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THOMAS SIMCOX LEA
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E68
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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Sion L40.2/E68
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Title (The name of the record)
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THOMAS SIMCOX LEA
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Date (When the record was created)
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1924-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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A study of testimonies, or prophecies of Christ in Scripture, quoted as such by Fathers of the Church. Showing that they are such, or, conversely, that their claim to be such is a proof of a Greek Gematria'. Dated November 1924. A paper by Thomas Simcox Lea (1857-1939), biblical exegete and botanist. Typescript. Lea was the author of 'The Hypothesis of a Greek Gematria in the Early Christian Church' (Exmouth, 1929); 'Further examples of Greek Christian Gematria' (Exmouth, 1929); 'A preliminary investigation of the cabala contained in the Coptic Gnostic books and of a similar Gematria in the Greek text of the New Testament', (Oxford, 1917), and other works. He was Vicar of St. Austell, Cornwall, 1910-23. ff. 1-16. Letters from Thomas Simcox Lea to the Librarian, Secretary and President of Sion College presenting this manuscript and also Sion L40.2/E69, and commenting on them. November 1924-February 1925. Together with an adverse report on this manuscript (Sion L40.2/E68) by Henry Lowther Clarke (1850-1926), formerly Archbishop of Melbourne, dated 16 Jan. 1925 (f. 9). ff. 17-117. 'A study of testimonies, or prophecies of Christ in Scripture...' At f. 19 is a dedication of the work to Lea's father, Frederic Simcox Lea (c.1824-1893) who was President of Sion College in 1871.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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Sion L40.2/E69, a further work by Lea
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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)
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117 ff.
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Presented to Sion College by Lea, 1924-25. 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)
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Typescript and (ff. 9-11 only) manuscript. On loose sheets of paper preserved within the original binder presented by Lea, 295 x 240 mm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c34dceae-952f-4a9a-9249-1e508a0e75aa/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library
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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THOMAS SIMCOX LEA