Hendrik Niclaes: Devotional and theological works, and other related material

Scope and Content

(fo. 4) 'A Figurative Description of the True Tabernacle of God, according to the Inward Temple or Howse of God in the Spirrit', extracts from the English translation, printed 1655, with prefatory matter to the chapters absent from the printed edition; (fo. 16) Nicholas, 'A Declaration of the Sonne of Man Jesus Christ' (the date 1575, appearing frequently as colophons to various sections of the tracts, is the date for either printing of or translation from the original German compositions); (fo. 28) blank; (fo. iv) 'Jane'; (fo. ii) rough figures headed 'DS'; (fo. iiv) 'Hebrew Pslater' and some jottings in Hebrew, apparently an early 19th-cent. hand; (fo. 1) scribbled figures, Hebrew jottings, and two 19th-cent. inscriptions: 'Coach No. 729 to N. 62 Portland Row, Oxford Road', and 'Introduction to Hebrew Grammar at Ginger's College Street Westmr'. Further jottings occur at fos 1v and 31v.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Purchased from F. E. Ellis, 28 Feb. 1885.

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