GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001536
TitleDauids teares
ShelfmarkHarley MS 5258
Creation Dateca. 1600 - 1660
RepositoryBritish Library
Contents NoteA sermon on Psalms 56:8, with prayers before and after the sermon. In the Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts (p. 256), it is indicated that the sermon was delivered by a 'Mr. Peake'; however, the present cataloguer has not been able to find this name inscribed anywhere in the volume.
Material Features38pp. Quarto. Mottled calf skin with gold-tooled border. See also British Library, Harley MSS 976, 977, 1753, 1784, 5068, 6028, 6208, 6535, 6536, 6538, 6539, 6559, 6568, 6572, and 6946.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Harley, Robert
ProvenanceThe 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 Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani (London, 1972), p. xxxiv.
Acquisition
Source of DataA Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts, in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 256; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedDauids teares -- pp. 7-37
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdSeptember 18, 2021
GEMMS record last editedDecember 18, 2021