# The History of Ink/Plates

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.
No. 1.—A fac simile of the oldest Hieratic writing extant–about the 15th century B. C. The hawk (the emblem of Divinity) and the man stand on something that "teters"—the circle between them (a serpent biting its own tail) is the ancient symbol of eternity. The Deity overbalances the man.
No. 2.—From a Greek MS. buried at Herculaneum in the year 29 B. C.
No. 3.—Written on papyrus in Egypt; in the 3d century B. C.
No. 4.—Written on papyrus 260 years B. C.
No. 5.—Specimen of a Palimpsest copy of Cicero's "Republic" in the Vatican Library.
No. 6.—Phœnician writing on papyrus.
No. 7.—From a Pentateuch in the Bib$^{e.}$ Nat$^{e.}$ Paris, A. D. 450.
No. 8.—From a Greek Copy of the Book of Genesis, written in gold on purple vellum, A. D. 400.
No. 9.—From a MS. on papyrus written in Egypt 3d century B. C.
No. 10.—From a Charter of Childebert III. A. D. 703.
No. 11.—From a Charter of Charlemagne; about A. D. 785.
No. 12.—From a Charter of the Emperor Conrad I. A. D. 988.
​No. 13.—Specimen of "Roman Saxon" A. D. 600.
No. 14.—From a Charter of Dagobert I. about A. D. 620.
No. 15.—From an early Gælic MS.
No. 16.—From a Deed of William the Conqueror.
No. 17.—The monogram signature to a Charter of Charlemagne, about A. D. 785.
No. 18.—From a Charter of the reign of Hugh Capet, A. D. 988.
No. 19.—From a Deed of Henry I.
No. 20.—From a Deed of Stephen, dated A. D. 1139.
No. 21.—From a Deed of the reign of Richard I.
No. 22.—From a MS. of Wyckliffe's translation of the Bible.
No. 23.—"Set Saxon," A .D. 850.
"Qui sub Pontio Pilato crucifixus est, et sepultas, tertia die resurrexit."
No. 24.—From a Charter of Sebbi, King of the East Saxons, A. D. 664.
"Ego Sebbi Rex East Sax (onum) pro — confirmatione Subscripsi."
No. 25.—Part of a Charter of Alfred the Great, A. D. 800.
No. 26.—From a Charter of Edward the Confessor, A. D. 1045.
No. 27.—From a Deed of the reign of Edward I.
No. 28.—From a Deed of William the Conqueror.
No. 29.—From a Deed of the reign of Edward III.
Edwardus Dei gratia Rex Anglias Dominus Hiberniæ, Dux Aquitaniæ, &c.
No. 30.—From the Will of William Mikelfeld, Nov. 7, 1489.
No. 31.—From a Deed of the reign of Eolward IV.
No. 32.—From a Grant by William Wallace.
No. 33.—From a Deed of Richard III.
​No. 34.—From a Deed of the reign of John.
No. 35.—Autograph of Lord Macauley.
No. 36.—From a Deed of Henry VII.
No. 37.—From an English translation of the works of Chauliac, A. D. 1400.
No. 38.—From a Deed of Henry VIII.
No. 39.—From a MS. in the rounded hand of Italy, 15th century.
No. 40.—Letter from Columbus to the Viceroy of Castile, 15th Century.
No. 41.—Letter of Anne of Brittany, 1514.
No. 42.—Signature of "Bayard," the Chevalier.
No. 43.—Letter from Charles V. to Francis I.
No. 44.—Letter from Calvin, 1559.
No. 45.—Letter of the Earl of Essex, 1567.
No. 46.—Letter of Copernicus, 1473.
No. 47.—William H. Prescott.
No. 48.—Letter of Charles the XII of Sweden.
No. 49.—Rosseau, 1757.
No. 50.—Letter of Erasmus, 1476.
No. 51.—Letter of Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV of France.
No. 52.—Christina of Sweden, 1626.
No. 53.—Charles I. to his sister.
No. 54.—Oliver Cromwell, 1643.
No. 55.—Duke of Marlborough, June, 1706.
No. 56.—The Empress Catherine II. of Russia, July, 1773.
No. 57.—Washington, 6th Sept. 1788.
No. 58.—Louis XVI, June 30, 1773.
No. 59.—Robespierre.
No. 60.—Napoleon to Soult.
​No. 61.—Wellington, June 19, 1815.
No. 62.—Lord Byron, Nov. 4, 1821.
No. 63.—Voltaire, July 29, 1757.
No. 64.—Edmund Burke.
No. 65.—William Pitt, March 27, 1803.
No. 66.—Wellington, April 21, 1834.
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