MS. Add. A. 183 - Adversaria of Dr. David Wilkins, vol. 5

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 618
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-696)
Title
Adversaria of Dr. David Wilkins, vol. 5
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 183
Creation Date
ca. 1707 - 1745
Repository
Contents Note

One of seven manuscripts containing miscellaneous collections by David Wilkins, Archdeacon of Suffolk, including some sermons and sermon notes, as well as epitaphs and some personal papers. Written in the early eighteenth century. The volume begins with a Cambridge University bidding prayer, in Latin, written during the reign of Queen Anne (f. 2).

Material Features

Paper, ii + 141 leaves, 8 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches.

Acquisition

The first six manuscripts in this set of Wilkins' paper, and probably the seventh as well, were purchased from the bookseller Thomas Rodd, the younger, for £8 10s, probably unbound.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami; Bodleian Library Summary Catalogue, vol. 5

Other Note

Precise date unknown. The dates given here are the approximate extent of Wilkins' career.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
September 6, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024