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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001040
TitleSermon by Hugh Latimer
ShelfmarkSloane MS 1460
Creation Date1550 - 1550
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript contains a transcription of a printed sermon by Hugh Latimer ('A Moste faithfull Sermo[n] preached before the Kynges most excellente Maiestye, &c.' (London, 1550)). The sermon was originally preached on the second Sunday of Lent in 1550 before King Edward VI. The sermon is at ff. 2v–73v. There are some notes in shorthand on ff. 2r and 73v–74r. The scribe's name is 'John Dowglas'.
Material FeaturesQuarto.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Sloane, Hans
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataBritish Library online catalogue; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteSee Elizabeth T. Hastings, 'A Sixteenth Century Manuscript Translation of Latimer’s First Sermon before Edward', PMLA, 60.4 (1945), pp. 959-1002.
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJanuary 31, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMay 28, 2019