A collection of poems of John Donne. Also includes other poems by Francis Bacon, Thomas Carew, Francis Beaumont and Sir Henry Wotton transcribed at a similar date. The manuscript is sometimes referred to as the 'Cambridge Balam' manuscript.
Poems of John Donne
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.5778
- Dates of Creation
- 1630 (circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume paper paper
Scope and Content
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Bought from G. David, bookseller, Cambridge by Sir Geoffrey Keynes in 1914. Presented by Keynes to the Library in 1916.
Other Finding Aids
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.
Alternative Form Available
Microfilm available
Bibliography
A list of the Donne poems is published in H.J.L. Robbie, Review of English Studies, III (1927), p. 415. Also see Helen Gardner, John Donne: The Divine Poems (1952)