GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001292
TitleFour Sermons Preached by Mr Mather
ShelfmarkHarley MS 1784
Creation Date1693 - 1694
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript contains four sermons by 'Mr Mather'. It is not certain whether the scribe is referring to Cotton or Increase Mather.
Material FeaturesQuarto. Mottled calf skin with gold-tooled border. See also British Library, Harley MSS 976, 977, 1753, 5068, 5258, 6028, 6208, 6535, 6536, 6538, 6539, 6559, 6568, 6572, and 6946.
Provenance'Henry Barlow his Book' is written on f. 51r.
AcquisitionThe Harleian Library was founded by Robert Harley, First Earl of Oxford (1661–1724). According to Cyril Ernest Wright, Robert Harley ‘was primarily interested in English historical and political material and in volumes of sermons and theological controversy, sharing in the latter the taste of his Harley ancestors’. See Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.
Source of DataBritish Library online catalogue; A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. II, p. 227; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedA Sermon Preached by Mr Mather December the 24th 1693 -- ff. 1r-17rAnother Sermon preached Decem[ber] 31 1694 [sic] -- ff. 17r-24rA Sermon Preached by Mr Mather January the 7th 1693/4 -- ff. 24v-35rA Sermon Preached by Mr Mather Febr: 4th: 1693/4 -- ff. 36r-51r
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
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| hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00001c | British Library, Harley Manuscripts Finding Aid. |
GEMMS record createdMarch 06, 2020
GEMMS record last editedDecember 18, 2021