MS. Eng. th. f. 36 - Sermon on Psalms 144:15

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 528
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-493)
Title
Sermon on Psalms 144:15
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. th. f. 36
Creation Date
ca. 1600 - 1699
Repository
Contents Note

A sermon on Psalms 144:15 preached at St Mary's, Oxford. A seventeenth-century note on p. 1 reads, "Second sermon before the university [of Oxford] March 31. 1650." Also includes a list of rents due from 1698 (pp. 185-186).

Material Features

Calf, gilt, xii + 250 pages. Pp. 187-250 are blank. Sermon is written within red, ruled borders. Lovely MS.

Provenance

This manuscript was owned by J. Atkinson in 1905 (p. v) and by Arnold Partridge.

Acquisition

Given to the Bodleian by Mrs. E. Home Bruce in 1952.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami; Bodleian Library New Summary Catalogue, vol. 2

Other Note

A note from the owner of the manuscript in 1894 claims that the sermon was preached by the Archbishop of Canterbury on Easter Sunday in Oxford (written in 1894), but the given date was not Easter Sunday, and there was no Archbishop of Canterbury in 1650.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
December 14, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024