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Revision as of 08:37, 14 September 2021
V.a.287 and V.a.291 are diaries kept by John Ward, vicar of Stratford-upon-Avon from 1662 to 1681 and a medical physician. V.a.287 was used at several times: Oxford in September 1658 (fol. 1r-9v) and Stratford from February to October 1665 (fol. 10r-67v), spring and summer of 1666 (fol. 68r-ca. 100), and from 1668 to 1671 (ca. fol. 100-150v). V.a.291 was kept at Oxford and London from January 1660/61 to 14 February 1661/62. A note on back inside cover states that the book was finished at his "chambers in the Bell in Aldersgate street." For more information on Ward, see John Ward's Latin and A Semi-Diplomatic Transcription of Selections from the John Ward Diaries.
This list was compiled by Dr. Robert Tallaksen, a reader and transcriber at the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Alchemical and astrological symbols
The following symbols appear on leaf one recto and verso of V.a.287 and leaf 164 recto and verso of V.a.291. Those symbols that appear only in V.a.291 are so indicated in the "Notes" column.
Name | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
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Acetum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Acetum distillatum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Aer | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Alembicus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Alumen | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Amphora/ Amphoræ | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Amalgama | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Ana | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Antimonium | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Aqua | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Aqua fortis | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Aqua regia (or stygia) | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Arcitenens | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Arena | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Argentum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Argentum vivum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Aries | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Arsenicum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Auripigmentum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Aurum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Balneum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Balneum Mariæ | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Balneum vaporis | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Calx | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Calx viva | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Cancer | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Caper | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Caput mortuum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Chalybs | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Cinabaris | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Cineres | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Cornu Cervi | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Crucibulum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Cuprum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Distillare | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Dies | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Drachma | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
fferrum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Gemini | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Hora | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Ignis | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Iupiter | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Leo | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Libra | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
libra | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Luna | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Mars | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Mercurius sublimatus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Mercurius præcipitatus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Mensis | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Nitrum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Oleum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Oppositio | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Pisces | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Plumbum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Pulvis | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Præcipitare | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Quadratus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Quintessentia or Quinta Essentia | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Retorta | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sal ammoniac(um) | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sal commune | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sal gemmæ | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sal nitrum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Saturnus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Scorpius | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sol | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Spiritus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Spiritus vini | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Stannum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Stratum super stratum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sublimatum or sublimare | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Sulphur | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Talcum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Tartar(um) | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Taurus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Terra | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Trigonus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Venus | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Vinum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Virgo | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Viridi æris | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Vitriolum | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |
Vrina | Image | Symbol | Entity | HTML | English equivalent | Notes |