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Several of the notebooks contain indexes to their contents are numbered by volume: 38-39 and 45-48. Written in a small, neat hand; unfoliated and unpaginated. No. 38 has damage that obscures some words, mostly along the edges and outer corners.

A small notebook with paper-mache binding. The binding remains but is substantially damaged, the back layers are detached and part is missing. The paper edging is very frayed, some pages are folded over and there are some tears but there is not any loss of text and sermons remain legible.

Bound MS volume, tooled decorated binding, quarto size, 1.5" thick. Inscribed on spine: "Petri Wright SJ / Ob Fidem Passi / 1691[sic] / Conciones / MSS"

Manuscript is unpaginated.

English Jesuit College at Liège, Belgium, noted as previous owners.

Leather-bound, octavo or folio (catalogue does not specify). 178 pages. Mather notes in his index that "The Book is New-paged from about the middle to the end of it," and thus the pagination begins at 1 again.

ff. 331. Folio. 18th century half-morocco gilt.

A small leather bound notebook, the original ties are missing but the binding is otherwise in good condition. The paper is in very good condition throughout. The MS runs in two directions, the front has been taken to be the side with the archive label on the inside cover. There are page numbers and sermon numbers, both of which are original to the MS, and a total of 385 pages.

A small leather bound notebook, the original ties are missing and the binding is damaged - the back cover is in particularly poor condition. The binding is detached from the paper, which is largely in good condition (other than lightly frayed edges), with the exception of the last c.10 folios which are damaged. The MS runs in two directions, the front has been taken to be the side with the archive label on the inside cover. There are page numbers which are original to the MS, with a total of 186 pages.

Leather-bound, with clasp. Octavo. Unpaginated and unfoliated.

One small, bound notebook in a small, neat hand. Irregularly paginated, and the leaves are numbered rather than the pages in the sermon note section. The foliation of the leaves in the sermon section is in pencil, rather than ink, and potentially in a separate hand.

234 pages.

A small leather bound notebook, the original ties are missing and the binding is damaged - the back cover is in particularly poor condition. However, the binding remains in place and the paper is in largely good condition, with minimal fraying and tears to the edges. The MS runs in two directions, the front has been taken to be the side with the archive label on the inside cover. There are page numbers which are original to the MS, with a total of 180 pages.

This is a large leather-bound volume. The binding is fully preserved and the manuscript is in very good condition. The internal paper has no damage but there are some bad ink stains in places. There are page numbers which are original to the manuscript. The paper has been cut when bound and some of the original page numbers are partially obscured. The sermons form 841 pages in total.

This is a very small paper-bound notebook. The binding is preserved but is damaged and the manuscript is very delicate. The paper inside varies in size, suggesting that they contents were bound at a later date. There is minimal fraying around the edges and some discolouration, but otherwise the paper is in good condition.

Leather-bound, octavo or folio (catalogue does not specify). 204 pages.

Repaired 1984, with support boards retained in box (h. 26 cm; w. 18 cm).

Wide left hand margin, few marginal notes, hard to read/damaged in places but mostly legible.

The sermons were apparently delivered in London, but the precise location or locations are not recorded. The preacher is not identified.

Top-sewn notebook bound in calfskin.