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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000380
TitleA Commentary or Exposition vpon the Epistle of St Paul to the Colossians in two vols Vol. 1 contayning the two first chapters By Luke Grushey vicar of Thorley in the Isle of Wight Begun by way of preaching at his owne cure the Sunday 25th day of may 1651
ShelfmarkMS. 56
Creation Dateca. 1651 - 1700
Contents NoteThis text is not presented as separate sermons but as one long single commentary, despite having homiletic origins.
Material FeaturesPaper, folio, 559 leaves. The whole manuscript is written out in full in a clear hand with marginal citations of Scripture and other authorities and a few additions and deletions. The text can be rather difficult to decipher because the paper is thin and the ink is showing through from the reverse of the paper.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner? - Grushey, Luke
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataLucy Busfield; Henry O. Coxe, Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1852)
Other NoteThis volume and MS 57 form a set.
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdAugust 18, 2016
GEMMS record last editedMay 24, 2021