Tim Pye (Libraries Curator, National Trust) and Alexander Lock (British Library)

The Melford Hall Manuscript of John Donne Poetry

In the spring of 2018 a previously unknown seventeenth-century manuscript of the poems of John Donne was discovered in the collection of Melford Hall in Suffolk. The manuscript, recently acquired by the British Library, is one of the largest and earliest surviving groups of Donne’s verse to come to light for many years. This seminar will look into the history of Melford Hall and its important library, together with initial insights into the history and unique features of the manuscript itself.

Images of the manuscript are available from the British Library here.

Book here.