Beinecke Osborn d494
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
| Call Number | Beinecke Osborn d494 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Miss Hooper, ca. 1810–1820. Approximately 80 poems. Poems, epigrams, and a number of occasional verses attributed to members of Charles James Fox's social circle, several of which are concerning his death. |
| Format | Quarto |
| Book Size | 23.8cm x 19cm |
| Filled Page Count | 131 pages |
| Item Count | 79 |
| Poem Count | 77 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | No |
| Digitized | No |
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| Major Themes |
Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
| Minor Themes |
Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
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| Bibliography | |
| Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn d494.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/114. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
| Updated | 2024-03-07 5:40:55 PM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| Miss Hooper |
| First Line | Context | Print Source |
|---|---|---|
| God bless the King! (I mean our faith's defender!) |
Page: 124 Local title: Lines written by a Jacobite soon after 1745 Attributed author: Byrom Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd |
Page: 52 Local title: Lines addressed to Lady Crewe Attributed author: Charles James Fox Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
| Feature | Note |
|---|---|
| Author attributions | Frequent: A few poems signed only with initials, most others attributed to members of Charles James Fox's circle. |
| Binding | Pre-bound. Large quantity of blanks. Contemporary full calf. Gold tooling around edge of cover and also along binding fore-edges. |
| Hands | Single. |
| Indications of use | Bookmark between p. 125 and p. 126. |
| Item formatting | A ruled horizontal line divides items, sometimes lines are doubled or tripled. Sometimes lines are also used under titles. |
| Original poetry | Possibly; a few poems signed only with initials, many poems attributed to members of Charles James Fox's social circle. |
| Ownership mark | Annotation in pencil on front flyleaf in a later hand: "From page 8 written by [the Miss Hoopers?] of [illegible]." |
| Page layout | Paginated. |