Scope and Contents
A series of Roman Catholic meditations and devotional exercises on the life and death of Christ and the life and assumption of the Virgin, 94 folios: (fo. 1) short exhortation; (fo. 2) meditations on the life and death of Christ, the Annunciation to the Coronation of the Virgin; (fo. 56) meditations on the life of the Virgin, the Conception to the Coronation; (fo. 79) further meditations on the life of Christ; (fo. 87) Rosary. Most of the versos are blank. Inside the front cover is a defaced bookplate. Although the writing is not clear, the bookplate is similar to that in MS.Add.4365, in which the writing that can be distinguished reads '... Henry ... Esqre Executor.'
Dates
- Creation: 1680 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased 1905.
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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