RCB MS 1050 - John Chaloner's Commonplace Book

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1412
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1645)
Title
John Chaloner's Commonplace Book
Shelfmark
RCB MS 1050
Creation Date
ca. 1678 - 1740
Contents Note

A journal comprised of Chaloner's notes, jottings, geometric tables, accounts, tables documenting things like eclipses, letters, meditations, paragraphs on different topics (e.g. amicitia, eloquence, parricide, the duties of scholars), extracts copied from books etc. In addition to a loose list of 73 sermons and texts upon which they were preached, there are also preliminary notes on biblical texts, assumedly for preaching, and preacher's and auditor's notes. Later notes are written by Chaloner's son, the Revd. Richard Chaloner, documenting his father's career.

Material Features

451 pp. p + loose sheets. Inner fly-leaf has John Chaloner's signature.

Source of Data

Jeanne Shami

GEMMS record created
June 15, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024