Notebooks, letters and papers mostly dealing with Crania Britannica, and a report on Australian Aborigines. 1853-1900
Various papers. Various sizes
Handwritten and printed. Handwritten unless stated otherwise
These papers belonging to J.B. Davis were presented to the RAI subsequent to MS 140-52, which see, and may contain complementary and overlapping information. Additionally papers MS 437 were presented at the same time in the same box
/1 Notebook. 130 pp. 15.5 x 10 cm. Bound in green cloth. Text pp. 1-113 to be read from front to back, and pp. 115-30 to be read from back to front
Contents :
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p. 1 |
Ask for photos of Asculapius |
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p. 4 |
Illustrations |
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pp. 5-7 |
Asculapian gems |
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pp. 9-10 |
Escul. with Roman inscriptors in Etruscan finds |
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p. 11 |
Illustrations |
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p. 12 |
Votive offerings |
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pp. 13-14 |
Altar to Asculapius at Chester |
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p. 15 |
The serpent worshipped |
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pp. 16-17 |
[Bibliographical references] |
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p. 20 |
Hippocrates |
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p. 21 |
Statues |
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p. 23 |
Temples |
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p. 24 |
Serpent |
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pp. 25-6 |
Salus |
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p. 31 |
Paean |
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p. 37 |
Inquiries |
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pp. 57-8 |
Books to be consulted |
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p. 69 |
British Museum |
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pp. 103-6 |
List of illustrations to be prepared |
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p. 110 |
Books |
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pp. 114-16 |
Robinson’s journal |
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pp. 120-8 |
Collections and references respecting the Tasmanians, May 18, 1867 |
/2 Notebook. 96 pp. 22.5 x 18 cm. Bound in card boards. Text pp. 1-75 to be read from front to back, and pp. 77-96 to be read from back to front
Contents :
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pp. 3, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66-72, 74, 77-80, 95 |
blank |
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Inside front cover |
To be visited |
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p. 1 |
Examine the Saxon Chronicle etc. and On skull-forms… |
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p. 2 |
Barrow which might be opened |
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p. 4 |
Distinction between nation and tribe |
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pp. 5-64 |
[Early inhabitants of the British Isles listed by County] |
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p. 65 |
Ancient Irish |
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p. 73 |
Anglo Saxons |
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p. 75 |
[Modes of burial) |
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p. 76 |
Chronological arrangement of the skulls |
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p. 81 |
Concluding chapter |
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p. 82 |
Chapter VIII |
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pp. 83-5 |
Conclusions |
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p. 86 |
Notes for inspection and Skulls of bronze period |
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p. 87 |
Conclusions |
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pp. 87-8 |
Preface |
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p. 89 |
Chapter VII |
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p. 90 |
Chapter VIII-IX |
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p. 91 |
Chapter VII |
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p. 92 |
Indications for the ensuing chapters, chapter VI |
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p. 93 |
[Notes on Owen’s methods] |
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p. 94 |
[Dedication] |
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p. 96 |
The eastern parts of the Island |
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inside back cover |
[German quotations] |
Insertion: p. 83a Saw early that there was a rational philosophy in craniology… 6 x 13 cm. [Filed at p.83]
/3 Notebook. 72 pp. 23 x 19 cm. Bound in marbled card. Text pp. 1-43 to be read from front to back, and pp. 44-72 to be read from back to front. [The insertions catalogued at the end of MS 436/3 have been removed from the notebook and filed separately. Each insert bears the number of the page to which it was attached in the text]
Contents :
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Inside front cover |
[Quotations on early Britons] |
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pp. 5-6 |
Color of hair of Britons, etc |
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pp. 7-8 |
Subjects which might be introduced |
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p. 9 |
Inhumation |
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p. 10 |
Language of Britain |
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p. 11 |
Flint arrows, stone axes etc |
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p. 12 |
Validity of craniology |
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p. 13 |
Cremation of urn burial |
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p. 14 |
Long skull questions |
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p. 15 |
Craniology of no value |
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pp. 16-17 |
blank |
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p. 18 |
[Human remains in Ireland] |
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p. 19 |
Insects found in barrows |
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p. 20 |
Slaves |
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p. 21 |
