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TitleMiscellany notebook on theological subjects, in English, Latin, and Greek, compiled by Anthony Higgin
ShelfmarkRipon Cathedral MS 16
Creation Date1610 - 1615
Contents NoteNotes for sermons and on theological topics, including summaries of theological texts. Includes: ff. 6v-7v notes on sins (e.g. "Prodigality", "Ambition"); f. 39: Concio 4a, 1 Corinthians 11:28; f.42: Concio 5a, 1 Corinthians 11:28; f. 82 ff. 94v-136: Notes on Joseph Hall's 'Epistles in six decades', 1607-11; ff. 146v-149v commentary on 1 Corinthians 1; ff. 151r-158v commentary on 2 Corinthians 2; ff. 163r-165v - commentary on 1 Timothy 2.
Material Features1 volume, 211 ff., bound in leather with gilt tooling and ornamentation, including the initials AH. Considerable water damage; several pages have been mounted. Ff. 11-34, 62-78, 176-7, 181-4 have been left blank and some pages have been cut out. Written in Dean Higgin's hand.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Higgin, Anthony
Provenance
AcquisitionHiggin left his library (around 1250 volumes), to Ripon Cathedral on his death, and it is now preserved in the Brotherton Library.
Source of DataCatherine Evans; Brotherton Library Catalogue
Other Note
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6632Library catalogue entry
GEMMS record createdAugust 17, 2018
GEMMS record last editedJuly 08, 2019