MS.1952.004 - Sermons of Charles Almond

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1319
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1308)
Title
Sermons of Charles Almond
Shelfmark
MS.1952.004
Creation Date
ca. 1663 - 1690
Repository
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Contents Note

It is conjectured by the cataloguers at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library that this volume was most likely compiled by Charles Almond, as many of the sermons contained within were delivered at his parish of Thornton, Buckinghamshire, c. 1663-1690.

Material Features

Full dark brown calf with gold tooling and traces of metal clasps. 15cm. Bound with a copy of The Whole Booke of Psalms (1638), which has been annotated by Almond. At the end of this volume, there are some more miscellaneous notes written by Almond, in addition to printed waste dating from the sixteenth century. Pp. 70-76 are blank.

Associated People
Provenance

The bookplate of William Andrews Clark, Jr. can be found on the inside front cover of the volume.

Source of Data (Contributor name)

Calisphere (see link below); Hannah Yip.

Other Note

There are several miscellaneous notes, devotions, and prayers written on the flyleaves and opening pages of the volume in Latin, Greek, and English before the first sermon (starting from p. 9). There is also a pen-and-ink drawing of a hand writing the words 'Gloria deo' in an open book.

Sermons Contained
URLs
http://calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/n1wp46/ Digitised copy of MS.1952.004 on Calisphere.
GEMMS record created
April 4, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024