Add MS 78364

EVELYN PAPERS. Vol. CXCVII. `Ta tōn `Omiliōn Peripsēmata tina, or a breife Account of divers Sermons recollected at my after Retirement, and begun, ĒĒAnno domini M.DC.L'; 1650-1687. Autograph. Preceded by a list of texts of sermons heard as far back as 1634, with the note, `I first tooke notes of Sermons when very young at schoole, also at the University but they were so imperfect . . . that I have onely noted the Texts in my Journal'. Most of the sermon notes for 1658 are inserted at the end on separate leaves, headed `An Account of such Sermons as I heard at my Parish-Church by the Ordinary Minister there Beginning Anno 1658', cut from another folio notebook of the same size and sewn in. With borders ruled in red ink, the year entered at the top, the date of the sermon in the lefthand margin and the person and place in the righthand margin. The greater part of the notes relate to the period 1650-1660; between 1661 and 1671 the notes are infrequent and brief, and become more extensive again from 20 October 1672 onwards, probably as a result of the pact of friendship with Margaret Blagge on 16 October 1672. References such as `Dr Frampton, since Bishop' suggest that this volume was written up from earlier notes some time after the event. On the end paper is the note: `In those sermons which I have marked with a X some considerable note may occur'; all those of the period 1672-1674, the years of his clostest friendship with Margaret Blagge, are so marked. Briefer notes of many of these sermons and of others not included in this volume are to be found in Evelyn's diary.

ff. iii + 151. Contemporary binding of brown calf. 350 x 235mm.