Notes and Queries, Number 198, August 13, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 198, August 13, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
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_A Cob-wall._--Why do the inhabitants of Devonshire call a wall made of
tempered earth, straw, and small pebbles mixed together, a _cob-wall_?
Walls so constructed require a foundation of stone or bricks, which is
commonly continued to the height of about two feet from the surface of
the ground. Has the term _cob_ reference to the fact that such a wall is
a superstructure on the foundation of stone or brick?
A. B. C.
_Inscription near Chalcedon._--In 1675, when Sir Geo. Wheler and his
travelling companion visited Chalcedon (as recorded in his _Voyage from
Venice to Constantinople_, fol., Lond. 1682, p. 209.), it was famous only
for the memory of the great council held there in A.D. 327, the twentieth
of the reign of Constantine the Great:
"The first thing we did (he says) was to visit the metropolitan
church, where they say it was kept; but M. Nanteuil assured us
that it was a mile from thence, and that he had there read an
inscription that mentioneth it. Besides, it is a small obscure
building, incapable to contain such an assembly."
Has the inscription here spoken of been noticed by any traveller, and
can any of your readers refer to a copy of it; and say whether it is
cotemporary, and whether it has been more recently noticed?
W. S. G.
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
_Domesday Book._--What does the abbreviation glđ, or gelđ, applied to
terra, signify? Also, in the description of places, there is frequently a
capital letter, B., or M., or S. before it, as in one case, _e. g._ "B.
terr. glđ wasta." Can any one inform me what it signifies?
In the case of many parishes, it is stated that there was a church there:
is it considered _conclusive_ authority that there was not one, if it is
not mentioned in _Domesday Book_?
A. W. H.
_Dotinchem._--What modern town in Holland, or elsewhere, bore or bears
the name of Dotinchem, at which is dated a MS. missal I have inspected,
written in the fifteenth century? The reason for believing the place to
be Dutch is, that the Calendar marks the days of the principal saints of
Holland with red letters. There are other indications in the Calendar of
the missal having been written in and for the use of a community situated
where the influence of Cologne, Liège, Maestricht, and Daventer would
have been felt.
Perhaps, should the above Query not be answered in England, some
correspondent of your Dutch cotemporary the _Navorscher_ may have the
goodness to reply to it.
G. J. R. GORDON.
Sidmouth.
_"Mirrour to all," &c._--Can you refer me to any possessor of the
poetical work entitled a _Mirrour to all who love to follow the Wars_
(_or Waves_), 4to.: London, printed by John Wolfe, 1589? A copy was sold
by Mr. Rodd for six guineas. (See his Catalogue for 1846.)
H. DELTA.
Oxford.
_Title wanted._--I have a copy of the _Pugna Porcorum_, the margin of
which is covered with illustrative and parallel passages, among which is
the following:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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