GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-019226
Sermon TitleSermon on Hosea 2:19 (descriptive title)
In ManuscriptFive sermons by John Donne: Harley MS 6946
Extentff. 23r-34v
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)Marriage
Bible TextsHosea 2:19 - 2: 19
Associated Peopleauditor - Washington, Margaretdedicatee - Washington, Margaretpreacher - Donne, John
Associated SermonsSermon on Hosea 2:19 [MS. Eng. th. c. 71]: Manuscript witness of the same sermon.THE FOVRth SERMON by John Donne Doctor of Deuinity & Deane of Paules [MS 52.D.14]: Manuscript witness of the same sermon.
Preachings1621-05-30 (old) - St Clement Danes - Marriage; The date is not specified in this manuscript.
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesThis sermon was published as the third sermon in John Donne, Six Sermons (Cambridge, 1634) and again in John Donne, Fifty Sermons (London, 1649), where it is also no. 3. In the 1634 edition, there is no reference to its original context. Another print witness is George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, Volume III (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1957), pp. 241-255. In addition, it will be published as the second sermon in Erica Longfellow, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume VII: Sermons Preached at Marriages, Christenings, and Churchings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
DescriptionAccording to Erica Longfellow, Donne was most likely invited to preach at the marriage of Margaret Washington by her mistress Lady Doncaster, who had negotiated the match. For an analysis of this sermon, see George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, Volume III (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1957), pp. 19-26.
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteWritten in a small, upright and clear secretary hand with some italic forms. Manuscript witnesses of this sermon are discoverable in the 'Merton' Manuscript (Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. c. 71), 'Ellesmere' Manuscript (Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 8469), and St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 52.D.14 (a.k.a. 'Chetwode' MS).
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-vii1-gen-218#tab-419566 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Jeanne Shami. |
GEMMS record createdFebruary 15, 2020
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 17, 2020