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TitleThomas Aldersey's Notes on Sermons heard at Oxford
ShelfmarkMS. Don. f. 41
Creation Date1652 - 1655
RepositoryBodleian Library
Contents NoteA notebook containing notes on sermons heard by Thomas Aldersley at Oxford from 1653-55. The sermon notes are in Aldersley’s hand. This appears to the seventh notebook of the twenty owned by Aldersey held at the Bodleian. There are fairly substantial notes on each sermon. The index (fols. 2-3) provides a short statement of the theme of each sermon (i.e. “a sermon touching ….”). Contains sermons preached by Dr. Henry Wilkinson (fols. 1-15, 25-30), Dr. John Wallis (fols. 15-20, 31-5, 53-9, 103-9, 141-5), Dr. John Conant (fols. 47-53), Thomas Cole (fols. 62-8), Rev. Dr. Henry Wilkinson (fols. 69-71, 82-3, 158v-157v), John Wilkins (fols. 77-81), Dr. Edward Reynolds (fols. 94-101), Dr. Henry Savage (fols. 109-12), and Dr. John Owen (fols. 113-17), among others.
Material Features151 leaves. Ruled calf binding. Very good condition. Numbered '7' inside upper cover. Written on rectos only, and then in reverse on versos
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Aldersey, Thomas
Provenance
AcquisitionThis is one of twenty notebooks owned by Aldersey that were purchased by the Bodleian from Sotheby's, as lot 323, on 18 December 1986.
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Bodleian Archives and Manuscripts Online Catalogue
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on Philippians 2:21 -- ff. 4r-7r (rectos only)Sermon on Job 14:1 -- ff. 8r-15r (rectos only)Sermon on Zechariah 1:5-6 -- ff. 25r-30r (rectos only)Sermon on Numbers 25:10-13 -- ff.47r-53r (rectos only)Sermon on Acts 2:37 -- ff.15r-20r (rectos only)Sermon on Unidentified Text -- ff.31r-35r (rectos only)Sermon on Matthew 22:12 -- ff.21r-25r (rectos only)Sermon on Ephesians 2:4-5 -- ff.53r-59r (rectos only)Sermon on Matthew 6:24 -- ff.62r-68r (rectos only)Sermon on Romans 8:11-13 -- ff.69r-71r, 82r-83r (rectos only)Sermon on Titus 2:10 -- ff.77r-81r (rectos only)Sermon on 1 Samuel 3:1 -- ff.89r-91r (rectos only)Sermon on Zechariah 8:12-15 -- ff.94r-101r (rectos only)Sermon on Isaiah 3:10-11 -- ff.103r-109r (rectos only)Sermon on Romans 1:3 -- ff.109r-112r (rectos only)Sermon on Psalms 86:7 -- ff.128r-140r (rectos only)Sermon on Revelation 22:11 -- ff.36r-46r (rectos only)Sermon on Proverbs 8:36 -- ff.59r-62r (rectos only)Sermon on Galatians 3:1 -- ff.72r-76r (rectos only)Sermon on Luke 12:4-5 -- ff.84r-88r (rectos only)Sermon on Philippians 4:11 -- ff.91r-94r (rectos only)Sermon on Romans 8:13 -- ff.113r-117r (rectos only)Sermon on Luke 10:42 -- ff.117r-123r (rectos only)Sermon on Psalms 32:1-2 -- ff.123r-128r (rectos only)Sermon on 2 Corinthians 7:10 -- ff.141r-145r (rectos only)Sermon on Revelation 15:3 -- ff.144v-148v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon 1 on Matthew 16:24 -- ff.132v-142v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon 2 on Matthew 16:24 -- ff.126v-132v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon 3 on Matthew 16:24 -- ff.123v-126v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Matthew 20:1-7 -- ff.118v-122v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Hebrews 11:24-25 -- ff.90v-98v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon 4 on Matthew 16:24 -- ff.67v-89v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Psalms 42:11 -- ff.61v-65v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Psalms 119:59-60 -- ff.54v-60v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Matthew 25:34 -- ff.47v-53v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Acts 15:9 -- ff.40v-47v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Philippians 1:6 -- ff.35v-40v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Hebrews 10:23 -- ff.33v-35v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Matthew 18:7 -- ff.26v-33v (versos only, written in reverse)Sermon on Jeremiah 32:31 -- ff.5v-28v (versos only, written in reverse)
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/2964/collection_organizationBodleian Archives and Manuscripts Online Catalogue - Notebooks of Thomas Aldersey Catalogue
GEMMS record createdOctober 01, 2020
GEMMS record last editedDecember 03, 2020