MS. Don. e. 163 - Notebook of Hugh Morris

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 623
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-701)
Title
Notebook of Hugh Morris
Shelfmark
MS. Don. e. 163
Creation Date
1675 - 1689
Repository
Contents Note

Along with MS. Don. e. 162, this is one of two notebooks containing sermons by Hugh Morris. They were mostly preached at Bangor, Wales. Includes Morris's thoughts on funeral sermons and grief (but not attached to a particular sermon) (ff. 29v-30v). On ff. 49v, 149r-153r, there are fragments that do not appear to be attached to any particular sermon in the manuscript, including some personal notes (ff. 151v-153r) that might have been used in a funeral sermon. Also includes prayers (ff. 157r-160r) and a discussion of the "mutual duties of husbands and wives" (ff. 153v-156v), both proceeding upside-down from the back of the manuscript.

Material Features

160 leaves. Bound in ruled calf. The sermons are not written in shorthand, but each of them contains some shorthand elements. Proceeding from the end of the volume to f. 149, material has been added upside-down.

Associated People
Acquisition

These two notebooks were part of lot 323, purchased by the Bodleian from Sotheby's on 18 December 1986, which also included 20 of Thomas Aldersey's notebooks and several in other hands.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami; Bodleian Library online catalogue of Aldersey Notebooks, 1653-1689

URLs
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/aldersey/aldersey… Bodleian Library online catalogue of Aldersey Notebooks, 1653-1689
GEMMS record created
September 13, 2017
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024