Manuscript, on paper, in English cursive bookhand, produced in England during the years 1595-1622. The text is a devotional poem in five books, dedicated to Lady Viscount Hereford and dated January 1, 1595. It is bound with the commonplace book of Nicolas Hanslopp (ff. 22r-75v)., The first poem in the collection is the same as that of Osborn a5, "The Foure-Fould Meditations," by Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, and Before the text, an epistle is dedicated "To ye right honorable ye Ladie vicount Hereford" from P.M. The manuscript also includes a dedication to Edward Devereux, Lady Hereford's husband. Peter Mowle's commonplace book (Oscot College MS. Case B II) discusses the manuscript: "Anno 1595 I dedicated to ye Right Honerable the Ladie vicount Hereford of Parham in Sussex... a Booke for a new yeares gifte, conteyninge five principall meditaciouns, whereof ye first treateth of ye Agonie of Death. The second of the particvler Iudgement of ye sovle. The third of ye Daye of ye Generall Iudgement. The fourth of ye Tormentes of Hell. The fift and late of ye Ioyes of Heaven, with severrall Argumentes to eyther of them and five Peticions to our Blessed Saviour Iesv vppon ye former meditaciouns..."
Description:
Peter Mowle seems to have had the job of copying and circulating the works of Catholic writers (including himself) to the chief Catholic families of the day., In English., Hanslopp's commonplace book includes medical recipes, prayers, and several crude drawings, including one of "Twoo Giants Fiting.", Among the marginal notes appear the names Robert Worral, John Radford, and the inscription "William Sutton, His Booke" (on f. 71v, 72r, and 74r)., and Binding: nineteenth-century boards.
Dedication signed: John Sturt., Engraved throughout; with ornamental borders. The diagram has movable parts., and With family record of William and Mary Carter Evans on front flyleaf.
Publisher:
Engraven and printed by the permission of Mr. John Baskett printer to the Kings most Excellent Majesty; sold by John Sturt, engraver,
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate, and Sturt, John, 1658-1730.
Manuscript on paper, in a cursive hand, of thirty-three prayers for the relief of the souls in Purgatory. The prayers open with "We salute thee o most sweet Lord Jesus," and focus particularly on redemption through the events of the Passion and Resurrection. The final prayer asks Him "mercifully to forgive us all our omissions of intention in these prayers and let them not be through our coldness less meritorious to these poor souls.", Pages 54-[55] contain a devotional practice "For y.e Holy Conversation," directing daily recital of the Litanies of Loreto, weekly Mass on Tuesday, "a pair of Beads" on "y.e first Tuesday of y.e month," and receiving Communion three times a year, "upon y.e Feast of the Circumcision, of y.e purification, and of St. Joseph." Dated "12 Jan 1675/6.", and This text is almost identical to that of Three and thirty most godly and deuout prayers and salutations...for faithfull soules departed [St. Omer, 1620-40?]. Also includes a translation of Psalm 50 (51), the Miserere, which combines phrasing from the Douai version and the revised version which appeared in The Primer, or Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in English... (St. Omer, 1673).
Description:
Binding: Contemporary English calf, spine gilt., Corrections include careful renumbering of all prayers past Prayer 5 on pasted-in small slips., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., Separate title page with decorated print capitals., and Spine title: "33 prayers for the souls in purgatory" (paper label).
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church--Customs and practices, Catholic Church--England, Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions, and Jesus Christ--Passion--Prayer-books and devotions
Subject (Topic):
Catholics--England, Devotional exercises--Catholic Church, Devotional literature, English, Miserere, Prayers for the dead, and Purgatory
