[Poems, with a few prose problemes]
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Description
- Title
- [Poems, with a few prose problemes]
- Creator
- Donne, John, 1572-1631
- Contributor
- Catholic Church--England
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1620].
- Abstract
-
Foliation errors throughout.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of 33 of Donne's poems and several of his other writings. The poems include Catholicism-inflected poems "A Lettanie" and "A Sonnett On the blessed Virgin Marie," as well as "Satira Prima" through "Satira Sexta," selections from his elegies, "The Flea," "Diamond in Glass" ["A Valediction of My Name, in the Window"], and sets of "Canzons," "Canzonettes," and "Airs and Angles." Other writings include several satirical prose "Problemes" such as "Why doe women delight so much in feathers" and "Why doth not gold soyle the fingers" and a copy of a letter by Donne to the Countess of Bedford accompanied by the poem "Obsequies on the Lord Harrington brother to the Countess of Bedford."
- Description
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Binding: parchment.
For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator. - Extent
- 1 v. ([x] + [308] p.) ; 10 x 15 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn b114
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
- Catholic Church--England
- Subject (Topic)
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Elegiac poetry.
English literature--17th century
English poetry--17th century
Metaphysics--Poetry
Religious poetry
Verse satire, English
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- John Donne, Poems, With a Few Prose Problemes. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 7040142
- Object ID (OID)
- 16813114