GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001171
TitleTracts
ShelfmarkHarley MS 1625
Creation Dateca. 1569 - 1694
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA collection of tracts in French, Latin, and English, including, inter alia, the following items: 'Traité de Ratisbone' (1630) (ff. 45r-48v); 'Certain doubts about some points of doctrine' (ff. 49r-64r); 'A short account of o[ur] English B[isho]ps' (1670) (ff. 65r-125v); and a sermon in Latin by Thomas Gataker (1603) (ff. 126r-130v).
Material FeaturesFolio. 148 ff.
Provenance
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 Wright, p. xxxiv.
Source of DataBritish Library online catalogue; A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. II, p. 163; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); Hannah Yip.
Other NoteA full description of the contents of this volume is available on the British Library online catalogue. This is not the case for all BL Harley manuscripts.
Sermons ContainedSermon on 1 Peter 4:11 -- ff. 126r-130v
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 createdJuly 01, 2019
GEMMS record last editedOctober 25, 2020