GEMMS Sermon ID
GEMMS-SERMON-
16863
(old series: GEMMS-SERMON-17559)
Sermon Title
David's Vltimum Vale to his dead Sonne
Extent
ff. 73r-78v
Autograph
No
Composition Date
ca. 1630 - 1630
Primary Language
English
Sermon Genre
Funeral
Sermon Type
Transcription of Manuscript Sermon
Bible Text
2 Samuel 12:23 - 12:23
Associated People
Associated Sermons
David's Vltimum Vale to his dead Sonne - Two manuscript witnesses of the same sermon.
- David’s ultimum vale to his dead son
Additional Material
There is a dedicatory epistle addressed to 'Franncis Stonard', the father of the deceased, on f. 73r. The sermon begins below the epistle on the same page.
Description
This sermon, and its additional material (including the preliminary quotation by Ovid) may have been copied directly from British Library, Harley MS 6539. The full title is written as follows: 'David's Vltimum Vale to his dead Sonne. or, David and his Sonnes Mortalitie'.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum (1808), Vol. III, p. 374; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Written in a secretary hand. The margins have been ruled in ink. The pages have been pricked in pencil for lineation.
GEMMS record created
June 25, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 12, 2024