Dwellings of the Britons |
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p. 22 |
Food of Britons |
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pp. 22-43 |
[Contents of tumuli] |
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p. 24 |
Roman soldiers’ wives |
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p. 25 |
Barrows and tumuli |
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pp. 26-8 |
blank |
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p. 29 |
Position of the head |
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p. 30 |
Stuart’s sculp. Stones |
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p. 31 |
Estimate of philology |
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pp. 32-3 |
Barrows… |
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pp. 34-6 |
Human sacrifices |
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pp. 37-8 |
[Notes on Lytton speech] |
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pp. 39-40 |
Walking |
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p. 41 |
Difficult races in the British Islands |
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p. 42 |
Date for my Celtic hypothesis |
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p. 43 |
Indo European theory |
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pp. 44-7 |
Historical illusions |
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p. 48 |
Chronological table of skulls |
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pp. 49-50 |
A chapter on distribution… of the population |
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pp. 51-4 |
Deductions from the physical remains and ethnological inquiries |
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p. 55 |
Celtic languages or dialects |
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p. 56 |
Comparison of skulls… |
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p. 57 |
[Quotations] |
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p. 58 |
Summary |
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pp. 59-72 |
Subjects for consideration in general dissertation on ancient Britons |
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Inside back cover |
[Quotations] |
Insertions:
p. 7a As these Islands have been the birth place of a people… 1 p. 20 x 12.5 cm
p. 18a What Julius Caesar says respecting the physiological peculiarities… 1 envelope. 13.5 x 8 cm
p. 37a Sir E. Bulwer Lytton at Leeds. 1 newspaper cutting. 50 x 7 cm. Printed
p. 41a Fernlily seems to require one uniform race… 1 p. 17 x 13 cm
p. 44a The brach are the true abs. of Br. and Hib. 1 p. 22 x 9 cm
p. 47a Wroxeter excavations. 1 newspaper cutting, about June 22, 1859. 1 p. 12 x 10.5 cm. Printed
p. 48a Will Mr Davis ascertain for R. Garness FRS … 1 p. 11.5 x 18.5 cm
p. 48b [Note on] colour of hair and eyes of Welsh … and A resume of opinions … 2 pp. 18 x 11.5 cm. Written on an unfinished letter dated June 19, 1852
p. 48c This difference of form between male and female skull. 2 pp. 18 x 11 cm
p. 52a In Ireland the imperfect grafting of colonization is easily perceived … 2 pp. 18 x 11.5 cm
p. 52b That man was made in Britain and for the British Islands … 1 p. 18.5 x 11.5 cm
p. 54a Extract from a letter to the Archbishop of Dublin from Thomas Arnold, D.D., 22 March 1835. 4 pp. 22.5 x 18.5 cm
p. 58a The skull gradually consolidated into one bone. 2 pp. 17.5 x 11 cm
p. 64a ?Cotrohacies? 1 slip. 7 x 13 cm
p. 72a Method of invoking the … c/- an hypothesis of development. 1 slip. 10 x 9 cm
p. 72b As one result of our investigation … 1p. 17.5 x 11 cm
p. 72c Notes on the preparation of crania in hot climates and chiefly applicable to India. 4 leaves. 22.5 x 18.5 cm
/4 Letter to Sir from J. Barnard Davis, 1854 – proposal for issuing by private subscription the Crania Britannica; dedicated to the Queen and sanctioned by learned societies; supported by the late Dr Prichard and by Dr Hodgkin; similar to Professor Morton’s Crania Americana; hopes to add to list of subscribers. 3 pp. 18.5 x 11.5 cm
.1 Another copy of MS 436/4
/5 Letter to J.B. Davis from Llewellynn Jewitt, [nd] – requests portrait of J.B. Davis to augment Crania Britannica; proposes a subscription be opened to obtain the portrait; asks for the approval of J.B. Davis and the completion of an agreement form; subscriptions to be sent to L.M. Jewitt; subscribers to receive portrait at actual price and suggests raising the price to trade. 4 pp. 21 x 13 cm
/6 Letter to Sir from Llewellynn Jewitt, 186? – reminder of letter requesting a subscription to the portrait of Dr J. Barnard Davis; requests number of copies required; encloses another copy of the circular. 3 pp. 19 x 12 cm
.1 Another copy of MS 436/6
/7 In my last edition on nerves … 1 p. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. [This accompanies MS 436/8]
/8 [Anatomical drawing of the nerve supply to the organs of the neck and chest]; by B.S. Bradshaw. London, Parsons & Davies, [nd]. 1 drawing in colour. 25.5 x 33 cm. Printed. [This accompanies the notes MS 436/7]
/9 Report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the Aborigines; together with the proceedings of Committee minutes of evidence, and appendices. At head of title: Victoria, 1858-9. Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 3 Feb. 1859. viii, 105 pp., [missing pp.29-32, 49-52, 89-104]. 33.5 x 21.5 cm. Printed. Manuscript annotations on back cover
/10 Hints for collecting and preserving the bones of ancient skulls. [London, Gentleman’s Magazine, October 1853]. 2 pp. 20.5 x 13 cm. Printed. Manuscript annocation at head of p.1 – printed with an introductory note to the Editor in the Gentleman’s Magazine for October, 1853, Vol.XI, N.S., p.386
/11 Hints for collecting and preserving bones of ancient skulls. London, Taylor and Francis, [nd]. 2 pp., illus. 21.5 x 14 cm. Printed
/12 Crania Celtica; or, delineations of the skulls of the aboriginal inhabitants of the British Islands; by Joseph Barnard Davis: proposals for publishing… London, Richard Taylor printer, [nd]. 3 pp. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Printed
/13 Crania Britannica; or, delineations of the skulls of the aboriginal inhabitants of the British Islands, and of the races immediately succeeding them; together with notices of their other remains; by Joseph Barnard Davis and John Thurman: proposals for publishing… London, Taylor and Francis, [nd]. 4 pp. 20.5 x 13 cm. Printed. List of subscribers p.4
/14 Ibid. [Increased] list of subscribers p.4.
