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<big>''A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, with Collects and Prayers for Each Solemnity''</big>
 
 
===by Robert Nelson===
 
===by Robert Nelson===
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}}[[File:NelsonCompanion1720Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Illustration.</center>]]''A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, with Collects and Prayers for Each Solemnity'' is a catechism written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nelson_%28nonjuror%29 Robert Nelson] (1656–1715), London-born religious writer and philanthropist. The catechism, as the title suggests, provides an account of a particular saint for every day of feast and fast found in the ''Book of Common Prayer'' in 1622. Appropriate prayers and a homily on which aspects of Christian life were associated with the particular festival or fast followed each entry. The catechism was widely disseminated&mdash;there were more than forty editions&mdash;even outside of England and was used by the clergy for sermon ideas on holy days.<ref>Alan Cook, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19883 "Nelson, Robert (1656–1715)" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 11 Nov 2013.</ref> "It is firmly of its time. Biblical criticism and historical study of the lives of saints have made some of the material out of date, while the ethical and moral precepts reflect the social and political presuppositions of Nelson's day."<ref>Ibid.</ref>
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}}[[wikipedia:Robert Nelson (nonjuror)|Robert Nelson]] (1656 &ndash; 1715) was a  London-born religious writer and philanthropist. The catechism, as the title suggests, provides an account of a particular saint for every day of feast and fast found in the ''Book of Common Prayer'' in 1622. Appropriate prayers, and a homily on which aspects of Christian life were associated with the particular festival or fast, followed each entry. The catechism was widely disseminated even outside of England&mdash;there were more than forty editions&mdash; and it was used by the clergy for sermon ideas on holy days.<ref>Alan Cook, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19883 Nelson, Robert (1656–1715)]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 11 Nov 2013.</ref> "It is firmly of its time. Biblical criticism and historical study of the lives of saints have made some of the material out of date, while the ethical and moral precepts reflect the social and political presuppositions of Nelson's day."<ref>Ibid.</ref>
  
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[[File:NelsonCompanion1720Illustration.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<center>Illustration of the stoning of Stephen.</center>]]
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
 
==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
Purchased by George Wythe from the Williamsburg Printing Office for 12/6 in 1764.<ref>''The Virginia Gazette Daybooks, 1750-1752 & 1764-1766'', ed. Paul P. Hoffman (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1967).</ref> All of the Wythe Collection sources (Goodwin<ref>Mary R. M. Goodwin, ''The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings'' (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), lii. Available at http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml</ref>, Dean's Memo<ref>Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 8 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref>, Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s. v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013, http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe </ref> on LibraryThing) list this title. Dean suggests the 1704 edition while the other three sources list the 1720 edition purchased by the Wolf Law Library.
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Wythe purchased "Nelson's Festivals" from the Williamsburg Printing Office for 12/6 in 1764.<ref>''The Virginia Gazette Daybooks, 1750-1752 & 1764-1766'', ed. Paul P. Hoffman (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1967).</ref> All four of the Wythe Collection sources (Goodwin<ref>Mary R. M. Goodwin, ''The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings'' (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), LII. Available at http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml</ref>, [[Dean Bibliography|Dean's Memo]]<ref>[[Dean Bibliography|Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean]], Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 8 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).</ref>, Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> and [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing) list this title. Dean suggests the 1704 edition, while the other three sources list the 1720 edition based on the copy [[Thomas Jefferson]] sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:163 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648109;view=1up;seq=175 [no.1636]].</ref> The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1720 edition.
  
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
 
==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in early full leather with ink signature of "John Champion" at the top of the title page. Purchased from Appleford Bookroom.<br />
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Bound in early full leather with ink signature of "John Champion" at the top of the title page. Purchased from Appleford Bookroom.
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View this book in [https://catalog.swem.wm.edu/law/Record/3695140 William & Mary's online catalog].
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Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/albums/72157637876917893 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://catalog.libraries.wm.edu:443/01COWM_WM:01COWM_WM_ALMA:01COWM_WM_ALMA21546853160003196 William & Mary's online catalog].
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Revision as of 09:22, 13 June 2018

by Robert Nelson

A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England
NelsonCompanionforFestivals1720.jpg

Title page from A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, George Wythe Collection, Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary.

Author Robert Nelson
Editor {{{editor}}}
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Published London: Printed by W. Bowyer for R. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, M. Wotton, B. Tooke, R. Wilkin, R. Smith, and T. Ward
Date 1720
Edition Eleventh
Language English
Volumes {{{set}}} volume set
Pages xxii, [4], 636, [16]
Desc. 8vo (20 cm.)
Location Shelf B-1
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Robert Nelson (1656 – 1715) was a London-born religious writer and philanthropist. The catechism, as the title suggests, provides an account of a particular saint for every day of feast and fast found in the Book of Common Prayer in 1622. Appropriate prayers, and a homily on which aspects of Christian life were associated with the particular festival or fast, followed each entry. The catechism was widely disseminated even outside of England—there were more than forty editions— and it was used by the clergy for sermon ideas on holy days.[1] "It is firmly of its time. Biblical criticism and historical study of the lives of saints have made some of the material out of date, while the ethical and moral precepts reflect the social and political presuppositions of Nelson's day."[2]

Illustration of the stoning of Stephen.

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Wythe purchased "Nelson's Festivals" from the Williamsburg Printing Office for 12/6 in 1764.[3] All four of the Wythe Collection sources (Goodwin[4], Dean's Memo[5], Brown's Bibliography[6] and George Wythe's Library[7] on LibraryThing) list this title. Dean suggests the 1704 edition, while the other three sources list the 1720 edition based on the copy Thomas Jefferson sold to the Library of Congress in 1815.[8] The Wolf Law Library purchased a copy of the 1720 edition.

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in early full leather with ink signature of "John Champion" at the top of the title page. Purchased from Appleford Bookroom.

Images of the library's copy of this book are available on Flickr. View the record for this book in William & Mary's online catalog.

Full text

See also

References

  1. Alan Cook, "Nelson, Robert (1656–1715)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004- ), accessed 11 Nov 2013.
  2. Ibid.
  3. The Virginia Gazette Daybooks, 1750-1752 & 1764-1766, ed. Paul P. Hoffman (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 1967).
  4. Mary R. M. Goodwin, The George Wythe House: Its Furniture and Furnishings (Williamsburg, Virginia: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Library, 1958), LII. Available at http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/View/index.cfm?doc=ResearchReports\RR0216.xml
  5. Memorandum from Barbara C. Dean, Colonial Williamsburg Found., to Mrs. Stiverson, Colonial Williamsburg Found. (June 16, 1975), 8 (on file at Wolf Law Library, College of William & Mary).
  6. Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.
  7. LibraryThing, s.v. "Member: George Wythe," accessed on June 28, 2013.
  8. E. Millicent Sowerby, Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 2:163 [no.1636].