"A tract of Christ's birth and incarnation;" a treatise of mystical divinity, bulk: 18th century
File
MS. Rawl. A. 354
Held at the Weston Library
A revised and altered copy from the original MS., prepared for the press, with notes and remarks by the transcriber (apparently the former possessor, T. Haywood,) and two other writers.
The author is ascertained to have been John Pordage, M.D., from the following data. He is mentioned as a disciple of Jacob Boehm (fols. 45b, 51b); is continually alluded to as "the Dr."; and, which establishes the fact of his identity, reference is twice made (fols. 6b, 21) to a work by him bearing the title of "Theologia Mystica," this being the title of Pordage's book published in the year 1683. The transcriber refers at fol. 72b. to another work by the author of this treatise, entitled his "Apologetic to Mr. D.," and a note in a different hand, at fol. 50b, speaks further of his "treatise of the Dark World, which is design'd to be made publick in a little time, with his other works." Mention is made by the transcriber in several places (fols. 27b, 31b, etc.) of a "Mr. K." as being one of the examiners of this treatise: query, Dr. Keith?
The author is ascertained to have been John Pordage, M.D., from the following data. He is mentioned as a disciple of Jacob Boehm (fols. 45b, 51b); is continually alluded to as "the Dr."; and, which establishes the fact of his identity, reference is twice made (fols. 6b, 21) to a work by him bearing the title of "Theologia Mystica," this being the title of Pordage's book published in the year 1683. The transcriber refers at fol. 72b. to another work by the author of this treatise, entitled his "Apologetic to Mr. D.," and a note in a different hand, at fol. 50b, speaks further of his "treatise of the Dark World, which is design'd to be made publick in a little time, with his other works." Mention is made by the transcriber in several places (fols. 27b, 31b, etc.) of a "Mr. K." as being one of the examiners of this treatise: query, Dr. Keith?
Dates
- Majority of material found within 18th century
Extent
80 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. A. 354
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. A. 354.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11240.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11240.
Custodial History
Super tegmen exterius sunt hæc: "E libb. Tho. Haywood, coll. Di. Jo. Bapt. Soc. Oxon., 1720."
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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