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The collection consists of posthumous material concerning commemorations of Andrewes and research into his life and work.

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Copy of the New Testament specifically printed for troops including 'Lord Roberts's Message to the Troops'. There are 2 inscriptions on the first page, the first records the volume as belonging to E. S. Dougall of Brookside, Tunbridge Wells and the second gives the volume to Dougall and is initialled 'E. E. D.' [Emily Elizabeth Dougall, his mother] and is dated 23 July 1916.

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Catalogue of Bibles in Young's possession, written on 239 blue slips and pasted into the volume, 94 folios. The price, provenance, and date of purchase are generally included. The bibles were donated to the Library with the catalogue in 1933.

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Book of Psalms in shorthand, with a note at the front identifying the owner as John Chantlor.

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With preface addressed to Sir Francis Walsingham as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster (1587-90). Autograph.

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Attributed to 'the late Joseph Fawcett'.

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Note; by Charles Robert Darwin

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Made from a 13th century manuscript at S. Maria de Bona Spe, diocese of Cambrai, 17 folios.

Scope and Contents Selections of correspondence on theological subjects, 1852-1892, compiled by G.A.S. Schneider dealing mainly with textual criticism of the New Testament, 1022 pages. The letters are arranged chronologically under five subject headings, with a preface and indexes. The versos are blank throughout. The correspondence is principally with B.F. Westcott, Bishop of Durham, and, from 1864, with A.A. Vansittart. About 250 of the letters are drawn upon. A small number of letters have been transcribed...

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Different references to the same event are quoted opposite to each other. fo. 14: coloured drawings illustrating Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Dan. ii) and the symbolic beasts described in Dan. vii and viii. fo. 17: coloured drawing of the beast mentioned in rev. xiii, below shield containing black imperial eagle on gold ground.

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A series of critical notes upon various Biblical texts.

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A linguistic exposition upon 'Sixteen Hebrew Texts', 1759, and 'Illustration of the Decalogue', 1762, with a copy by Prettejohn of Matthias Wasmuth, 'Explicatio duplicis Accentuationis Decalogicae' (apparently an embellished extract from the Vindiciae S. Hebraeae Scripturae, Rostock, 1664).

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Except in the case of Zephaniah, each book has a title page preceding the text of the commentary, on which a later hand has added lists of published commentaries and related works on the prophet in question, published between 1747 and 1817. There is no such list for Zechariah. The ascription is to Schroeder on all such title-pages, except those for Joel and Amos.

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'Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St John'. A collection of fragments assembled by Newton's half-nephew Benjamin Smith with a view to publication, and printed posthumously, 1733.

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Notebooks and loose papers created and accumulated by the companies and committees engaged in the revision of the English Bible. The papers are mainly in English, with small amounts of French and Ancient Greek.

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Notes and collations made for an intended edition of IV Esdras.

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A list of scriptural references, arranged for the whole Bible verse by verse, with a few verses omitted, 195 folios. There are occasional footnotes and other annotations. At fo. 176 are annotations to various passages from Genesis to Isaiah. Inside the front cover is 'John Bell' and 'G. Dav[id] 25/11/22'.

Scope and Contents Comprises: lectures on various subjects including Old Testament poetry, Old Testament liturgy and general Biblical subjects; notebooks on the Old Testament and other Biblical subjects, and Arabic and Semitic language notes; sermons arranged in canonical order; papers relating to William Robertson Smith's libel trial for alleged heresies and errors; memoranda, including early family correspondence and accounts of family members; assorted newscuttings, rough notes and a small number of...