The genuine epistles of the apostolical fathers S. Barnabas, S. Ignatius, S. Clement, S. Polycarp. . The Shepherd of Hermas, and the martyrdoms of St. Ignatius and St. Polycarp, written by those who were present at their sufferings. Being, together with the Holy Scriptures of the New Testament, a compleat collection of the most primitive antiquity for about CL years after Christ. Translated and publish'd, with a large preliminary discourse relating to the several treatises here put together, by W. Wake D.D. chapl. in ordinary to their Majties, and preacher to the Honorable Society of Grays-Inn.
Saint Barnabas, the Apostle (1st century)
Category
Books
Date
1693
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3023059
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],196,9-168,[2],175-547,[9]p. . 8vo. With the 3 leaves of prelims to St Clement's first epistle to the Corinthians (which should precede p.9) still at front of volume with main prelims and errata. Sprinkled calf (seventeenth-century) Spine lettered: Wake's epistles.. Provenance: Inscription on flyleaf: [monogram JB] præ: 6-6 / 10br. 93/4.[= "Young" Sir John Brownlow (1659-97)]. Bookplates: Dame Alice Brownlow 1698 (armorial, small version); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests), pasted over pencil inscription (18c.?): "Over W door".
Makers and roles
Saint Barnabas, the Apostle (1st century) Pope Clement I (c.91-c.101) Hermas (2nd century) Saint Ignatius (c.35-c.110) Bishop of Antioch Saint Polycarp (69-155/160) Bishop of Smyrna William Wake (Blandford Forum 1657 - Lambeth 1737), Archbishop of Canterbury