Hunter MS 124 - Collection of theological treatises

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1497
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1641)
Title
Collection of theological treatises
Shelfmark
Hunter MS 124
Creation Date
ca. 1637 - 1676
Contents Note

This octavo manuscript contains several miscellaneous theological treatises. Contents include, inter alia: John Chilton, 'Deus et Rex. Sive Dialogus' (autograph, dated 10 August 1676); remarks upon church discipline; anonymous directions to a divine (c. 1640s); an anonymous sermon preached on St James' Day in 1637; and miscellaneous prayers and notes in the hand of Isaac Basire. Languages: Latin and English.

Acquisition

The Hunter Manuscripts were purchased by the Dean and Chapter of Durham in 1756 for forty guineas.

Source of Data

Thomas Rud, Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis Catalogus Classicus (Durham, 1825), p. 414; Hannah Yip.

Sermons Contained
GEMMS record created
June 8, 2022
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024