GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-007545
Sermon TitleSermon on Hosea 2:19 (descriptive title)
Extentff. 150r-155v
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 [Harley MS 6946]: Manuscript witness of the same sermon.THE FOVRth SERMON by John Donne Doctor of Deuinity & Deane of Paules [MS 52.D.14]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachings1621-05-30 (old) - St Clement Danes - Marriage; No date is given in the text, but it is identified as 30 May 1621 on the Oxford Edition website.
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesFour printings: 1) The third sermon in Six Sermons upon Severall Occasions, Preached before the King, and Elsewhere: by the Late Learned & Reverend Divine John Donne, Doctour in Divinitie, and Dean of S. Pauls, London (London, 1634), pp. 1-24; 2) "Sermon III. Preached at a Mariage," in Fifty Sermons, Preached by That Learned and Reverend Divine, John Donne, Dr in Divinity, Late Deane of the Cathedrall Church of S. Pauls London (London, 1649), pp. 15-22; 3) "Number 11: Preached at the Mariage [the marriage of Mistress Margaret Washington at the church of St. Clement Danes, May 30, 1621," in George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, vol. 3 (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1957), pp. 241-255; 4) "Preached at a Mariage [the marriage of Mistress Margaret Washington at the church of St. Clement Danes, May 30, 1621]," in The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, vol. 7, ed. Erica Longfellow (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
DescriptionAt the end is written, "Finis of a Sermon preach'd at St Clements danes by D: Dunn at Mr Washingtons marriage." The Oxford Edition website notes that this refers to Mistress Margaret Washingon.
Source of DataJeanne Shami; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, vol. 1 (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1953), p. 36; Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne web page (see link below).
Other NoteAnother manuscript copy is found in the St. Paul's manuscript, also known as the 'Chetwode MS' (St. Paul's Cathedral Library, MS 52.D.14). See Potter and Simpson, vol. 1, p. 36. Other manuscript witnesses are the 'Ellesmere' manuscript (Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 8469) and British Library, Harley MS 6946. Diplomatic transcriptions of these manuscripts are available at the 'Sermons in Manuscript' page on the OESJD website (link below).
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/volume-vii-sermons-preached-marriages-christenings-and-churchings | Information about 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). |
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-vii2-hos-219-0#tab-419896 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Emma Rhatigan. |
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/sermons-manuscript | 'Sermons in Manuscript', OESJD. |
GEMMS record createdApril 13, 2017
GEMMS record last editedNovember 30, 2021