MS. 240 - Praelectiones academicae decem Oxonii per D. Tho. Barlow, D. D.

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 838
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-726)
Title
Praelectiones academicae decem Oxonii per D. Tho. Barlow, D. D.
Shelfmark
MS. 240
Creation Date
1672 - 1673
Contents Note

A series of ten Latin sermons (each on both Romans 3:28 and James 2:24) by Thomas Barlow running from 2 May 1672 to 30 October 1673, with two more (each on 1 John 5:21) inserted that were preached in the evening ("in Vesperiis") (ff. 19r-47r, 178r-229r), for a total of twelve. The full title of the manuscript is "Praelectiones academicae decem Oxonii per D. Tho. Barlow, D. D. habitae, a Maii 2, 1672, ad Octob. 30, 1673, de conciliatione SS. Pauli et Jacobi, scil. Circa Justificationem hominis."

Material Features

Paper, quarto, 269 leaves. Very large handwriting. The heading for most of the sermons begins with "Praelectio" followed by a number between 1 and 7.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami; Henry O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1852)

Other Note

Coxe notes that there are 259 leaves in the volume, but there are actually 269. From a series of manuscripts containing Barlow's lectures from the 1660s and 1670s (MSS. 233-240), several of which are primarily on Romans 3:28 and James 2:24.

GEMMS record created
January 8, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024