GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-013725
Sermon TitleTHE F SERMon by Iohn Donne Doctor of Deuinity & Deane of Paules
In ManuscriptSermons Made By I. Donne. doctor of Deuinty & Deane of Pauls' An[n]o: Domini: 1625: MS 52.D.14
Extentff. 105v-177r
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeTranscription of Manuscript Sermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible Texts2 Corinthians 4:6 - 4: 6
Associated SermonsSermon on 2 Corinthians 4:6 [MS. Eng. th. c. 71]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachings (old) - St Mary without Bishopsgate - Easter Monday;
Additional MaterialThe calligraphic title page is signed "Knightley Chetwode. Anno Dom: 1625". There is a slip of paper pasted into the left margin of f. 105r: "This sermon I could not finde, in either of the two volumes." Written in the same hand as the previous note on f. 33r. There are some pen trials on f. 114v.
Print Editions / WitnessesThis sermon was printed in the XXVI Sermons (London, 1661) as no. 25. There are a few minor variants between the St. Paul's manuscript and this print witness. Another print witness is George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, Volume IV (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1959), pp. 89-131. It will also be published as the second sermon in Mary Morrissey, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume VIII: Sermons for Civic Pulpits: Paul's Cross, Spital, Virginia Company (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
The other manuscript witness of this sermon is found in the "Merton" MS (Bodleian Library MS. Eng. th. c. 71); see the link below for a diplomatic transcription of this version by Mary Morrissey.
DescriptionWritten in a large, clear hand, a mix of late secretary and round hand features. Chetwood uses both black and brown ink. Marginal annotations include sections of the sermon, biblical citations, and references to Church Fathers. There are some supralinear corrections in a different, unknown hand on ff. 110v and 135v.
Source of DataEvelyn M. Simpson, "A Donne Manuscript in St. Paul’s Cathedral Library," Philological Quarterly, 21.2 (April 1942), pp. 237-239; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds., The Sermons of John Donne, Volume I (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1953), pp. 41-42; Hannah Yip
Other NoteSee George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, Volume IV (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1959), pp. 29-30, for further information about this sermon.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/volume-viii-sermons-civic-pulpits-pauls-cross-spital-virginia-company | Information about Mary Morrissey, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume VIII: Sermons for Civic Pulpits: Paul's Cross, Spital, Virginia Company (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming). |
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-viii2-2-cor-46-0#tab-420521 | Diplomatic transcription of this sermon by Erica Longfellow. |
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-viii2-2-cor-46#tab-419911 | Diplomatic transcription of another version of this sermon in the 'Merton' Manuscript, Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. c. 71 by Mary Morrissey. |
GEMMS record createdOctober 24, 2018
GEMMS record last editedDecember 01, 2023