"The first part of the private devotions of R. W., composed and written for the use of himselfe and his children in the sixty six yeare of his age", temp. Charles I.
Divided as follows:
- "A short treatise for the daily well ordering of a man's life in God's service."
- "Morning prayers / Afternoon prayers / and Night prayers / to be used every daye."
- "Three generall prayers to be used at any time."
- "Seaven meditations uppon 7 places of the Scripture to be read uppon the seaven severall dayes of the weeke."
Written in the time of Charles I., as appears from a prayer at fol. 21b, "in these generall troblesom times of civill warrs."
At the end is scribbled in another hand, "Mr. Rechard Wastes book." The initials R. W. are stamped on the cover.
Dates
- Creation: temp. Charles I.
Extent
61 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. C. 473
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. C. 473.
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. 12321.
Custodial History
"Edward Linch his book, 1715."
Physical Facet
On paper, in duodecimo
Repository Details
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