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biographies (documents)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

"Some Account of Joshua Sharpless"

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-083
Overview

The biographical manuscript of Joshua Sharpless describes Sharpless's early life, the influence of Quakerism in his life, his travels as a missionary to Indigenous nations in 1798, and a biographical description of his first wife, Edith Yarnall Sharpless.

Dates: Undated.

Susanna Sharpless manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-07-084
Overview

The manuscript of Susanna Sharpless provides a brief biography of Aaron Sharpless and describes his illness and death. The manuscript provides a daily record of Aaron Sharpless's final days, with quotes from interactions with family members and prayers made by Aaron Sharpless on his death bed.

Dates: 1876

Vita s. martini, etc., 1400 - 1499

 Item
Identifier: MS 17
Overview

This is a fifteenth-century manuscript from Northern Italy, possibly Verona, which contains Sulpicius Severus' Life of Saint Martin and his Dialogues; Gregory of Tours' Life of Saint Martin of Tours; Tituli Metrici de Sancto Martino; and the Life of Saint Zeno.

Dates: 1400 - 1499