Add MS 4357 - Advice to a Young Man, on leaving Oxford University to reside in London

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 50
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1193)
Title
Advice to a Young Man, on leaving Oxford University to reside in London
Shelfmark
Add MS 4357
Creation Date
ca. 1603 - 1625
Repository
Contents Note

ff. 1-64 is a letter of advice to a young man leaving Oxford for London. It draws upon, among other sources, Basilikon Doron by King James VII and I and De Veritate Christianae religionis by Philippe de Mornay. The begins and ends with Latin poetry, ff. 1b, 64. ff. 65-76 include two sermons. The volume is signed by John Dennis on the flyleaf. The signature appears to match the hand of the letter and poems, but the sermons are in a different hand.

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Anne James; BL Catalogue; David Robinson

Other Note

BL Cataloguer suggests that John Dennis is the manuscript owner and connects him with a person listed in AO (Foster) who graduated BA from Pembroke College, February 1624/5. He would have been around 23 at this time and thus might be the recipient of the manuscript's advice.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
August 17, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024