GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000486
TitleMiscellaneous manuscript and printed texts
ShelfmarkMS. Eng. misc. d. 1
Creation Dateca. 1590 - 1640
RepositoryBodleian Library
Contents NoteTexts in English, Latin, and Portuguese, including a sermon preached by Thomas Spratt in 1610 on John 10:27-28, dedicated to Lady Mildmay (ff. 4r-21v). Also contains the Latin hymn Prudentius de Epiphania with an English translation by William Wake ('Uuacus') of Cambridge, which he wrote in prison (f. 24); five English religious poems partly in colour (f. 36); a printed copy of W. Dillingham's Suleianum, followed by an English translation entitled Suley Bowling-greene (f. 45); a late-sixteenth-century treatise entitled "A brief Discouery of the state of the kingdom of Spayne and Portugall" (f. 48); a text entitled "Privilegio que sua Magestade concede a Manuel do Valle" by the agent for Jakob Greve, a privileged (German merchant trading in Portugal, dated 31 August 1591, with signatures and coloured borders (ff. 69, 70, 103); and various printed works.
Material FeaturesPaper, 183 leaves, 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Ridler, W.
ProvenanceSold at auction by Sotheby's (lot 574) in the Earl of Westmorland sale, 14 July 1887.
AcquisitionPurchased from W. Ridler (catalogue 159, number 173) on 3 October 1887 for £1 15s.
Source of DataJeanne Shami; Bodleian Library Summary Catalogue, vol. 5
Other Note
Sermons ContainedSermon on John 10:27-28 -- ff. 4r-21v
Sermon Reports Contained
GEMMS record createdDecember 13, 2016
GEMMS record last editedOctober 11, 2021