Harley MS 339 - Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 119
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1502)
Title
Papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Shelfmark
Harley MS 339
Creation Date
ca. 1547 - 1650
Repository
Contents Note

These papers of Sir Simonds D'Ewes comprise letters, notes of sermons, meditations, and other miscellaneous notes. Languages: English, Latin, and French.

Material Features

Quarto.

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, p. 203; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London, 1966), p. 326; Hannah Yip.

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GEMMS record created
June 16, 2021
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024