/15 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers p.4.
/16 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers p.4.
/17 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers p.4.
/18 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers.p.4
/19 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers p.4.
/20 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers. Pp. 3-4
/21 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers pp. 3-4
/22 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers pp.3-4
/23 Ibid. [Increased] present subscribers pp.3-4
/24 Letter to subscribers from J. Barnard David, [nd] – reports progress on publication of Crania Britannica; requests address in London for forwarding, otherwise to be sent by Railway; to publish 25 copies of plates at £1.15s.; offers choice of large-paper proof copy. 2 pp. 20 x 13 cm. Printed
/25 Crania Britannica: delineations and descriptions of the skulls of the aboriginal and early inhabitants of the British Islands; together with notices of their other remains; by Joseph Barnard Davis and John Thurman. At head of title: prospectus of an important national work, illustrative of the ethnology of Great Britain and Ireland; of which the First Decade has been issued. [np, nd]. 4 pp. 26 x 20 cm. Printed
/26 Ibid. At head of title: Ibid … of which the First and Second Decades have been issued. [np, nd]. 4 pp. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. Printed
.1 Another copy of MS 436/26
/27 Announcement to librarians and students of the science of language: Messrs. Ginn & Company beg to announce that they are about to undertake the publication of a Grammar of the Innuit language… Boston, Ginn & Company, 1900. 4 pp. 25.5 x 18.5 cm. Printed
/28 Now ready, the first two numbers of the new quarterly scientific journal, entitled the Anthropological Review, and Journal of the Anthropological Society of London. London, Trübner & Co., [nd]. 2 pp. 20.5 x 13 cm. Printed
/29 A few ethnological queries, to serve as a guide in collecting information respecting the inhabitants of the British Islands. London, Taylor and Francis, 1861. 3 pp. 18.5 x 12 cm. Printed. Printed for private distribution only, by Mr J. Barnard Davis …. [reporting progress of Crania Britannica]
/30 Huxley Memorial: report and final donation list; by Avebury and G.B. Howes. London, Platrier, Printer, 13 Nov. 1900. 7 pp. 33.5 x 21 cm. Printed
/31 [No title]. ‘Among a series of Italian skulls which I owe to the generous exertions of Dr. Giustiniano Nicolucci…’. [np, nd]. pp. 33-7. 28.5 x 21 cm. Printed. Proof reading annotations
/32 Table of measurements [of skulls], Australian, Ohivahoan, Kanaka. [np, nd]. 1 table. 21 x 28 cm. Printed
/33 [Australian aboriginal] portraits and skulls; by Ludwig Becker. Melbourne, Crown Lands Office, [nd]. 1 plate. 30.5 x 20 cm. Printed
/34 La fatigue intellectuelle par A. Binet et V. Henri: dernières publications. Paris, Librairie G. Reinwald, Schleicher Freres, [nd]. 4 pp. 25 x 16 cm. Printed
/35 List of contents of the late newspaper Kosmopolan of the years 1891-1897 inclusive. Sydney, McCarron, Stewart & Co., 1898. 12 pp. 31.5 x 24 cm. Printed
/36 1 hand carved print block of scrolled decoration on wood. 15 x 5 cm
/37 1 hand carved print block of scrolled decoration on wood. 16 x 7 cm
