Clark MS 1983.001 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Clark Library
Call Number	Clark MS 1983.001
Complete	Yes
Description	J. Andrew, ca. 1778–1789. 691 items, 576 poems. All epigrams.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	23.8 cm x 18.7 cm
Filled Page Count	163 pages
Item Count	691
Poem Count	576
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	No
Digitized	Yes
Region	Ashford, Kent Kent
Additional Genres	Prose
Print Sources
Major Themes	Humour, wordplay Public affairs Satire - political Satire - social Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Courtship, marriage Greek poetry Latin poetry Women Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	calisphere.org
Bibliography
Citation	“Clark MS 1983.001.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/213. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-20 3:54:15 PM

Contributor	Role
J. Andrew	Primary compiler Major author

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare.
Binding	Half calf with marbled paper boards.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	Children’s drawings and scribbles in first two openings, and in some margins of text.
Item formatting	Horizontal rules between items except for last items in the column on the page.
Organization	Pages filled only on recto side (about half a dozen pages have items written on verso – seemingly later additions, perhaps related to the item(s) opposite), which is necessary for readability, because the paper is very thin and there is a lot of show-through.
Original poetry	Yes, but less than the catalogue description suggests. The compiler occasionally used “I” or otherwise indicated that this anecdote happened to him and/or an epigram is of his composition.
Ownership mark	Front paste-down endpaper: J. Andrew, Ashford Kent. Also pencilled note on inside back cover re: his grandsons being born in 1787.
Page layout	Paginated (pp. 1 and 3 numbered, but poetry begins on p. 5; paginated up to p. 159, entries continue up to p. 167, including on what seem to be two endpapers). Every page divided into two columns. No items go beyond the end of a column or page – carefully fitted to the available space.