DigitalDonne: the Online Variorum

A Gallery of Manuscript Images

Compiled Spring 2012 by Nazenin Ozkan Carpenter

with assistance from Tracy McLawhorn

last updated on 12-17-12

As Peter Beal notes, “probably more transcripts of Donne’s poems were made than of the verse of any other British poet of the 16th and 17th centuries” (Index 245), and the plenitude of scribal copies of particular poems (Beal cites 4,019) is paralleled by the number of individual manuscripts in which they appear. The current incarnation of the DV sigla list cites 248 such artifacts, which embody the handwriting of approximately that same number of copyists. Elsewhere on this site we present full digital facsimile editions not only of four printed volumes—the 1633 Poems (A), the 1635 Poems (B), the 1669 Poems (G), and the 1654 Letters—but also of the O’Flahertie (H6), Westmoreland (NY3), St. Paul’s (SP1), and Lady Carew holograph (O15) MSS; and a presentation copy of the Dublin I MS (DT1) is available as well. The gallery of images here presented is intended to further acquaint users with some of the material conditions under which Donne’s poems circulated among his earliest readers.

In accordance with fair-use practices, representation of each of the artifacts included in the gallery is limited to a thumbnail and a PDF file containing one to four full-page images. Each thumbnail is a hyperlink that brings up the associated PDF file with a click of the mouse, and the thumbnails are arranged in alphabetical order by DV siglum. In addition, each thumbnail is subscribed with the page or folio numbers of the included images and, where the materials exist, with a hyperlink to a bibliographical description (“bib. desc.”) of the artifact and to a first-line index (“FLI”) of it.

The microfilm images here employed are drawn primarily from a collection bequeathed to the Variorum project by the late John T. Shawcross, and the PDF scans were made by students working under the guidance of Mary Farrington at Texas A&M University and Tracy McLawhorn at East Carolina University over the past several years. HTML coding and image preparation for the gallery was carried out by Nazenin Ozkan Carpenter at East Carolina University in the spring and fall of 2012, with assistance from Tracy McLawhorn. Additional artifacts, bibliographical descriptions, and first-line-indexes will be added to the gallery as they become available.

 

AF1

AF1, Title p., pp.406-07

bib. desc. | FLI

AU1

AU1, p. 28

bib. desc. | FLI

B2

B2, ff. 48v-49

bib. desc. | FLI

B6

B6, ff. 157v-58

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B7

B7, ff. 17v-18

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B8

B8, f. 10

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B11

B11, f. 132r-v

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B13

B13, f. 12r-v

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B14

B14, f. 125r-v

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B15

B15, f. 368

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B16

B16, ff. 26v-28

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B17

B17, ff. 39v-40

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B18

B18, f. 316r-v

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B19

B19, f. 47r-v

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B20

B20, f. 38

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B21

B21, f. 20r-v

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B22

B22, f. 13v

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B23

B23, f. 17r-v

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B24

B24, f. 25

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B25

B25, ff. 104v-05

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B26

B26, ff. 47v-48

bib. desc. | FLI

B27

B27, f. 22r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

B28

B28, ff. 113v-14

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B29

B29, f. 155r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

B30

B30, ff. 262v-63

bib. desc. | FLI

B31

B31, ff. 253, 254

bib. desc. | FLI

B32

B32, ff. 107v-108

bib. desc. | FLI

B33

B33, f. 96r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

B34

B34, ff.117v-18

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B35

B35, ff. 33v-34

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B36

B36, ff. 41-42

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B38

B38, f. 13r-v

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B40

B40, f. 106r-v

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B41

B41, f. 68v

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B42

B42, ff. 102-03

bib. desc. | FLI

B43

B43, ff. 53v-54

bib. desc. | FLI

B44

B44, ff. 11v-12

bib. desc. | FLI

B45

B45, ff. 33, 34

bib. desc. | FLI

B46

B46, f. 25r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

B47

B47, f. 121r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

BD3

BD2, pp. 26, 40

bib. desc. | FLI

BD3

BD3, ff. 11v-12

bib. desc. | FLI

BR1

BR1, pp. 48-49

bib. desc. | FLI

C1

C1, ff. 1-2

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C2

C2, f. 29r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

C3

C3, pp. 62-63v [rev.]

