GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-018980
Sermon TitleSermon on Matthew 21:44 (descriptive title)
In ManuscriptMiscellaneous tracts: Harley MS 6356
Extentff. 118r-131v
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible TextsMatthew 21:44 - 21: 44
Associated SermonsSermon on Matthew 21:44 [MS. Eng. th. c. 71]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.Sermon on Matthew 21:44 [MS 5767]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachingsca. 1618-02-21 (old) - Cockpit Theatre - Occasion not identified; For more information on the dating of this sermon, see Potter and Simpson, Vol. II, p. 23 and the forthcoming edition by Philip West (details below).
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesJohn Donne, Six Sermons Upon Severall Occasions (Cambridge, 1634) [the fourth sermon in this volume]; John Donne, Fifty Sermons (London, 1649), pp. 311-19; George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, 10 vols (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1953-1962), Vol. II, pp. 179-96; Philip West, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume VI: Sermons Preached for the Nobility and Gentry (Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
DescriptionFor more details about this sermon, see Potter and Simpson, Vol. II, pp. 23-26 and the forthcoming edition by Philip West. Manuscript witnesses appear in: Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. c. 71 (Merton MS); Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. e. 102 (Dowden MS); Houghton Library, Harvard University, MS Eng D66.4 (Dobell MS); and National Library of Scotland, MS 5767 (Lothian MS). For more information regarding the print and manuscript witnesses of this sermon, see George R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, 10 vols (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1953-1962), Vol. I, pp. 57-66.
Source of DataGeorge R. Potter and Evelyn M. Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, 10 vols (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1953-1962); Jeanne Shami, 'New Manuscript Texts of Sermons by John Donne', in Peter Beal, ed. English Manuscript Studies 1100-1700, Volume 13: New Texts and Discoveries in Early Modern English Manuscripts (London: The British Library, 2007), pp. 77-119; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteWritten in a small, secretary hand with italic forms, and corrected in a second hand. The two sermons by Donne in British Library, Harley MS 6356 were previously owned by Anne Sadleir. See Arnold Hunt, 'The Books, Manuscripts and Literary Patronage of Mrs Anne Sadleir (1585-1670)', in Early Modern Women's Manuscript Writing, ed. by Victoria E. Burke and Jonathan Gibson (Aldershot and Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2004), pp. 205-36 (pp. 211 and 233). This manuscript was discovered by Jeanne Shami.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
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| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-vi1-matt-2144#tab-419641 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Erica Longfellow. |
GEMMS record createdJanuary 08, 2020
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 22, 2020