MS 5166 - Sermons of James Cuninghame

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 887
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1043)
Title
Sermons of James Cuninghame
Shelfmark
MS 5166
Creation Date
1710 - 1711
Contents Note

Fair copies of verses and sermons by James Cuninghame of Barns, 1710-11. Full contents detailed in v. 4 of print Catalogue. Each of the sermons that has a text begins with a brief preamble followed by “Here, with his eyes shutt, he open’d the Bible to [the text]” so these appear to have been extemporaneous sermons. Those without texts are in the form more of exhortations. They use scripture and are clearly intended for public oration but do not focus on a specific text.

Material Features

Beautiful folio ms. In modern binding. Original pagination and modern foliation.

Source of Data

Anne James, NLS Archives

Other Note

From National Library of Scotland: Catalogue of Manuscripts Acquired since 1925 v. 4, pp. 23-24: Cuninghame was a Quietest preacher and Jacobite. The materials in this collection were copied by another hand (occasional gaps indicate places where copyist could not decipher the copytext. None of this material was published by Cuninghame or Margaret Mackenzie (his disciple). Similar materials found in MS 2686 but focus is on poetry rather than sermons.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
February 2, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024