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C4

C4, f. 7r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

C5

C5, f. 61r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

C6

C6, pp. 1, 3

bib. desc. | FLI

C8

C8, ff. 74v-75

bib. desc. | FLI

C9

C9, Title p., f. 117v

bib. desc. | FLI

C10

C10, pp, 16-19

bib. desc. | FLI

C11

C11, f. 1

bib. desc. | FLI

CE1

CE1, ff. 3-4

bib. desc. | FLI

CH

CH1, f. 1

bib. desc. | FLI

CJ1

CJ1, ff. 37v-38

bib. desc. | FLI

CJ2

CJ2, pp. 112-113

bib. desc. | FLI

CT1

CT1, pp. 32-33

bib. desc. | FLI

DT1

DT1, ff. 35v-36

bib. desc. | FLI

DT2

DT2, ff. 238v-39

bib. desc. | FLI

EE1

EE1, ff. 1-2

bib. desc. | FLI

ES1

ES1, pp. 157-58

bib. desc. | FLI

EU2

EU2, pp. 6-7

bib. desc. | FLI

EU3

EU3, f. 88r

bib. desc. | FLI

F1

F1, f. 1

bib. desc. | FLI

F2

F2, ff. 39v-40

bib. desc. | FLI

F3

F3, pp. 42-43

bib. desc. | FLI

F4

F4, ff. 31v-32

bib. desc. | FLI

F5

F5, ff. 24-25

bib. desc. | FLI

F6

F6, ff. 32v-33

bib. desc. | FLI

F7

F7, f. 66r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

F8

F8, ff. 2v-3

bib. desc. | FLI

F9

F9, p. 20

bib. desc. | FLI

F10

F10, Title p., ff. [3-4]

bib. desc. | FLI

F11

F11, ff. 12r-13v

bib. desc. | FLI

F12

F12, pp. 12-13

bib. desc. | FLI

F14

F14, ff. 44v-45v

bib. desc. | FLI

f15

F15, pp. 149-50

bib. desc. | FLI

F16

F16, ff. 194v-95

bib. desc. | FLI

F17

F17, pp. 80-81

bib. desc. | FLI

F18

F18, ff. 9v-10

bib. desc. | FLI

F19

F19, p. 43

bib. desc. | FLI

F20

F20, ff. 5v-6

bib. desc. | FLI

F21

F21, Title p., ff. 3v-4

bib. desc. | FLI

H1

H1, f. 67r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

H2

H2, f. 37r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

H3

H3, Title p., f. 20r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

H4

H4, f. 37r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

H5

H5, ff. 203v-204

bib. desc. | FLI

H6

H6, ff. 17v-18

bib. desc. | FLI

H7

H7, Title p., pp. 130-31

bib. desc. | FLI

H8

H8, ff. 41v-42

bib. desc. | FLI

HH1

HH1, Scribe A, f. 23r-v

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HH1

HH1, Scribe B, f. 106r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

HH2

HH2, p. 50

bib. desc. | FLI

HH3

HH3, ff. 25v-26

bib. desc. | FLI

HH4

HH4, pp. 170-71

bib. desc. | FLI

HH5

HH5, Title p., f. 27r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

HH6

HH6, f. 183v [rev.]

