ANTIQUARY is also used by ancient writers for the
keeper of the antiquarium or cabinet of antiquities.
This officer is otherwise called archeota, or antiquary
of a king, a prince, a state, or the like.
Henry VIII. gave John Leland the title of his an-
tiquary; a title which, says the author of his life, no
body ever enjoyed besides himself. But the restriction,
we suppose, was only intended to be understood in re-
spect of the kings of England. M. Schott, we find,
had the title of antiquary to the king of Prussia; P.
Pedruzzi, that of antiquary of the Duke of Parma;
M. Galland resided some time in Turkey under the title
of antiquary of the king of France.—The university
of Oxford have still their antiquary under the denomi-
nation of custos archivorum.—The kings of Sweden
have been at great expences in order to illustrate the
antiquity of their country, having established an aca-
demy of antiquaries with this single view.—The office
of the ancient Irish antiquaries was to preserve the ge-
nealogies of the kings of Ireland, to correct the regal
tables of succession, and deliver down the pedigree of
every collateral branch of the royal family.