GEMMS: Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons
GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001252
TitleSermons
ShelfmarkMS.1976.024
Creation Dateca. 1680 - 1720
Contents NoteManuscript volume of sermons dating from the late 17th to early 18th century. There is no information given about the scribe's identity, the preacher's identity, or where or when the sermons were preached. Contains seven sermons followed by an extract from "Dr Sherlock in his practical Discourse concerning Death, p. 281".
Material FeaturesThe first folio of the volume gives all the scriptural passages that are discussed in each sermon and the text, acting as a table of contents. 314 pp. Bound in worn calf. The front cover has become detached. A note on the inside of the front cover reads, "Vol. 7 Sermons", suggesting that it was part of a series.
Associated People
Provenance
AcquisitionBought by the Clark in 1976, from bookseller Smyth.
Source of DataCatherine Evans, Clark Library Catalogue
Other NoteDigitised version available via Calisphere (link below)
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/n1xc7j/
GEMMS record createdNovember 22, 2019
GEMMS record last editedNovember 29, 2021