On this page you can learn more about the various manuscripts in our western post-1500 collection that relate to devotion. You may also be interested in the Devotion section of our western medieval manuscripts collection.
MS 222
MS 222 is an eighteenth-century notebook relating to the Book of Common Prayer. It was made by the liturgical writer and Fellow of St John’s College, Charles Wheatly (1686-1742). It also includes a hand-painted illustration on vellum, shown here.
MS 319
MS 319 is a seventeenth-century collection of prayers and devotional writings, followed by notes on ecclesiastical government based on the Old and New Testaments.
MS 348
MS 348 comprises extensive manuscript additions to a copy of A directory of publique worship (1644). A seventeenth century hand has added prayers, sermons and notes, as well as a list of books (possibly the contents of the scribe’s library).