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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001737
TitleVolume of homilies by various Glasgow University students of James Wodrow (1)
ShelfmarkGB 247 MS Gen 341
Creation Date1701 - 1707
Contents NoteMS contains 34 homilies (a form of short sermon) by students in theology at the University of Glasgow, dated 1702-1707. A large number of the individual MSS are signed by their author and most have titles in a different hand, most likely that of James Wodrow. MS Gen 341 and 342 are a set.
Material FeaturesLeather bound volume containing multiple MSS of varying size that have been compiled into this MS. The endpapers are extracts of a printed work. The spine is broken and very delicate, the internal MSS have some fraying and marking but are in a good overall condition. There are no folio or page numbers but each MS within the volume has been given a number.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Wodrow, James
Provenance
AcquisitionPart of a collection of papers of Robert Wodrow held by the University of Glasgow. The manuscript was acquired from Charles W Wodrow Thomson on 8th July 1891.
Source of DataNicole Cumming
Other Note
Sermons ContainedAne Homily upon Psal[ms] 23.1 by Henry Wardrobe -- MS 1: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 23.2 by Ro[ber]t Robertson -- MS 2: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 25.9 by Ro[ber]t Paterson -- MS 3: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 25.16 by John Alexander -- MS 4: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 26.8 by G Arlhing -- MS 5: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 25.4 by [xxx] Gilwnye -- MS 6: 4 lleaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 27.6 by M Crafurd -- MS 7: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 27.7 by W[illia]m Tinnoch -- MS 8: 6 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 27.9 by W[illia]m Henry -- MS 9: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 27.11 by Ja[mes] Cullen -- MS 10: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 28.7 by G McNish -- MS 11: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 28.8 by John Deans -- MS 12: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 30.2 by Ja[cob] Watson -- MS 13: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily upon Psal[ms] 30.3 by David Williamson -- MS 14: 13 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)A Homily on Psal[ms] 30.4 -- MS 15: 12 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)A Homily on 30 Psalms 6 -- MS 16: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 31.7 by Thom[as] Brakenrigge -- MS 17: 12 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 31.8 by Ro[ber]t Crafurd -- MS 18: 5 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 31.10 by Ja[cobus] Watson -- MS 19: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 32.1 by Jacobus Watson -- MS 20: 7 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 32.9 by Ja[mes] Lawrie -- MS 21: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 33.2 by Will[iam] Bowie -- MS 22: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 33.10 by Ja[mes] Killen -- MS 23: 6 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 33.20 by Will[iam] Browne -- MS 24: 11 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)A Homily by James Gilchrist -- MS 25: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 34:4 by J Lang -- MS 26: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily by Ja[mes] Rab -- MS 27: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 34.10 by Ja[mes] Semple -- MS 28: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Homily on Psalms 34.15 by H McNeil -- MS 29: 7 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)A homily on Psalms 34.13 -- MS 30: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Psalms 94.19 by Joannes Kennedy -- MS 31: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Isaiah 3.8 by Georg[e] Clark -- MS 32: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Malachi 3.7 by Alex[ande]r Dunlop -- MS 33: 6 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Act 16.31 by Joh[n] Orr -- MS 34: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)
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GEMMS record createdMay 31, 2023
GEMMS record last editedJune 16, 2023