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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-000861
TitlePrayers and Sermons, written by Robert Sanderson
ShelfmarkBC Ms Gen 1
Creation Dateca. 1640 - 1660
Contents NoteA collection of sermons and prayers. "Prayer", begins "O most great and most glorious..." pp. 1-7; "A Thanksgiving", begins "O most glorious..." pp. 8-10; "A Prayer", begins "O immortal, Eternall..." pp. 11-14; "A Thanksgiving", begins "O Eternal and forever blessed" pp. 15-16; "A Prayer for a family - either for morning or evening" pp. 17-24; "For the Nobility" pp. 23-4; several thanksgivings and prayers "For Temporal Blessings", thanksgivings for morning and evening, pp. 24-27; "A Prayer", beginning "O Eternall, allmighty, all-glorious", with corrections and alterations pp. 29-34; pp. 35-37 blank; "A Prayer" beginning "O Lord, thou art a most high god" pp. 38-41.
Material Features1 volume, 558pp. Bound in blue moroccan leather; embossed in gold on the covers and with Anderson's name and "Brotherton Collection" on the spine. Pages are numbered. Clearly written in one neat hand. Every page has ruled margins. A few corrections, particularly in the prayers. Manuscript note on the inside front cover, written vertically, states, "these Sermons and Prayers wee written by Bh. Sanderson, the friend of Isaac Walton".
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Sanderson, Robert
Provenance
Acquisition
Source of DataCatherine Evans; Leeds University Library special collections catalogue
Other Note
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6734Link to library catalogue
GEMMS record createdJuly 12, 2018
GEMMS record last editedDecember 01, 2023