Harley MS 977 - Theological miscellany

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 116
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1494)
Title
Theological miscellany
Shelfmark
Harley MS 977
Creation Date
ca. 1615 - 1616
Repository
Contents Note

This volume contains notes of theological lectures and sermons, in addition to notes on a theological work by Konrad Pellikan. At least two different hands are used. Languages: Latin and English.

Material Features

Quarto. Mottled calf skin with gold-tooled border. ‘M. B.’ is stamped in gold on the front cover. See British Library, Harley MSS 976, 1753, 1784, 5068, 5258, 6028, 6208, 6535, 6536, 6538, 6539, 6559, 6568, 6572, and 6946.

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 Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.

Source of Data

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, pp. 487-488; Hannah Yip.

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GEMMS record created
June 3, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024