Identity area
Reference code
97A.
Title
Prescription book of John Harries,
Date(s)
- [1801x1839]. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
The fly-leaf bears the owner's name, dated 10 April 1809.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
A prescription book of John Harri[e]s (d. 1839), astrologer, medicine-man, and 'conjurer' ('dyn hysbys'), of Pant-coy, Cwrtycadno, Carmarthenshire. The contents are based partly, if not wholly, on what the writer describes as 'Edinborg Gulen' [sic] [i.e. an Edinburgh edition of the works of Claudius Galen].
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Conditions governing access
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Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Latin, English.
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: 97A.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
vtls005595337
Project identifier
ISYSARCHB55
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Galen (Subject)
- Harries, John, ca. 1785-1839 (Subject)
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Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales