St John's College S.71 (James 463)
John Palmer, Notes on Isaiah and Jeremiah. English, 1830s
John Palmer, Fellow of St John's College and Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge (1769-1840): notebook containing a series of brief notes on the Books of Isaiah (fos 1-33) and Jeremiah (fos 34-40), in verse order. No date, but perhaps c. 1830 and after: at fo. 2v there is a reference to [Edward William] Lane's Account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians, published in 1836.
St John's College S.70 (James 462)
John Palmer, Notes on the Psalms, and on his Eastern travels. English, 1806 and undated
John Palmer, Fellow of St John's College and Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge (1769-1840): notebook containing a series of brief notes on Psalms 4 to 149, in numerical order and with several omissions. The volume now encloses, and has perhaps enclosed for many years, a series of loose folios recording Palmer's travels in Old Cairo, Euripus, Parnassus, Smyrna, Jerusalem, Tiberias, Damietta and Bethany.
St John's College S.69 (James 454-61)
John Palmer, Notes on Scriptural subjects. English, early nineteenth century
John Palmer, Fellow of St John's College and Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge (1769-1840): eight notebooks on scriptural subjects. Specifically:
St John's College S.68 (James 453)
John Palmer, Transcript of missing fragment of IV Ezra. Latin and English, 1826
John Palmer, Fellow of St John's College and Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge (1769-1840): transcript from a MS in the Complutensian Library then at Alcalá of the missing portion of the Latin version of IV Ezra, with a list of readings to be re-examined. This text fell between II Esdras vii.35 and 36 in the Apocrypha. The date Dec. 1826 is derived from Palmer's journal, SJC MS S.76. His transcription is printed with an introduction and notes by J. S.
St John's College S.67 (James 452)
William Craven and John Palmer, Sermons. English, 1760-75 and undated
William Craven, Master of St John's College (d. 1815), and John Palmer, Fellow of St John's and Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge (1769-1840): artificial collection of sermons preached in Cambridgeshire parishes, where identified, 1760-75 and undated. The parishes and dates are given by Craven only, being listed together on the original paper covers of each sermon. These parishes include Babraham, Fen Drayton, Horningsea, Impington, Lolworth, Middlesmere, Milton and Westley.
St John's College S.66 (James 451)
John Kaye and James Wood, Sermons and other papers. Latin and English, 1785-1819
Artificial collection, consisting of:
St John's College S.65 (James 450)
William Craven, Sermons preached in Cambridgeshire. English, 1760-1804
William Craven, Master of St John's College (d. 1815): sermons preached in Cambridgeshire parishes, at Great St Mary's and in the Chapel of St John's College, 1760-1804. The parishes, which are listed together with the relevant date on the original paper covers of each sermon, include Barrington, Barton, Chesterton, Dry Drayton, Fen Drayton, Hamerton, Hartwith, Horningsea, Impington, Lolworth, Madingley, Melbourn, Middlemere, Milton, Over, Pately-Bridge, Sawston, Stapleford, and Westley.
St John's College S.64 (James 449)
Collection of loose papers re Cyprian's De unitate ecclesiae. English and Latin, eighteenth century
The collection, apparently gathered together by George Smith of St John's College, Cambridge, titular Bishop of Durham in the non-juring Church (1693-1756), consists of:
St John's College S.63 (James 448)
Michael Dalton, Office of a Justice of the Peace. English, 1636
'The Office of a Justice of the Peace, abridg'd, by the Author himself, Mich: Dalton' (on front cover, in hand of Thomas Baker). A much condensed version of STC 6211, or of an earlier edition of this popular work (STC 6205-10), taken chapter by chapter. Consists of elaborations on an alphabetical list of regulatory matters falling within the remit of a JP, followed by a catalogue of felonies and other criminal offences, most within the jurisdiction of the Quarter Sessions.
St John's College S.62 (James 447)
'Club Law'. English, seventeenth century
'Club Law', a comedy, attributed at times to George Ruggle. The play was first performed at Clare Hall c. 1599, and though set in Athens is in fact a sharp commentary on town-gown relations in contemporary Cambridge. Begins imperfectly in Act 1 Scene 3. Act 5 Scene 5 ends: 'which woundes no balme can salve, no cunning hand can heale, unlesse your gratious hands, send forth a merry peale / Finis / plaudite'. The play was identified and printed from the present MS by G. C. Moore Smith as Club Law: a comedy (Cambridge, 1907).