GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000827
TitleCommonplace book of English and Latin Prose Notes, Anecdotes and Sermon extracts
ShelfmarkMS Lt 57
Creation Dateca. 1640 - 1655
Contents NoteContents consist largely of anecdotes, jokes and aphorisms. Also includes theological and scriptural notes, including extracts from books, such as Jose de Acosta's "History of the Indies" (f. 9r); George Wither's poem "Shall I lye wasting in despare" (f. 73v). Several items are dated, including a reference to Christopher Love's beheading, August 1651 (f. 47r). Signatures include Emanuel Gardinerus and Benjamin Pulleyne.
Material FeaturesBound in contemporary vellum. Reversed and inverted at f. 47.
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Acquisition
Source of DataCatherine Evans; University of Leeds special collections catalogue
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on unidentified text -- ff. 7v-8rSermon on Job -- f. 8r-vOut of an Adamites Sermon preached at Marlebone Park 1641 -- ff. 34v-35rSermon on Psalms 90:18 -- f. b12vSermon on Psalms 60:1 -- f. b13r-v (written in reverse) Out of a Sermon of Chillingsworths before the King on a Fast day at Oxford -- ff. b24r-b27r (written in reverse)Out of a sermon of the Bishop of Durham -- ff. b27r-b28v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdMay 26, 2018
GEMMS record last editedApril 28, 2023