Manuscript owned by John Burleigh (Burley), whose name is signed on the flyleaf. The sermons appear to have been preached at King James's College (Chelsea College). One section of the manuscript (ff. 72r-76r) contains sermon notes. Also contains a section with material on logic, rhetoric, theology, and natural philosophy, and a glossary of Latin words.
Quarto. Paper, 185 ff., 147 x 192mm. Very good vellum binding. Ruled narrow margin (free-drawn). Numerous blank pages. Versos almost all blank. The notes are written in the same light ink until a little over half way down f. 76r, at which point the ink becomes darker and messier.
The signatures of Robert and Richard Hicks also appear on the flyleaf, though not as frequently as Burleigh's. The TCD cataloguer suggests the volume may have been used as a school book. The TCD cataloguer notes that Burley's is not recorded in this manuscript, but is recorded in another that belonged to him, TCD MS 446.
Jeanne Shami; TCD M&ARL Online Catalogue; CELM.
The sermon notes in this volume are discussed in P. G. Stanwood, "John Donne's Sermon Notes," Review of English Studies 29 (1978): 313-320.
Sermon on Psalms 6:4-5 -- ff. 72v-74v
Sermon on James 3:5 -- f. 75r
Sermon on Colossians 1:24 -- ff. 75r-76r
Sermon on Psalms 42:5, 42:11 or 43:5 -- ff. 75r-76r