GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
134
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1656)
Title
Burghley Papers
Shelfmark
Lansdowne MS 72
Creation Date
ca. 1592 - 1592
Repository
Contents Note
A folio composite volume of state papers and letters in various hands.
Material Features
226 ff. (plus blanks). Bound in modern half-calf on cloth boards with gilt. There is a bookplate of Shelburne in the front.
Associated People
Provenance
The Lansdowne collection belonged to William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne (1737-1805). It was purchased in 1807 for the British Museum.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans, CELM, British Library Manuscript Catalogue
Sermons Contained
Sermon on Acts 20:28 -- No. 52, f. 144.
GEMMS record created
July 14, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024