GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-007540
Sermon TitleSermon on Proverbs 8:17 (descriptive title)
Extentff. 116r-122r
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible TextsProverbs 8:17 - 8: 17
Associated SermonsSermon on Proverbs 8:17 [Harley MS 6946]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachings1617-12-14 (old) - Somerset House - Occasion not identified; No place or date is given in the manuscript, but they are identified in printed versions. The place is identified as "Denmarke-house," the name of Somerset House during the reign of James I.
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesThree printings: 1) "A Sermon Preached to Queen Anne, at Denmarke-house. December. 14. 1617. Sermon XVIII," in XXVI Sermons Preached by That Learned and Reverend Divine, John Donne, Doctor in Divinity, Late Dean of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's, London (London, 1660/1), pp. 257-269; 2) "Number 5. A Sermon Preached to Queen Anne, at Denmarke-house. December. 14. 1617," in George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Vol. 1 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953), pp. 236-251; 3) "Sermon 4: A Sermon Preached to Queen Anne, at Denmarke-House. December. 14. 1617," in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne," vol. 1, ed. Peter McCullough (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 42-58.
Description
Source of DataJeanne Shami; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, vol. 1 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953), p. 36
Other NoteManuscript witnesses of this sermon are discoverable in British Library, Harley MS 6946 and the 'Ellesmere' Manuscript (Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 8469).
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-i4-prov-817-0 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Emma Rhatigan. |
GEMMS record createdApril 13, 2017
GEMMS record last editedNovember 30, 2021