

    Country: England, United Kingdom

  • Shelfmark: MS Sloane 427, 90r-91v

Related Resources

Transcription by Leigh Penman Transcription © Leigh Penman, University of Oxford, 2010-2011.

Comments

• Place of origin: Reformed

Comments about the Date

• Date is from Kvacala's edition.