GEMMS: Gateway to Early Modern Manuscript Sermons
GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001770
TitleBook of Sermons
ShelfmarkHC/BB/17
Creation Date1600 - 1641
Contents NoteFull sermons, likely written by John Davenant (hand matches that of York Minster HC/BB/19, confirmed to belong to Davenant). Begins with a table of contents listing 7 numbered sermons and 7 additional that are not numbered (added in a later hand); another table of contents on p. 128 listing the same sermons that were added in the first table of contents by a later hand. Sermons are rough and likely drafts, with significant crossing-out and interlinear notations. No preaching information.
Material FeaturesCover of the book is cover of book is an indenture, 1635-6, between Edward Davenant D.D. and Mary & Marie Lowe. Paginated, but each sermon is also individually paginated by author.
Associated Peoplepreacher? - Davenant, John
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataHannah Wood; York Minster Objects, Archives, and Manuscripts Online Catalogue.
Other Note
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdJuly 26, 2023
GEMMS record last editedAugust 01, 2023