Holograph manuscript of Alexander Huish's 'Lectures upon the Lord's Prayer'

Holograph manuscript of Alexander Huish's 'Lectures upon the Lord's Prayer', 1622-5 (published, London, 1626), with some alterations in the text, a few passages crossed out, and the following items not included in the published text:

• 'An elegie upon the death of the intended patron [Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells] of this booke, who deceased the 4th of May 1626'
• dedications to Arthur Lake, and to the Warden, Fellows and students of Wadham College, Oxford
• a Latin colophon by Huish
• note by Thomas James that the lectures are 'consonant to the faith...of ye Church of England', 24 April 1626
• imprimaturs of John Prideaux, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, and John Harris.

Alexander Huish (1594?-1668) was a biblical scholar. See the Dictionary of National Biography for further details.

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Bought by the Library from Rev. John Hencher, 1983.

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

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