L.R.N.
The Character "&."—What is the correct name of the character "&?" I have heard it called ample-se-and, ampuzzánd, empuzád, ampássy, and apples-and,—all evident corruptions of one and the same word. What is that word?
M.A. LOWER.
Combs buried with the Dead.—When the corpse of St. Cuthbert was disinterred in the cathedral of Durham, there was found upon his breast a plain simple Saxon comb. A similar relique has been also discovered in other sepulchres of the same sanctuary.
Can any of your learned contributors inform me (for I am totally ignorant) the origin and intent of this strange accompaniment of the burial of the ancient dead. The comb of St. Cuthbert is, I believe, carefully preserved by the Dean and Chapter of Durham.
R.S. HAWKER.
Morwenstow, Cornwall.
Cave's Historia Literaria.—My present Queries arise out of a Note which I took of a passage in Adam Clarke's Bibliography, under the article "W. Cave" (vol. ii. p. 161.).
1. Has not the bibliographer assigned a wrong date to the publication of Cave's Historia Literaria, viz. 1740, instead of 1688-1698?
2. Will some of your readers do me the favour of mentioning the successive editions of the Historia Literaria, together with the year and the place of appearance of each of them?