Help with reference please

AlexBell · 10-13-2013, 03:34 AM

I preparing an ebook for the MR library of The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crane, Gent. written in 1820 by Washington Irving, and have come across a reference I can't trace. The text has 'learned Scriblerius contemplated his Roman shield,' and Scriblerius is not known to Google or Wikipedia. Does anyone know who he was and where the original text came from?

tilia · 10-13-2013, 04:32 AM

Could it be Martinus Scriblerus, and The Scriblerus Club?

AlexBell · 10-14-2013, 01:28 AM

Thanks, I'll try to track down Martinus Scriblerus.

I don't think it's related to the Scriblerus Club; it's definitely one person who has found something for which he'd longed for and searched for. And I've checked a couple of pdf sources and they both have Scriblerius with the 'ius'

crich70 · 10-14-2013, 10:05 PM

It could be a fictional character that Mr. Irving created just for his book. He did create Diedrich Knickerbocker so after that anything seems possible.

AlexBell · 10-15-2013, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crich70

It could be a fictional character that Mr. Irving created just for his book. He did create Diedrich Knickerbocker so after that anything seems possible.

Yes, that's certainly possible. But in the same paragraph he mentioned real people also looking for something. I didn't find anything with Martinus Scriblerus, so I guess I'll never know.

10-13-2013, 03:34 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Help with reference please I preparing an ebook for the MR library of The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crane, Gent. written in 1820 by Washington Irving, and have come across a reference I can't trace. The text has 'learned Scriblerius contemplated his Roman shield,' and Scriblerius is not known to Google or Wikipedia. Does anyone know who he was and where the original text came from?

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10-13-2013, 04:32 AM	#2
tilia Evangelist Posts: 432 Karma: 1720909 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Voyage, K3	Could it be Martinus Scriblerus, and The Scriblerus Club?

10-14-2013, 01:28 AM	#3
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Thanks, I'll try to track down Martinus Scriblerus. I don't think it's related to the Scriblerus Club; it's definitely one person who has found something for which he'd longed for and searched for. And I've checked a couple of pdf sources and they both have Scriblerius with the 'ius'

10-14-2013, 10:05 PM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	It could be a fictional character that Mr. Irving created just for his book. He did create Diedrich Knickerbocker so after that anything seems possible.

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