Three volumes containing the proceedings of Synods of the French Protestant Church in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; written by various hands: Volume 1, 16th-17th century
- (fols. 4-32) i. Acts of Synods I-VI: 1559–1567; in small quarto; a list of the synods from 1559 to 1631 is prefixed.
- (fols. 33-119) ii. Synods I-IX: 1559–1578.
- (fols. 120-463) iii. Synods XV-XXVII: 1598–1637.
Written by one hand, and paged consecutively from 119 to 1035. The first 118 pages are wanting, and there are also the following deficiencies: pp. 323–330, with the commencement of the 21st synod in 1614, and 339–350) in the same synod; pp. 399–406, with the commencement of the next synod in the following year, and 455–470; pp. 746–7 (probably blank); pp. 852–877, part of the synod of Alençon in 1637; pp. 892–1030, from the conclusion of that synod to nearly the end of the synod of Charenton in 1645. Pages 748–835 are written on somewhat larger folio sheets than the rest.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-17th century
Extent
463 Leaves
Language of Materials
- French
Shelfmark
MSS. Rawl. D. 638
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. D. MSS. Rawl. D. 638-40.
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. 13411, 13412, 13413.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
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