Harley MS 486 - Miscellaneous papers

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 75
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1291)
Title
Miscellaneous papers
Shelfmark
Harley MS 486
Creation Date
ca. 1530 - 1645
Repository
Contents Note

This manuscript comprises several loose papers bound up together. Notable items include historical notes, notes written in the hand of John Stow (1524/5-1605), a fragment of printed text, and miscellaneous notes written by Sir Simonds D'Ewes (1602-1650) in c. 1621. The final item of the volume is a leaf of sermon notes in the hand of D'Ewes. Languages: English and Latin.

Material Features

Octavo.

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. I, pp. 326; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.

Sermons Contained
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GEMMS record created
March 6, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024