MS. 261 - Sermon preach’d in St Marie’s Oxon. Feb 10. 1644

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1388
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1324)
Title
Sermon preach’d in St Marie’s Oxon. Feb 10. 1644
Shelfmark
MS. 261
Creation Date
ca. 1645 -
Contents Note

Contains a fair copy of a sermon preached by an unknown preacher at St Mary’s, Oxford, on February 10th 1644 (1645). Sermon includes a titlepage.

Material Features

Fol. i + 32 + i leaves. Written in a single 17th-century cursive hand. Includes two sets of foliation: a later sequence of foliation in pencil, dated 1994, which includes i-ii, 31; and an integral foliation starting on fol. 2 (both are on the top right of each recto). 203 x 155 mm. 17th century binding in limp vellum, with gilt fillet and foliate decorations on the board and spine, and a gilt diamond centerpiece of four crowned angels on the board. At the top of the spine is a later shelfmark stamped in gilt.

Provenance

Includes a 20th century bookplate from St John's College on front pastedown.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami; St John's College manuscript catalogue

GEMMS record created
June 16, 2020
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024