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John Donne: Poems, elegies and meditations

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.29

Scope and Contents

In 5 hands (not autograph).

Dates

  • Creation: 1640 (Circa)

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

1 volume(s) (1 volume paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Belonged to Henry Smyth, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge (d. 1642). Belonged subsequently to Samuel Knight DD, prebend of Ely and rector of Bluntisham, Hunts. After Knight's death in 1746, the MS. descended to John Percy Baumgartner of Milton, Cambs., who presented it to the Library in 1861.

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available

Bibliography

The MS. is item 'C' in H. J. C. Grierson's edition of Donne's poetical works, Oxford, 1912, vol. 2 p. cviii.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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