Add MS 34692 - Sermon by Thomas Lenthall (1642)

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 172
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-646)
Title
Sermon by Thomas Lenthall (1642)
Shelfmark
Add MS 34692
Creation Date
1642 - 1642
Repository
British Library
Contents Note

The volume contains a letter of dedication to Charles I (f. 1); a fair copy of a sermon on Ecclesiastes 8:4 (ff. 3r-24v); title pages followed by various verses, including copies of verses by Richard Crashaw (ff. 26r-33v).

Material Features

Paper, ff. 33. Quarto. Modern half black morocco.

Associated People
Provenance

Presented by Edward John Long Scott, 14 October 1894.

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Anne James; British Library Manuscript Catalogue (online); CELM

Other Note

The BL Manuscript Catalogue indicates an unattributed copy of the sermon in Stowe MS 663 without dedication and with one omission (f. 22b, "If you will forsake your king, you may go fly and flutter about the world without your body."). According to CELM, Thomas Lenthall may have compiled the volume.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
May 12, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024