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GB-110/JES/COR/8/1
Title
George D'Oyly, 10 Fludyer Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
21 Dec 1814
Author(s)
George D'Oyly 1778-1846
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/1 from George D'Oyly, 10 Fludyer Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (21 December 1814)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/1 from George D'Oyly, 10 Fludyer Street, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (21 December 1814) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
D'Oyly, George
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Questions Smith's reference of [Fredric] Hasselquist [(1722-1752) Swedish naturalist] as the authority for his claim at Royal Institution lecture that the biblical "lily of the fields" of Matthew 6:28 is 'Amaryllis lutea'. The lily is also mentioned in the Song of Soloman and biblical commentators speak of the lily as common in Palestine. Wishes to determine whether the lily is a garden or wild flower [for the annotated Bible D'Oyly prepared with Richard Mant for publication by the Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge known as "D'Oyly and Mant's Bible" (1814 and later editions)].
Letter date:
21 Dec 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.2
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For subsequent discussion of the "lily of the fields" see JES/COR/8/2. For theological observation on "lily of the fields" by John Baldwin see JES/COR/2/11. |
| Additional | Smith replied 26 Dec [1814] |
