The sacred historie conteined in the First Boocke of Moses called Genesis ... March 10, 1669

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Brotherton Collection MS Lt q 2
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1669-1670
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 vol. (232 pages) Manuscript book in a single hand, devoted entirely to "The sacred historie" and associated pieces; probably autograph.

Scope and Content

F.1v: "A prayer"; pp.2-220: "Meditations upon the glorious majestie of the holy God"; pp.221-26: "The sacred historie: meditations of Gods provedentiall dispensations towards the children of men, out of the 107 Psalme"; pp.227-32 "The sacred historie: I will conclude with the eight psalme, that psalme of praise which magnifieth God for his glorious majestie and for his wonderfull love to man".

Administrative / Biographical History

The compiler of the manuscript is unknown

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased from Quaritch (Sotheby), December 1962

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Indexed in the BCMSV database http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/bcmsv/intro.html

Custodial History

Elizabeth Rooper, Cholmeley Dering, John Harrison (?), William Jones