Commonplace book. Sermons and travel: manuscript

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  Commonplace book : manuscript

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  A manuscript commonplace book, with text written in several different hands. The volume is written mostly in English but also contains French and German; though no country of origin is identified, it appears to be mainly British in subject. The text includes seven pages of index in the beginning of the volume; there are also rough drawings in pencil and pen, as well more finely executed pen and ink illustrations. The text covers an extraordinary range of subjects, including technical inventions and developments, animal husbandry, recipes, political comment, sports, current events, travel, medicinal cures, economics, wine, and many other topics. The volume is bound in late 18th century three-quarter calf gilt, red edges, with some wear to the binding.

  mssHM 83388

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  Sermones : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-122v. [Antonius Azaro de Parma]. Sermones. Latin. ff. 123-126v. [Sifridus, abbas S. Crucis]. [Four sermons]. Latin. Four sermons commemorating a soul, of which only the first is attributed to Sifridus. On ff. 127-128v, an added sermon. Back pastedown. Latin. Added prayers to St Livinus: (i) "Dextera tua quesumus [...] per intercessionem beati livini martiris tui atque pontificis ... eripiat. Per ..."; (ii) "Deus quidam(?) ... sancti livini martiris tuis atque pontificis ..."; (iii) "Deus qui es vigo(?) ..."; (iv) "Tribue quesumus omnipotens et misericors deus intercessionibus beati livini martiris tui atque pontificis ..."; and miscellaneous notes including "stadium est spacium ccor. xxv pedes" (?) and pen-trials. 1 item. [Donatus]. [Ars minor]. Latin. Contains part of the section De nomine, with a red initial at "Magister nomen appellativum ...". This fragment serves as spine-lining for the main codex; it is conjoint with the front pastedown.

  mssHM 58203

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  Commonplace book. English law : manuscript

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  A bound manuscript volume, possibly in the hand of George Wither; includes notes on court cases, legal opinions, etc. Half-bound in maroon morocco over cloth with ex-libris of Thomas Brooke, and an unidentified ex-libris; spine reads "Wither's M.S. Note-Book 1650-1660."

  mssHM 103

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  Commonplace book. English law: manuscript

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  Extracts from Year Books, abridgements of cases and decisions, law reports, precedents and formularies, notes on the Assize of Forests and other legal matters. Owned by and [partly in the hand of?] Sir John Port.

  mssHM 46980

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  Commonplace book. English history: manuscript

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  Extracts from the works of Francis Bacon, maxims of state, notes on a book of ancient history, etc.

  mssHM 1728

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  Sermons [undated] Sermons, Correspondence and Ephemera

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  The collection consists of 551 manuscripts and 4 pieces of correspondence, which are arranged in chronological order by type. The majority of the manuscripts consist of sermons written by Laurentine Hamilton between 1858 and 1882. The sermons are ordered by the date they were first given, but Hamilton often reused his sermons. These dates are usually written on the manuscript or on the bindings that Hamilton used to hold together the loose pages of many of his sermons. One sermon which illustrates Hamilton's arguments for posthumous salvation was given on May 16, 1869 and is titled, "The Judgment." Hamilton also gave sermons incorporating the theories of Darwinian Evolution into Christianity beginning in 1878. There is also a seven-page biography of his life, which was read at Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship at UC Berkeley on December 17, 1956. It is unclear who wrote the speech. It may have been the donor, Clark Edward. The speech itself is a brief overview of Hamilton's life and then a short analysis of the events triggered by his controversial sermons regarding posthumous salvation. The ephemera, consisting of 25 items, are arranged by type. The ephemera consists of issues of the Oakland Daily News with Hamilton's printed sermons, from 1874 to 1875, issues of the Oakland Daily Evening Tribune with an article by Hamilton and his obituary, and an issue of the Sunday Chronicle from 1882 with Hamilton's obituary. Also included are three lists of Hamilton's sermons, a copy of one of Hamilton's sermons, his academic diplomas and certificates, notes by an unknown author, and a tract by Hamilton, titled "The Future State and Free Discussion; Four Sermons Preached in the First Presbyterian Church" dated 1869.

  mssHamilton