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Conant Manuscripts

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Twenty-five volumes of sermons and theological notes by Dr John Conant.

Dates

  • Creation: 1671-1687

Extent

2.75 Linear metres (25 shelfmarks)

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Add. A. 244].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Add. A. 244-261, B. 86-92

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 12877

Abstract

Volumes of sermons and theological notes by Dr John Conant, 1671-1687.

Biographical / Historical

Dr John Conant (1608-1694), theologian, was Rector of Exeter College, Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Other Finding Aids

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. V, nos. 29247-29271.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The volumes were bought from Messrs. John Taylor & Son, of Northampton, on 28 December 1883, for £3.

Bibliography

  • Six volumes of sermons by Conant were printed, 1693-1722.
Title
Conant Manuscripts
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Date
EAD version 2020
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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