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1. Select meditations, [ca. 1660-1665]
- Creator:
- Traherne, Thomas, d. 1674
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1660-1665]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b308
- Image Count:
- 229
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single Italic hand, of several hundred brief religious meditations divided into four "centuries" of 100 meditations each; the first and last centuries are incomplete. Topics include the God's love, doing good works, and hypos...
- Description:
- Accompanied by newspaper article by James Osborn attributing the manuscript to Thomas Traherne.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs
- Subject (Name):
- Traherne, Thomas, d. 1674
- Subject (Topic):
- Devotional literature, English literature--17th century, English poetry--17th century, Meditations, Meditations (Religious), and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Select meditations, [ca. 1660-1665]
2. [Commonplace book]
- Creator:
- Feilding (Fielding) family
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1684]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b226
- Image Count:
- 10
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of about 73 entries, including prayers, poems on primarily romantic subjects, and culinary and medicinal recipes for such items as "orange water the Countess of Desmonds way"; black pudding; "to m...
- Description:
- Binding: covers and spine embroidered in flower pattern with metal and fabric threads.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century and Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Feilding (Fielding) family
- Subject (Topic):
- Cooking, Elegiac poetry, English, Embroidery, English poetry--17th century, Medicine, Popular, Medicine--15th-18th cent, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, Sentimentalism in literature, and Women authors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]
3. [Commonplace book], [1645-1648].
- Creator:
- Strangways, John, Sir, 1584-1666
- Call Number:
- Osborn b304
- Image Count:
- 297
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 14 sets of religious, political, and historical reflections, and about 76 original poems and verse translations on primarily religious subjects. The prose entries include 9 arguments against the...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain., England., and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656., Strangways, John, Sir, 1584-1666., Church of England, and Tower of London (London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Doctrines, English poetry, Law, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, Treason, Politics and government, and Religious life and customs
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [1645-1648].
4. [Commonplace book], [ca. 1612].
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1612]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b144
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in several hands, of Latin quotations grouped by philosophical and moral subjects such as Bellum; Fortuna; Humilitas; Ingratus; Patientia; and Virtus Moralis. Other entries include several religious poems; medical recipes "for th...
- Description:
- Binding: full sheep; blind-stamped decoration on covers.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--History--1066-1687, Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century, and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- James--I,--King of England,--1566-1625
- Subject (Topic):
- English poetry--17th century, Latin poetry--17th century, Medicine, Meditations (Religious), Philosophy, and Prayers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1612].
5. [Commonplace book], [ca. 1651-1653].
- Creator:
- W. S
- Call Number:
- Osborn b230
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, containing about 43 entries including religious meditations; Biblical notes; religious poems and verse paraphrases on Biblical subjects; sermon extracts; a play titled "The Tragedye of Jepthas daughter;" a treati...
- Description:
- Binding: full sheep.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1642-1660 and Great Britain--Religious life and customs--17th century
- Subject (Name):
- Campion, Edmund,--Saint,--1540-1581
- Subject (Topic):
- Dueling--Great Britain, English drama--17th century, English poetry--17th century, Medicine, Popular, Medicine--15th-18th cent, Meditations (Religious), Religious poetry, English, and Sermons, English--17th century
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book], [ca. 1651-1653].
