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Looking through the glass at the Ripley Scrolls - Paul Ferguson - 01-15-2023
Interview with Jennifer Rampling:
https://www.communitynews.org/towns/princeton-echo/looking-through-the-glass-at-the-ripley-scrolls-english-alchemy/article_bc471678-e161-11ec-ba56-8f0b9788ea38.html
https://library.princeton.edu/alchemy
RE: Looking through the glass at the Ripley Scrolls - Carl Lavoie - 01-19-2023
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"Princeton owns two Ripley Scrolls, one of which was […] made by the English herald Leonard Smethley in 1624".
Herald, heraldry, checks out.
Do we know more about this guy?
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/princeton-exhibits-spectacular-alchemy-manuscripts
RE: Looking through the glass at the Ripley Scrolls - Paul Ferguson - 01-19-2023
(01-19-2023, 12:42 AM)Carl Lavoie Wrote: .
"Princeton owns two Ridley Scrolls, one of which was […] made by the English herald Leonard Smethley in 1624".
Herald, heraldry, checks out.
Do we know more about this guy?
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/princeton-exhibits-spectacular-alchemy-manuscripts
*Ripley
Smethley seems to have been an arms-painter, hence the connection with the scroll. The extract below is from the Athenaeum no. 2546, reviewing the 'Chetham Miscellanies'
See the relevant volume of the 'Chetham Miscellanies' here:
https://tinyurl.com/42je9mux
Smethley's name is sometimes spelt Smedley.
RE: Looking through the glass at the Ripley Scrolls - Carl Lavoie - 01-19-2023
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Indeed, Ripley.
Thanks, Paul, for the article on Smethley (Smedley.) Seems to have been judged a rather lousy deputy herald by his contemporaries.
Another officer of arms/herald that would come to mind, of course, is Elias Ashmole:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor_Herald
RE: Looking through the glass at the Ripley Scrolls - Paul Ferguson - 10-14-2023
Video about the Ripley Scroll exhibition at Princeton:
https://dpul.princeton.edu/alchemy/feature/virtual-tour