BC Ms Gen 1 - Prayers and Sermons, written by Robert Sanderson

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1007
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-861)
Title
Prayers and Sermons, written by Robert Sanderson
Shelfmark
BC Ms Gen 1
Creation Date
ca. 1640 - 1660
Contents Note

A collection of sermons and prayers. "Prayer", begins "O most great and most glorious..." pp. 1-7; "A Thanksgiving", begins "O most glorious..." pp. 8-10; "A Prayer", begins "O immortal, Eternall..." pp. 11-14; "A Thanksgiving", begins "O Eternal and forever blessed" pp. 15-16; "A Prayer for a family - either for morning or evening" pp. 17-24; "For the Nobility" pp. 23-4; several thanksgivings and prayers "For Temporal Blessings", thanksgivings for morning and evening, pp. 24-27; "A Prayer", beginning "O Eternall, allmighty, all-glorious", with corrections and alterations pp. 29-34; pp. 35-37 blank; "A Prayer" beginning "O Lord, thou art a most high god" pp. 38-41.

Material Features

1 volume, 558pp. Bound in blue moroccan leather; embossed in gold on the covers and with Anderson's name and "Brotherton Collection" on the spine. Pages are numbered. Clearly written in one neat hand. Every page has ruled margins. A few corrections, particularly in the prayers. Manuscript note on the inside front cover, written vertically, states, "these Sermons and Prayers wee written by Bh. Sanderson, the friend of Isaac Walton".

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Catherine Evans; Leeds University Library special collections catalogue

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GEMMS record created
July 11, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024