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Container Reference (shelfmark) Stowe MS 31-53

11. Stowe MS 41

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Stowe MS 41
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1632
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1 item

12. Stowe MS 42

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Stowe MS 42
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Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1675
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1 volume

13. Stowe MS 43

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Stowe MS 43
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"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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1685
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1 item

14. Stowe MS 44

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Stowe MS 44
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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, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1695-1705
Extent:
1 item

15. Stowe MS 45

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Stowe MS 45
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

16. Stowe MS 46

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Stowe MS 46
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

17. Stowe MS 47

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Stowe MS 47
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"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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

18. Stowe MS 48

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Stowe MS 48
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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

19. Stowe MS 49

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Stowe MS 49
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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 14th century
Extent:
1 item

20. Stowe MS 50-51

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Stowe MS 50-51
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LA LEGENDE DORÉE: the French version of the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine, made by Jean de Vignay, circ. 1340, including the additional Lives given by De Vignay for which there is no original in Jacobus. There are in all 236 narratives, including those which refer to Festivals as well as the Lives of the Saints. Begins, without title, with the rubric "Cy comence le prologue de lacteur de ce liure," etc., which introduces the translator's preface, beg. "Monseigneur saint iherome." The ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
2 items