GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000797
TitleAn Ordinary Lecture of M. Edgertons at the Bl. Fryers
ShelfmarkCarlton 11/13
Creation Date1589 - 1589
RepositorySenate House Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript contains one sermon by Stephen Egerton, taken 'in Charactery by John Lewys, as it was uttered by the Autour' (see title page). The sermon is written out in longhand.
Material FeaturesQuarto. 'D. DOWSING, Bookbinder, Ipswich.' appears on a printed label in the top left-hand corner of the front pastedown. In addition, '6d 10' is written in pencil on the front pastedown. The lettering on the spine reads 'EDGERTON'S SERMON 1589'. The manuscript is unfoliated and unpaginated.
Provenance'David Sawner, given him by his friend W. J. (or S.) Fitch 183[?]8' is written on the recto of the first leaf. c. 40 items from the Carlton Shorthand Collection formerly belonged to the stenographer James Henry Lewis (1786-1853).
AcquisitionThe Carlton Shorthand Collection, among the most extensive extant shorthand collections, contains about 18,000 books, periodicals, and pamphlets related to stenography. Much of the collection was put together by William J. Carlton (1886-1973), a scholar of Charles Dickens's shorthand. The collection was primarily bequeathed by Carlton, with some later donations from the shorthand teacher, Peter Dorey.
Source of DataCarlton Shorthand Collection Catalogue; Hannah Yip
Other NoteSee Adele Davidson, Shakespeare in Shorthand: The Textual Mystery of King Lear (Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press, 2009), p. 39.
Sermons ContainedAn Ordinary Lecture of M. Edgertons at the Bl. Fryers on friday the. 19. of September 1589. -- 10 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| archives.libraries.london.ac.uk/resources/Carlton.pdf | Carlton Shorthand Collection Catalogue. |
| www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections/special-collections/printed-special-collections/carlton-shorthand-collection | Information about the Carlton Shorthand Collection, Senate House Library. |
| www.aim25.com/cgi-bin/vcdf/detail?coll_id=1709&inst_id=14&nv1=search&nv2=advanced | AIM25 Catalogue entry for the Carlton Shorthand Collection. |
GEMMS record createdApril 25, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 16, 2023