GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
1311
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1249)
Title
Two soliloquies: first how to overcome sorrow. Secondly how to love God, published to comfort good Christians in all tentacons & to teach all men wherefore they must love God
Shelfmark
MS.1952.005
Creation Date
ca. 1610 - 1640
Repository
Contents Note
Three sermons, two by Edward Topsell and one by an unknown author. There is a "Letter to the reader" from Topsell on pp. 7-9. There are a number of other religious meditations in the volume.
Material Features
Bound in vellum.
Provenance
The manuscript is not in Topsell's hand. The scribe is unknown.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans
Other Note
Digitised version can be viewed on Calisphere. A file of notes on this manuscript, written by F.D. Honiger in 1964, is available in the Clark Library's manuscript clippings file.
Sermons Contained
URLs
GEMMS record created
November 18, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024