Folger MS M.a.164
| Title | Miscellany of Henry Jodrell, ca. 1780. |
|---|---|
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
| Call Number | Folger MS M.a.164 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Henry Jodrell, ca. 1780. Ambigraph book with Shakespeare plays at one end, poetry at the other. Given the limited number of entries, the poetry end was perhaps abandoned. 12 poems. |
| Format | Quarto with wove paper |
| Book Size | 24cm x 19cm |
| Filled Page Count | 57 pp |
| Item Count | 16 |
| Poem Count | 12 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | No |
| Digitized | No |
| Region | |
| Additional Genres | Prose |
| 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 |
“Folger MS M.a.164.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/243. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
| Updated | 2023-07-25 10:59:33 AM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| Abraham Cowley | |
| Henry Jodrell | |
| William Shakespeare |
| First Line | Context |
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| Virtue and Fame, the other day |
Page: n/a Local title: Virtue and Fame. Author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "Addition Extempore by Earl Hardwicke" also included ("Fame heard with pleasure, strait reply'd...") Other: n/a |
| Feature | Note |
|---|---|
| Author attributions | Regular. |
| Binding | Pre-bound paperbook. Many blank pages, seemingly an abandoned project. Original half sheep, marbled paper boards. |
| Hands | Single. |
| Organization | An ambigraph book – Shakespeare plays at one end, Chesterfield extracts and poetry at the other. Each section is preceded by a list of authors extracted. |
| Original poetry | Yes; translation and imitation of Johnson epigram; possibly “On dancing,” since it follows these plus 2 enigmas, and is the only poem in the book not attributed. |
| Ownership mark | Label of the Bayfield Hall library (in Norfolkshire). First list of authors subscribed (in the same hand as the extracts) "selected by Henry Jodrell." |
| Page layout | Red-ruled vertical line marking the inside margin of each page at the Chesterfield/poetry end of the manuscript, and the outside margin for entries from the other end of the manuscript. This line is consistent throughout, even on blank pages, so the book must have been purchased with these margins. |
| Table of Contents | No; but there is a list of Shakespeare plays in pencil in another hand at the end of the manuscript. |