Beinecke Osborn c91
Title | The Helicon Bag |
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Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Call Number | Beinecke Osborn c91 |
Complete | Yes |
Description | Anonymous schoolmistress (possibly named Eliza), 1788. 61 items. Frequent references to the material having been written for schoolchildren or for occasions such as weddings and departures of friends. |
Format | Quarto |
Book Size | 20cm x 16cm |
Filled Page Count | 359 pages |
Item Count | 61 |
Poem Count | 54 |
Periods | |
First Line Index | Yes |
Digitized | No |
Region | |
Additional Genres | Charts and tables, Prose letters |
Print Sources | |
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. |
Links | |
Bibliography | |
Citation |
“Beinecke Osborn c91.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/16. Accessed . |
Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
Updated | 2024-10-09 2:33:27 PM |
Contributor | Role |
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[Anonymous Schoolteacher] |
First Line | Context |
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Hark! my gay friend, that solemn toll |
p. 73 Local title: On the death of a boy a pupil of the author's till his death. Attributed author: Thomas Stevens, Baptist Minister. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Seemingly incomplete. Last line is "To perfect freedom and her native skies." Other: n/a |
Feature | Note |
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Author attributions | Rare. |
Binding | Contemporary half sheep, broken. |
Decorations - hand-drawn | First page has what seems to be hand-drawn devices with mottos: "The Helicon Bag and A tout le monde." Poems are copied with large, decorative lettering for titles up to second section. Six numbered tables: the muses, explorers of New World, regions of Italy, seas of the world, etc. |
Hands | Single up to p. 331 where there is a note: "Those which follow have been added at various times." |
Indications of use | "Original Poems" written at the top of p. 1. p. 331 note "Those which follow have been added at various times" indicates items that were copied into the book after the primary's compiler's compilation. This includes seven extra poems and six numbered tables, plus a final poem pasted onto the inside back cover in a tissue/onion skin paper. Frequent references to these materials being written for schoolchildren or for occasions such as weddings and departures of friends. |
Original poetry | Yes, likely most, judging from the title "Original poems" and First Line Index results. |
Page layout | Paginated. |
Table of Contents | Yes. Includes a “lost” item in its alphabetical list, with no page number for the item – i.e. the alphabetical Table of Contents was likely written out before the book was compiled. |