GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001520
TitleAcademic papers
ShelfmarkHarley MS 7033
Creation Dateca. 1707 - 1707
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA volume of historical and academic papers, written in the hand of the antiquary Thomas Baker (1656-1740). There are accounts of several Colleges of the University of Cambridge (copied from Thomas Fuller), copies of letters and wills, and extracts from William Camden's manuscripts. According to Baker's inscription on f. 1r, this is Volume 6 of a series. There is a list of contents on ff. 2r-3r.
Material FeaturesFolio.
Provenance'Tho: Baker Coll: Jo: Cant. socius ejectus' (f. 1r).
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 DataA Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, pp. 508-509; Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972); CELM; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedConcio quam habuit AP -- ff. 132r-141r
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJuly 20, 2021
GEMMS record last editedJuly 20, 2021