GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001641
TitleCollection of theological treatises
ShelfmarkHunter MS 124
Creation Dateca. 1637 - 1676
RepositoryDurham Cathedral Library
Contents NoteThis octavo manuscript contains several miscellaneous theological treatises. Contents include, inter alia: John Chilton, 'Deus et Rex. Sive Dialogus' (autograph, dated 10 August 1676); remarks upon church discipline; anonymous directions to a divine (c. 1640s); an anonymous sermon preached on St James' Day in 1637; and miscellaneous prayers and notes in the hand of Isaac Basire. Languages: Latin and English.
Material Features
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Basire, Isaacmanuscript owner - Chilton, Johnmanuscript owner - Hunter, Christopher
Provenance
AcquisitionThe Hunter Manuscripts were purchased by the Dean and Chapter of Durham in 1756 for forty guineas.
Source of DataThomas Rud, Codicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesiae Cathedralis Dunelmensis Catalogus Classicus (Durham, 1825), p. 414; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons ContainedOut of Mr Levet's funerall Sermon for Sr. H. G. -- 7 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginatedDr. Hacket. before ye. K -- 3 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginatedDr. Featly (in his Serm. before the King, on Phil. 3. 20) -- 2 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginatedMr. W. on Rom. 8. 28 -- 3 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginatedBp. Usher on the Fast-day, Dec. 22. 1641 -- 2 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginatedMr. Sherwood, Jude, 14. 15 -- 1 leaf, unfoliated and unpaginatedSermon on Matthew 20:20-23 -- 7 leaves, unfoliated and unpaginated
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJune 09, 2022
GEMMS record last editedJune 13, 2022