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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000432
TitleNotes on forty-two sermons
ShelfmarkMS. Don. e. 157
Creation Date1677 - 1678
RepositoryBodleian Library
Contents NoteNotes by Thomas Aldersey on sermons by preachers including Rowland Sherrard (f. 4v), [James] Adern (or "Ardern," ff. 55v, 104v), and [John] Latham (ff. 69v, 109v). Sermons listed on ff. 1-2.
Material FeaturesRuled calf, 170 leaves. Number "B17" written on f. 1. Unlike other notebooks in this set, in which Aldersey writes only on the versos and then in reverse on the rectos, here he writes on both rectos and versos consecutively.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Aldersey, Thomas
Provenance
AcquisitionThis is one of twenty notebooks kept by Thomas Aldersey which were bought at auction from Sotheby's on 18 December 1986, lot 323.
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Bodleian Library online Catalogue of notebooks of Thomas Aldersey, 1653-89
Other NoteJames Ardern is identified in CCEd and ACAD (Venn). The spelling "Adern" is not found in any biographical sources apart from the Bodleian catalogue.
Sermons ContainedSermon 1 on Psalms 42:1 -- ff. 4v-9vSermon on John 8:42 -- ff. 9v-11vSermon 2 on Psalms 42:1 -- ff. 11v-13vSermon 1 on John 5:39 -- ff. 13v-18rSermon 2 on John 5:39 -- ff. 18r-22vSermon 3 on John 5:39 -- ff. 22v-26vSermon 4 on John 5:39 -- ff. 27r-31rSermon on Proverbs 24:21 -- ff. 31r-34vSermon on Luke 12:15 -- ff. 34v-38rSermon on Matthew 22:12 -- ff. 38r-43rSermon 1 on Proverbs 30:12 -- ff. 43r-46vSermon 2 on Proverbs 30:12 -- ff. 46v-50vSermon 1 on Romans 1:18 -- ff. 51r-55vSermon on Romans 6:23 -- ff. 55v-60rSermon on Luke 21:19 -- ff. 60r-63vSermon on Lamentations 3:40 -- ff. 63v-66rSermon 2 on Romans 1:18 -- ff. 66v-69vSermon on Proverbs 1:10 -- ff. 69v-73vSermon 3 on Romans 1:18 -- ff. 73v-77rSermon 1 on Exodus 17:2 -- ff. 77r-81vSermon on Psalms 25:11 -- ff. 81v-87rSermon 2 on Exodus 17:2 -- ff. 87v-90rSermon on Psalms 62:11 -- ff. 90r-95vSermon on Proverbs 11:18 -- ff. 94v-99rSermon on Revelation 3:11 -- ff. 99r-104rSermon on 1 Peter 1:15 -- ff. 104v-107vSermon on Psalms 119:158 -- ff. 107v-109rSermon on Matthew 6:19-20 -- ff. 109v-113rSermon 1 on John 14:27 -- ff. 113r-116vSermon 2 on John 14:27 -- ff. 116v-120rSermon on Hebrews 13:14 -- ff. 120v-123rSermon 1 on John 1:12 -- ff. 123r-127rSermon 2 on John 1:12 -- ff. 127r-132rSermon 1 on 1 Samuel 2:12 -- ff. 132v-137rSermon 2 on 1 Samuel 2:12 -- ff. 137r-140vSermon on Job 15:20 -- ff. 141r-145rSermon 1 on Psalms 56:8 -- ff. 145v-150rSermon 2 on Psalms 56:8 -- ff. 150r-152vSermon 3 on Psalms 56:8 -- ff. 153r-156rSermon 4 on Psalms 56:8 -- ff. 156v-161vSermon on Romans 2:11 -- ff. 161v-166rSermon on Ecclesiastes 12:1 -- ff. 166v-169r
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/online/1500-1900/aldersey/aldersey.htmlCatalogue of notebooks of Thomas Aldersey, 1653-89
GEMMS record createdOctober 25, 2016
GEMMS record last editedJune 16, 2021