John Axford, Hidden Things Brought to Light for the Increase of Knowledge (1697)
Date
1697
Author
Book title
Hidden Things brought to Light, For The Increase of Knowledge In Reading the Bible. Being an Explanation of the Coyns, Money, Weights, Measures, mentioned in the Bible; as Shekels, Talents, pieces of Silver, Silverlings, Pence, &c. And what they are in Value in Gold and Silver, according to English current Mony. Being cast up from One Talent, to Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Talents, in plain words; for the Understanding of any that can Read the Bible. Also in what Chapters and Verse or Verses they are to be found. Likewise, the Weights and Measures, how much they are of English. And also, Hard Words of Office and Sects Explained. Very Vseful for all that Read English. The like never done before
Publication place
London
Publisher
T. Sowle
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- Bible
- hard words
- weights and measures
Summary
fragmentary
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: A Silverling, or piece of Silver often mentioned, is worth two Shillings, six Pence. (p. 6)
sample: A Silverling, or piece of Silver often mentioned, is worth two Shillings, six Pence. (p. 6)
Wing
A4280A
