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Harley MS 1713

Record Id:
040-002047544
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-003435073
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000709.0x0000dd
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1713
Title:
Theological texts from the 16th century and 17th century, Volume 1
Scope & Content:

Folio manuscript containing theological texts written or collected by 'F.S.', a Catholic living in Ireland at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th century. It has been suggested that these are the collected works of John White, a teacher at the Roman Catholic College at Douay.

Some of the texts have a monogram on the opening page.

Contents:

  • ff. 1-13: Of heretics and their properties; with an introduction. A.D. 1595.
  • ff. 14-29: A brief declaration of faith, works, and our justification; against the opinion of these that say that faith only justifies. A.D. 1595.
  • ff. 30-36v: Of the sign of the cross and crucifix. A.D. 1588.
  • f. 37: The description of the body of Jesus being man: recorded in the chronicles of Antonius, Archbishop of Florence (i.e. the letter or epistle of Lentulus).
  • ff. 38-45: A glass of charity, wherein thou must behold her beauty. A.D. 1591.
  • ff. 46-57: The seven penitential Psalms of David, explained. A.D. 1598
  • ff. 58-66v: A brief platform for the building of a house to God. A.D. 1598.
  • ff. 67-69: Explanation of part of the first epistle of Paul to Timothy.
  • ff. 69v-70v: Explanation of the second epistle of Paul to Timothy.
  • ff. 70v-71v: Out of the epistle of Paul to Titus.
  • f. 72: Notes out of the epistle to Philemon.
  • ff. 73-79: A dialogue between faith and charity. A.D. 1599.
  • ff. 80-92v: Certain exercises upon every verse of Psalm 42.
  • ff. 93-99v: A consolation against temptation. A.D. 1600.
  • ff. 100-112: Certain annotations out of the epistles of Peter, James, and John; especially on leading a good life. A.D. 1600.
  • ff. 113-121v: Of penance, the salve for sin. A.D. 1600.
  • ff. 122-128v: Of the name of Christian. A.D. 1600.
  • ff. 129-137: Of poor and rich.
  • ff. 138-143: A consolation against desperation.
  • ff. 144-154: A comfortable contemplation of the love of God towards man; and of the life of a true Christian. A.D. 1601 ‘Fynyshide in January 1601 when I was 81 years old. Wrytten withe myne awne hande’.
  • f. 154: A brief direction, how to become a true Christian.
  • ff. 155-162v: Of the last judgement.
  • ff. 163-173v: A mirror of Christianity; collected out of the works out of these ancient & holy fathers of the primitive Church, Jerome, Ambrose, Augustine, and Chrysostom. A.D. 1601.
  • ff. 174-176: Notes out of the epistle of Paul to the Galatians.
  • ff. 176-177v: Notes out of the epistle of Paul to the Ephesians.
  • ff. 178-179v: Notes out of the epistle of Paul to the Philippians.
  • ff. 180-181: Notes out of the epistle of Paul to the Colossians
  • ff. 181v-183: Notes out of the first epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians.
  • ff. 183-184: Notes out of the second epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians.
  • ff. 185-191v: Godly meditations upon certain Psalms. A.D. 1602.
  • ff. 192-193: Of the Catholic Church (A sort of homily).
  • ff. 194-199v: Of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
  • ff. 200-201: An exhortation to learn to die.
  • ff. 201v-202: Of a good conscience.
  • ff. 202v-203v: To learn to know thyself.
  • ff. 203v-204: The praise of peace; and how to preserve it.
  • ff. 205-206: Of the love due to our neighbours; and why we are to love our enemies.
  • ff. 207-209v: Admonitions out of the two epistles of St. Peter; and especially for holy conversation. 1603.
  • ff. 210-218v: Of the essence of God.
  • ff. 219-225: That heretics are not to be disputed withal: Out of a work of four parts of the appeasing of the impudence of heretics: Author, Roberto Præsule Arboricensi, Thealogo Ordine et Origine Parisiensi.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Harley Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002045828
036-003435073
040-002047544
Is part of:
Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 1713-1714 : Theological texts from the 16th century and 17th century

 

Harley MS 1713 : Theological texts from the 16th century and 17th century, Volume 1
Hierarchy:
032-002045828[7784]/036-003435073[0001]/040-002047544
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1583
End Date:
1607
Date Range:
c 1588-c 1602
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Paper.

Dimensions: 310 x 200 mm.

Foliation: 226 folios. Also contains the original foliation.

Binding: British Museum binding.

Custodial History:

Provenance:

This manuscript was formerly owned by Colonel Henry Worsley.

The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (1661-1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (1689-1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.

Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (1694-1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.

Finding Aids:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: Eyre and Strahan, 1808-12), Volume II

Cyril Ernest Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A study of the sources of the Harleian collection of manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1972), pp. 361-362

Publications:
For discussion on the possible authorship of this manuscript, see F. H. Baxter, The influence of reformed doctrine on English charity in the 16th century, 1970, pp.41-46
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)