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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001684
TitleSermons of William Whiston
ShelfmarkMS. Eng. th. e. 45
Creation Dateca. 1698 - 1722
RepositoryBodleian Library
Contents NoteThis manuscript includes sermons, primarily written in the years 1698-9 with notes about delivery; notebooks; and the minute book of the Society for Promoting Primitive Christianity. It also includes five lectures on Newtonian theorems delivered at Cambridge.
Material Featuresvi + 324 pages (pages 301-320, in reverse); blind-tooled calf, rebound; written in Whiston's small and clear hand with minor corrections; contains the signature of Edmund Field, 1849
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Whiston, Williammanuscript owner? - Field, Edmund
Provenance
AcquisitionPurchased from Blackwells in 1948
Source of DataJennifer Farooq; Bodleian Online Catalogues of Western Manuscripts & The New Summary Catalogue, vol. 1
Other Noteadditional shelf-mark (45292: P.R. III. g. 27)
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJanuary 20, 2023
GEMMS record last editedJanuary 27, 2023