GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
213
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-825)
Title
Texts for sermons arranged according to occasions they were designed for, and in order of the books of Scripture
Shelfmark
Add MS 20066
Creation Date
ca. 1606 - 1663
Repository
Contents Note
This volume contains lists, created by Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln, of texts suitable for various occasions. Sanderson has included holy days, weddings and funerals, political anniversaries and public fasts, as well as places and auditories (Paul's Cross, before the king). The second part lists texts by Bible book.
Material Features
Original binding. The sides of the volume are stamped with golden ermines. Some texts marked with lines or crosses (perhaps the ones that were used).
Associated People
Provenance
Owned by the Dolben family in the eighteenth century.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Anne James; British Library manuscript catalogue
Other Note
The precise dates when the manuscript was created as unknown. The dates given here are the approximate extent of Sanderson's career.
GEMMS record created
May 18, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024