GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001070
TitleFragment of a sermon by John Dolben
ShelfmarkAdd MS 34312
Creation Dateca. 1595 - 1686
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA collection of theological and political tracts and letters written in several different hands. Some are in draft form. Contents include the following: ‘Whither his Ma[jes]tie may give his Royall Assent to any Act of Parliam[en]t that tends eyther to the Ruine or diminuc[i]on of the present Clergy, Salvo Juramento’ (ff. 1r-6r); ‘Articuli Lambethani Exhibiti per D: Whitakerum’ by Lancelot Andrewes (ff. 7r-10r); ‘The danger yt the Kingdom now stands in and the remedie, by Sr Robert Cotton’ (ff. 11r-13r). There is also an undated sermon preached in Northamptonshire by John Dolben (ff. 53-90), of which the first seven leaves are wanting. Finally, there is also a complete play, written in blank verse, on the subject of Tancred and Ghismonda (ff. 139r-186r). Languages: English; Latin.
Material FeaturesQuarto. Modern binding. Quarter red morocco.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Dolben, John
ProvenanceThe inside front cover features a bookplate of Sir John Dolben Bar[onet] of Finedon in Northamptonshire (1684-1756).
AcquisitionOn the recto of the first leaf, the following is written (in a nineteenth-century hand): ‘Purchases of Sotheran Ho. 13 June, 1890’.
Source of DataBritish Library Catalogue; CELM; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on John 13:34(?) -- ff. 53-90
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
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| www.celm-ms.org.uk/repositories/british-library-additional-30000.html | Entry for British Library, Add MS 34312 on CELM. |
GEMMS record createdFebruary 16, 2019
GEMMS record last editedJuly 04, 2019