MS 38.G.15.01 - Sermons

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1087
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-937)
Title
Sermons
Shelfmark
MS 38.G.15.01
Creation Date
ca. 1600 - 1670
Contents Note

Twenty-three sermons preached at Canfield in Essex (preacher unknown). The last two sermons in the volume were delivered on the following occasions: the Great Fire of London (1666), and a fast day for the Great Plague of London (1665-1666). Judging by the hand, the other sermons in the volume were delivered in the seventeenth century. The contents of the volume are written in the same hand as the sermons (see the recto of the flyleaf).

Material Features

Quarto. Leather, brown. The manuscript is in delicate condition. The bookplate of St. Paul's Cathedral Library is pasted on the inside front cover.

Source of Data

Hannah Yip

Other Note

The sermons are written in the same hand as St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 38.G.16.01 and St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 38.G.17.01.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
October 20, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024