TRANSLATION Of the dialogue entitled "Octavius," in defence of Christianity, by M. Minucius Felix. The following note is appended: "Translated by my selfe at Pyrton in the Intervalls of my Hunting & Hawking times, Anno 1632: I dare not say well, but as I coulde. Ignoscat Lector. Henry Knappe...
This manuscript contains the Revelations of Divine Love by the anchoress and mystic Julian of Norwich (b. 1342, d. c.1416). It is thought to be a copy from an exemplar manuscript for a edition published in 1670 by Serenus Cressy (b. c. 1605, d. 1674). Cressy was a Benedictine confessor for the E...
"THE LIGHT IN DARKNESS, or The True Religion long sought, at last found out, amongst all the religions of the world here mention'd, by Martin Brethon, a true prozelyte to the Church of England, Aug. 26, 1685"; consisting of a dictionary of churches, sects, and religious opinions, in alphabetical...
RELIGIOUS MEDITATIONS and Bible Texts, written by Margaret [Penn], wife of Anthony Lowther; with a list of her family, and an account of the last illness and death of her eldest son, Robert Lowther, in Jan. 1694/5. The last entry is of the death of her eldest surviving son, Sir William Lowther, ...
TWO SERMONS or treatises, on Prayer (Ps. xxxiv. 17) and on the Sacraments. The beginning and end of the latter are lost. At the head of the former is the name "Mr. Ewens." Paper; ff. 49. Early XVIIIth cent. Duodecimo. Sermons: On prayer and the sacraments, by - Ewens: 18th cent. Ewens: Owned o...
DRAFTS of, and notes for, sermons, by the Rev. Philip Morant, Rector of St. Mary's, Colchester (ob. 1770). Paper; ff. 66. Folio. Sermons: Drafts and notes, by the Rev. P. Morant: 18th cent. Philip Morant, rector of St. Mary at the Walls, Colchester, historian of Essex: Drafts and notes for ser...
"THE FAMOUS BOOK intitled De Tribus Impostoribus, translated from the original Latin into French, and now faithfully Englished, with a preface, annotations, and additions by the French translator ": an English version of the work published by Pierre Frédéric Arpe in 1716, which professed to be a...
GENEALOGY of Christ from Judah son of Jacob; in the handwriting of Thomas Astle. Paper roll. XVIIIth cent. Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Genealogy of Christ: 18th cent.
LEGENDA AUREA, by Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa [1292-1298]. The prologue, "Universum tempus præsentis vitæ," etc., is headed "Incipit prologus super legendas sanctorum quas compilavit frater Jacobus, nacione Januensis, de ordine fratrum prædicatorum," and is followed by a table of co...
Vol. I. ff. 242. Late xvth cent. Jacobus de Voragine, Archbishop of Genoa: Legenda Aurea: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl. by Jean de Vignay. Jean de Vignay: Translation of the Legenda Aurea: late 15th cent.: Fr. Art. Illuminations and Drawings FRENCH: Legenda Aurea: miniature and border: late 15...
