The 'Wyburd manuscript' of poems, mainly by Thomas Carew, with (fols. 50-5v, 59-61v) 'Paradoxes and Problems' by John Donne, c.1630-40. It represents sources independent of those used in Carew's Poems (London, 1640) and Donne's Juvenilia (London, 1633).
The manuscript is not entirely accurate, and is now incomplete, having lost at least 15 leaves. It was used by W. Carew Hazlitt for his edition of Poems of Thomas Carew (London, 1870), where it is described on pp. xv-xvi, and by R. Dunlop, for his edition of Poems of Thomas Carew (Oxford, 1949), where there is a description on p. lxix.
All the poems (fols. 1-37, 40-9v, 56-9) are reproduced, reduced in size, in Thomas Carew, Poems 1640, Scolar Press facsimile (Menston, 1969). An examination of the text of Donne's 'Paradoxes and Problems', by E.M. Simpson, is in Review of English Studies, 3 (1927), 129-45. Verse in Crum.
The manuscript is not entirely accurate, and is now incomplete, having lost at least 15 leaves. It was used by W. Carew Hazlitt for his edition of Poems of Thomas Carew (London, 1870), where it is described on pp. xv-xvi, and by R. Dunlop, for his edition of Poems of Thomas Carew (Oxford, 1949), where there is a description on p. lxix.
All the poems (fols. 1-37, 40-9v, 56-9) are reproduced, reduced in size, in Thomas Carew, Poems 1640, Scolar Press facsimile (Menston, 1969). An examination of the text of Donne's 'Paradoxes and Problems', by E.M. Simpson, is in Review of English Studies, 3 (1927), 129-45. Verse in Crum.
Dates
- c. 1630-1640
Extent
61 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don. b. 9, fols. 1-2]
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Shelfmark:
MS. Don. b. 9
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 16757
Abstract
The 'Wyburd manuscript' of poems, mainly by Thomas Carew
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Carew (1594/5-1640) was an English poet.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Owned by F. Wyburd, 1870.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought from P. J. Dobell and given by Friends of the Bodleian, 1936.
- Title
- The 'Wyburd manuscript' of poems, mainly by Thomas Carew
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk