GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001412
TitleState papers and tracts
ShelfmarkHarley MS 291
Creation Dateca. 1580 - 1587
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA composite volume of state papers and tracts, principally relating to transactions between England and Scotland, in various hands.
Material FeaturesFolio. 212 leaves (plus blanks). Modern morocco gilt.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - D'Ewes, Simondsmanuscript owner - Harley, Robertmanuscript owner - Starkey, Ralph
ProvenanceSir Simonds D'Ewes owned this manuscript in 1628.
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; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. I, pp. 155-59; CELM; Andrew G. Watson, The Library of Sir Simonds D'Ewes (London, 1966), p. 324; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedDoctrine preached by Mr Hooker in the Temple the fyrst of marche 1585 -- ff. 184v-185r
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Harley_MS_291 | Digitised copy of British Library, Harley MS 291. |
| hviewer.bl.uk/IamsHViewer/Default.aspx?mdark=ark:/81055/vdc_100000000859.0x00010d | British Library, Harley manuscripts finding aid. |
GEMMS record createdDecember 17, 2020
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 18, 2021