GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
5
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1655)
Title
Miscellaneous collection of letters and other items
Shelfmark
GB 12 MS Add.40
Creation Date
ca. 1548 - 1714
Repository
Contents Note
A collection of letters and tracts, including, inter alia, a letter from Roger Ascham to William Cecil (9 January 1548); letters from various people addressed to Bishop Simon Patrick; 'The Conquest of China by the Tartars' (c. 1690), etc. The full list of contents can be found on the Cambridge University Library online catalogue.
Material Features
The items are not bound together, but held in a single folder.
Associated People
Acquisition
Belonged to Samuel Knight. After Knight's death in 1746, the manuscript descended to John Percy Baumgartner. The manuscript was presented by him to the Library in 1861.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Cambridge University online catalogue; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Microfilm available.
Sermons Contained
Noates of a Sermon preac[hed] at St Giles in Edinbrough -- 4 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
GEMMS record created
July 4, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024