GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001353
TitleCommonplace book of William Rawley
ShelfmarkMS 2086
Creation Dateca. 1626 - 1641
RepositoryLambeth Palace Library
Contents NoteA commonplace book compiled by William Rawley between 1626 and 1641, which includes apothegms, anecdotes, medical recipes, notes about gardening, observations regarding natural philosophy, and genealogical information. Written in Rawley's mid-seventeenth-century italic hand. Languages: English, Latin, Greek, Rawley's cipher.
Material FeaturesFolio. 92 pp.; 46 leaves. All the leaves are disjunct and mounted on paper guards. They are held within a modern guard-book. Modern half calf on marbled boards. Gold lettering on the spine reads: 'WILLIAM RAWLEY'S MS'. The manuscript was likely bound at some time from the 1980s onwards.
ProvenanceThis book may have been passed to Archbishop Thomas Tenison, along with other papers of Francis Bacon (now Lambeth Palace Library, MSS 647-62).
AcquisitionRediscovered in the library in 1967 and subsequently assigned a new manuscript number (i.e. 'MS 2086').
Source of DataCELM; Lambeth Palace Library online catalogue (see link below); Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons Contained
Sermon Reports ContainedCommonplace book of William Rawley -- 46 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F54630 | TNA catalogue entry for Lambeth Palace Library, MS 2086. |
| archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/calmview/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=MSS%2F2086 | Lambeth Palace Library catalogue entry for MS 2086. |
| cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-LAMBETH-02086/5 | Digitised copy available on Scriptorium (University of Cambridge Digital Library). |
GEMMS record createdAugust 31, 2020
GEMMS record last editedAugust 31, 2020