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HISTORY OF THE VAUDOIS
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E53
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- Sion L40.2/E53
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Title (The name of the record)
- HISTORY OF THE VAUDOIS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 18th century
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Description (What the record is about)
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The general history of the evangelical churches of the vallies of Piemont or ye Vaudois'. An anonymous English translation of sections of Jean Léger, 'Histoire generale des églises évangeliques des vallées de Piemont ou Vaudoises' (Leiden, 1669). 3 vols, with original pagination as follows: vol. 1 (Sion L40.2/E53/1). pp. 1-49. Léger Book 1, chapter 2. pp. 50-266. Léger Book 1, chapters 18-23. vol. 2 (Sion L40.2/E53/2). pp. 267-375. Léger Book 1, chapters 23-28. Unpaginated. 17 leaves, containing a narrative of the massacre of the Waldensians at Mérindol in 1545, quoted from Sleidan. pp. 122-209. Léger Book 2, chapter 3 (ends incomplete). pp. 236-262. Léger Book 2, chapter 4 (begins incomplete). vol. 3 (Sion L40.2/E53/3).Title page. ''The general history of the evangelical churches of the vallies of Piemont or ye Vaudois. Book ye second. Treating of ye persecutions which they suffered' . pp. 1-121. Léger Book 2, chapters 1-3. pp. 263-403. Léger Book 2, chapters 5-6.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 3 vols.
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Amongst books and manuscripts received by Sion College as a bequest from Thomas Bray (1656-1730) on 20 Feb. 1729/30 (See Sion L40.2/E96, f. 210r). A list of the manuscripts and printed books bequeathed to Sion College by Bray is also included in [Samuel Smith], 'Publick spirit illustrated in the life and designs of the Reverend Thomas Bray', 2nd edition (London, 1808), pp. 100-120. Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library in 1996.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- 3 vols. Identical bindings of leather over wooden boards, blind-tooled, each 283 x 220 mm., with metal clasps. Late 19th cent. Paper leaves. After vol 1 p. 82, text is mainly written on the rectos only, the blank versos being unpaginated. Text in vols. 2-3 is bound out of order. Text written in a single hand.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/542c5792-1c34-4994-b85e-67d6dea07482/
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Within the fonds: Sion L40.2
SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
Within the sub-fonds: Sion L40.2/E
SION COLLEGE: ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS
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