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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001743
TitleVolume of homilies by various Glasgow University students of James Wodrow (2)
ShelfmarkGB 247 MS Gen 342
Creation Date1696 - 1702
Contents NoteMS contains 37 homilies (a form of short sermon) and Presbytery exercises (the short sermons given at Presbytery meetings) by students in theology at the University of Glasgow, dated 1696 - 1702. 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 ContainedPropheticall exercise on Philippians 3.1 by John Miller -- MS 1: 11 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:3-5 by Ro[ber]t Robertson -- MS 2: 10 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:6 -- MS 3: 6 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:10 by Andr[ew] Melvile -- MS 4: 6 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:11 by John Anderson -- MS 5: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:13 by Ro[ber]t Broady -- MS 6: 10 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:14 by Andreas Clark -- MS 7: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:15 by Jam[es] Mill -- MS 8: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:17 by Willl[iam Bredan minor -- MS 9: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:28 -- MS 10: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:29 by Daniel McNeill -- MS 11: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 1:30 by John Hamilton -- MS 12: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 2.3 by Henry Hunter -- MS 13: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 2.4 by John McMinne -- MS 14: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyterialle exercise on Philippians 3.1 by Hugh Innes -- MS 15: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 3.1 by Pat[rick] Bren -- MS 16: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)The 1 part of the presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.2 by Joh[n] Miller -- MS 17: 7 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Additional part of the presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.3 by Alex[ande]r Crichtonne -- MS 18: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.4 by Joh[n] Tod -- MS 19: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.9 by Alex[ander] Crichtone -- MS 20: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)The making part of a Presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.7 by Simon Kelly -- MS 21: 6 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the making part on Philippians 3.8 by Alex[ande]r Muir -- MS 22: 2 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the adding part on Philippians 3.8 by Simon Kelly -- MS 23: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise making part on Philippians 3.10 by W[illia]m Gordon -- MS 24: 16 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 3.12 by Jam[es] Thomson -- MS 25: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.13-14 by Ja[mes] Garner -- MS 26: 12 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the adding part on Philippians 3.15 by W[illia]m Boyd -- MS 27: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the making part on Philippians 3.17-20 by W[illia]m Boyd -- MS 28: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)An Homily on Philippians 3.20 by Gul[ielmus] Bowie -- MS 29: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)An Homily on Philippians 3.21 by W[illia]m Tinnoch -- MS 30: 12 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)The making part of the presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 3.21 by Arch[ibald] Haddin -- MS 31: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the adding part on Philippians 4.1 by Arch[ibald] Haddin -- MS 32: 10 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise on Philippians 4.1 the making part by Ja[mes] Stewart -- MS 33: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the addition on Philippians 4.5 by W[illia]m Wright -- MS 34: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Presbyteriall exercise the I part on making on Philippians 4.6 by W[illia]m Wright -- MS 35: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 4.6 Jo[hn] Marshall -- MS 36: 4 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)Ane Homily on Philippians 4.13 John Alexander -- MS 37: 8 leaves (unpaginated and unfoliated)
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GEMMS record createdJune 16, 2023
GEMMS record last editedJune 16, 2023