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- [17 cent., first ½]. (Creation)
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ii, 71 ff. (ff. i-ii, 70-71 are later flyleaves; ff. 60 verso-61 verso blank) ; 215 x 165 mm.
Rebound, [19 cent.] (see instructions to binder, now attached to f. 71), in vellum covers with double blind fillets over boards, as Brogyntyn MSS II.11, II.17-18); 'DE PREDESTINATIONE', 'M.S. No 37' and 'PORKINGTON LIBRARY' stamped in gold on red leather labels on spine.
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Scope and content
An untitled and apparently unpublished English treatise on predestination by an anonymous author, discussing the views of various theologians of the late sixteenth and early seventeeth centuries: 'The principall End of the labour which brought this worke was by was by [sic] the helpe of God ... the spiryt of Ch[rist] to whom all these Euils do betide of despayre and securely go to bee spurned' (ff. 1-69).
Written by two hands, a main one (ff. 1-56 verso, 62-69 verso) and a second (ff. 56 verso-60, last line of f. 69 verso).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.21). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 6032465. Date: 20030207. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.21) : Loose item in volume. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.21). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 6032465. Date: 20031001. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Manuscript Volume (Brogyntyn II.21) : Reattached f. 71a. Institution: WlAbNL.
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Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
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Usual copyright laws apply.
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English.
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Available on microfilm at the Library.
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Title based on contents.
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Formerly Porkington MS 37.
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Two watermarks: a crowned heraldic shield with arms of Austria and Burgundy (ff. 2-16, 20-21), as Briquet no. 1477 ('probablement de la région du Rhin moyen', attested from 1594); majuscule N within crowned shield, with 'JEAN NIVELLE' in label below (ff.18-68), as Briquet no. 8423 (Troyes, 1578x1602).
Note
Preferred citation: Brogyntyn MS II.21 [RESTRICTED ACCESS].