GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-019224
Sermon TitleSermon on Proverbs 8:17
In ManuscriptFive sermons by John Donne: Harley MS 6946
Extentff. 1r-11r
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeSermon
Sermon Type(s)
Bible TextsProverbs 8:17 - 8: 17
Associated SermonsSermon on Proverbs 8:17 [MS. Eng. th. c. 71]: Manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
Preachings1617-12-14 (old) - Somerset House - Occasion not identified; No place or date is provided in the manuscript.
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesJohn Donne, Sermon no. 18 in XXVI. Sermons (London, 1661), pp. 257-269; 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), I, pp. 236-251; Peter McCullough, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume I: Sermons Preached at the Jacobean Courts, 1615-1619 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015), pp. 43-58.
DescriptionThis sermon was preached in the late morning at court, two days after the forty-third birthday of Queen Anne of Denmark. See Potter and Simpson, eds, The Sermons of John Donne, I, pp. 134-138; McCullough, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume I, pp. 185-87. Manuscript witnesses of the sermon are discoverable in the 'Merton' Manuscript (Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. th. c. 71) and the 'Ellesmere' Manuscript (Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 8469).
Source of DataPeter McCullough, ed., The Oxford Edition of the Sermons of John Donne, Volume I: Sermons Preached at the Jacobean Courts, 1615-1619 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015); Hannah Yip.
Other NoteWritten in a small, slanted secretary hand with italic forms.
Attached URLs:
| URL | Notes |
|---|---|
| donnesermons.web.ox.ac.uk/oesjd-i4-prov-817#tab-419551 | Diplomatic transcription of the sermon by Jeanne Shami. |
GEMMS record createdFebruary 15, 2020
GEMMS record last editedFebruary 17, 2020