bib. desc. | FLI

HH7

HH7, ff. 3v-4

bib. desc. | FLI

HR1

HR1, f. 1v

bib. desc. | FLI

IU1

IU1, pp. 22-23

bib. desc. | FLI

IU2

IU2, f. 51r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

LA1

LA1, ff. 12v-13

bib. desc. | FLI

LM1

LM1, f. 18r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

LP1

LP1, f. 1

bib. desc. | FLI

LR1

LR1, ff. 279v-280

bib. desc. | FLI

MC1

MC1, pp. 101-02

bib. desc. | FLI

NP1

NP1, pp. 22-25

bib. desc. | FLI

NP3

NP3, ff. 115-16v

bib. desc. | FLI

NT1

NT1, ff. 19v-20

bib. desc. | FLI

NY1

NY1, pp. 54-55

bib. desc. | FLI

NY2

NY2, pp. 104-07

bib. desc. | FLI

NY3

NY3, ff. 16v-17

bib. desc. | FLI

O1

O1, ff. 55v-60

bib. desc. | FLI

O2

O2, ff. 29v-30

bib. desc. | FLI

O4

O4, ff. 73r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

O5

O5, f. 7

bib. desc. | FLI

O6

O6, ff. 20v-21

bib. desc. | FLI

O7

O7, ff. 95v-96

bib. desc. | FLI

O8

O8, ff. 55v-57

bib. desc. | FLI

O9

O9, ff. 7v-8

bib. desc. | FLI

O10

O10, ff. 37v-38

bib. desc. | FLI

O11

O11, ff. 4v-5

bib. desc. | FLI

O12

O12, pp. 6-7

bib. desc. | FLI

O13

O13, f. 42v

bib. desc. | FLI

O15

O15, Single Leaf

bib. desc. | FLI

O16

O16, ff. 29v-30

bib. desc. | FLI

O17

O17, pp. 30-33

bib. desc. | FLI

O18

O18, ff. 45v-46

bib. desc. | FLI

O19

O19, pp. 100-03

bib. desc. | FLI

O20

O20, f. 112r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

O21

O21, Title p., pp. 72-73

bib. desc. | FLI

O22

O22, ff. 16v-18

bib. desc. | FLI

O23

O23, pp. 112-15

bib. desc. | FLI

O24

O24, Title p., pp. 30-31

bib. desc. | FLI

O25

O25, pp. 57-58

bib. desc. | FLI

O26

O26, pp. 220-21

bib. desc. | FLI

O27

O27, pp. 195-94 [rev.]

bib. desc. | FLI

O28

O28, ff. 8v-9

bib. desc. | FLI

O29

O29, ff. 91v-93

bib. desc. | FLI

O30

O30, f. 40r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

O31

O31, ff. 59-58 [rev.]

bib. desc. | FLI

O32

O32, ff. 107v-08

bib. desc. | FLI

O33

O33, ff. 51-52

bib. desc. | FLI

O34

O34, ff. 215-14v [rev.]

bib. desc. | FLI

O35

O35, f. 16v

bib. desc. | FLI

O36

O36, f. 51

bib. desc. | FLI

O37

O37, ff. 74v-75

bib. desc. | FLI

O38

O38, pp. 14-15

bib. desc. | FLI

O39

O39, f. 152v

bib. desc. | FLI

O40

O40, ff. 81v-82 [rev.]

bib. desc. | FLI

O41

O41, pp. 58-59

bib. desc. | FLI

043

O43, ff. 3v-5

bib. desc. | FLI

O45

O45, f. 44v

bib. desc. | FLI

O46

O46, f. 1v

bib. desc. | FLI

OJ1

OJ1, pp. 201-02

bib. desc. | FLI

OQ1

OQ1, f. 198

bib. desc. | FLI

OX1

OX1, pp. 114-17

bib. desc. | FLI

P2

P2, single leaf

bib. desc. | FLI

PT1, f. 2

bib. desc. | FLI

PT2

PT2, f. 1

bib. desc. | FLI

RU1

RU1, f. 1r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

SA1

SA1, pp. 73-74

bib. desc. | FLI

SN1

SN1, ff. 9v-10

bib. desc. | FLI

SN2

SN2, f. 165

bib. desc. | FLI

SN3

SN3, ff. 31v-32

bib. desc. | FLI

SN4

SN4, ff. 47v-48

bib. desc. | FLI

SP1

SP1, ff. [45v-46]

bib. desc. | FLI

TM1

TM1, Title p., pp.36-37

bib. desc. | FLI

TT1

TT1, f. 47

bib. desc. | FLI

TT2

TT2, f. 24

bib. desc. | FLI

VA1

VA1, ff. 6v-7

bib. desc. | FLI

VA2

VA2, Title p., ff. 17v-18

bib. desc. | FLI

VA3

VA3, ff. 77v-78

bib. desc. | FLI

WB1

WB1, pp. 42-45

bib. desc. | FLI

WC1

WC1, pp. 8-9

bib. desc. | FLI

WN1

WN1, pp. 6-7

bib. desc. | FLI

WN2

WN2, pp. 20-21

bib. desc. | FLI

WN3

WN3, ff. 4v-5

bib. desc. | FLI

WN4

WN4, pp. 444-43 rev.

bib. desc. | FLI

WN5, pp. 66-67

bib. desc. | FLI

WN6

WN6, f. 150r-v

bib. desc. | FLI

Y1

Y1, pp. 2-3

bib. desc. | FLI

Y2

Y2, pp. 305-06

bib. desc. | FLI

Y3

Y3, pp. 52-53

bib. desc. | FLI

Y4

Y4, pp. 194-97

bib. desc. | FLI

Y6

Y6, pp. 91-92

bib. desc. | FLI

Y7

Y7, ff. 32v-33

bib. desc. | FLI

Y8

Y8, f. 1

bib. desc. | FLI
 
       
       
       
       

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