GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-023609
Sermon TitleSermon on John 11:21 (descriptive title)
In ManuscriptBook M: Add MS 4454
Extentf. 91v
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeReader's Notes
Sermon Type(s)Funeral
Bible TextsJohn 11:21 - 11: 21
Associated Peoplepreacher - Donne, Johnscribe - Austen (née Wilson), Katherinesubject of sermon - Cokayne, William
Associated Sermons
Preachings1626-12-12 (old) - St Paul's Cathedral - Funeral;
Additional Material
Print Editions / Witnesses
DescriptionKatherine Austen's untitled reflections on Donne's funeral sermon for Sir William Cokayne. It is likely that she worked from the first print witness of this sermon, in John Donne, LXXX Sermons, &c. (London, 1640). For more information about the sermon itself, see Peter McCullough, 'Preaching and Context: John Donne's Sermon at the Funerals of Sir William Cokayne', in The Oxford Handbook of the Early Modern Sermon, ed. by Peter McCullough, Hugh Adlington and Emma Rhatigan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), pp. 213-267.
Source of DataSarah Ross, ''And Trophes of his praises make': Providence and Poetry in Katherine Austen's Book M, 1664-1668', in Early Modern Women's Manuscript Writing: Selected Papers from the Trinity/Trent Colloquium, ed. by Victoria E. Burke and Jonathan Gibson (Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004), pp. 181-204 (pp. 185-186); Sarah C. E. Ross, Katherine Austen's Book M: British Library, Additional Manuscript 4454 (Tempe, AZ: ACMRS, 2011), pp. 17-18 and 141-142; Pamela Hammons, ed., Book M: A London Widow’s Life Writings (Toronto: Iter, 2013), pp. 161-162; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
GEMMS record createdSeptember 17, 2021
GEMMS record last editedSeptember 22, 2021