Boyle. Textual Elements.

Margin Citations - Bible Verse :: Letter S as F.JPG
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Dublin Core

Title

Boyle. Textual Elements.

Subject

Science -- Early works to 1800.

Description

Images of textual elements from "Some Considerations Touching the Usefullnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy."

The first image shows a citation/footnote in the margin (which will be expanded on in the Citations section after the essay). Interestingly, the citation is a bible verse from Proverbs 13:19-20, perhaps unexpected in a natural science work such. The stylistic text use of "f" (or the "long s") instead of "s" is also visible on this page.

The second image shows a catchphrase word "Sea" at the lower corner of the page. Catchphrases are used throughout the book to show the reader the general subject matter of that particular page. They serve as an aid to both binding and reading.

The third image shows the gathering folio number of the particular page, "F2." For books of this era, folios were commonly used instead of single page numbers. However, in Boyle's work, there are page numbers on a majority of the pages, and only two bi-folios.

Creator

Boyle, Robert

Source

Tisch Special Collections Q155.B71663, v. 1

Publisher

Tufts University. Tisch Library.

Date

1663

Format

Image/jpeg

Language

eng

Type

image

Coverage

1663

Citation

Boyle, Robert, “Boyle. Textual Elements.,” Tufts Libraries Omeka, accessed December 4, 2024, https://omeka.library.tufts.edu/items/show/153.