Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nova visionis theoria Subject The topic of the resource Optics Description An account of the resource This treatise discusses the physiology of vision. The work was first presented to the Royal Society in 1681. Briggs' discoveries on the anatomy of the eye are presented Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Briggs Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available J.P. Samuel Simpson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1685 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource William Briggs Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Printed text with engravings Language A language of the resource Latin Type The nature or genre of the resource text