Harley MS 6898 - Miscellaneous theological tracts

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 59
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1266)
Title
Miscellaneous theological tracts
Shelfmark
Harley MS 6898
Creation Date
ca. 1560 - 1730
Repository
British Library
Contents Note

This manuscript contains several theological writings in Latin, French, and English. Notable items include several sermons delivered in the Suffolk area by various ministers in the early seventeenth century and a tract which is signed by Independent minister Vavasor Powell (1617-1670).

Material Features

Octavo.

Associated People
Provenance

The last item within the manuscript belonged to the Catholic James Umpton (dates unknown).

Acquisition

The Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661-1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley 'was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors'. See Wright, p. xxxiv.

Source of Data

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 446; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
January 9, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024