Stowe MS 585 - A collection of miscellaneous transcriptions

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 33
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1146)
Title
A collection of miscellaneous transcriptions
Shelfmark
Stowe MS 585
Creation Date
ca. 1600 - 1750
Repository
Contents Note

This folio volume comprises a number of transcriptions, including ‘The Order and Proceedings at the Funerall of the Right High & Mightie Princesse Elizabeth Queene of England’, a partial transcription of Englandes Mourning Garment, &c. (London, 1603) (ff. 1r–4v) and ‘A Dedication prefixed to the Translation of the Bible made by Mr Coverdale, &c.’, in addition to a partial and imperfect transcription of a printed sermon by John Howson. It is conjectured by the British Library catalogue that some of the transcriptions were completed in the eighteenth century.

Material Features

Folio. 35ff.

Acquisition

The Stowe collection of manuscripts held at the British Library is named after Stowe House, where the library was assembled by Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, First Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839). The collection was subsequently purchased by Bertram Ashburnham, Fourth Earl of Ashburnham. His son sold the collection to Parliament; following which, it was deposited in the British Museum, with the exception of the manuscripts which were of Irish interest, which were deposited in the Library of the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin.

Source of Data

British Library online catalogue; Hannah Yip.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
May 29, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024