Arthur F. Marotti, from Manuscript, Print, and the English Renaissance Lyric.
Sign That My Dissertation Writing is Already In Trouble: My first thought after reading this was not “Oh, do tell me more about the Donne poems found in this manuscript,” but “I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF WINE. CAN YOU GIVE ME THOSE RECIPES PLEASE?”
Seriously, though.
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Folger MS V.a.125, a manuscript headed ‘A booke of verses collected by mee … R Dungarvane,’ includes recipes for elder ale, cowslip wine, marigold wine, and raspberry wine; at the beginning of the reverse transcription from the back the compiler gives directions for making ink. This is one of the unusual manuscript environments in which we find poems by Donne.
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