Folger MS M.a.169 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Collectanea quadam Nugalia
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number	Folger MS M.a.169
Complete	Yes
Description	J. Wright, ca. 1700–ca. 1715. Apparently owned and used by William Bromley immediately after the composition of the book by J. Wright. 100 items, 65 poems. Very mixed book, containing extracts, poems, epitaphs, anagrams, antiquarian notes, satiric poetry etc.; Lots of recorded info re: languages, mathematics, etc.; Jacobite-related material.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	18cm x 13cm
Filled Page Count	124 leaves
Item Count	100
Poem Count	65
Periods	1701-1730
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	Baignton, Warwickshire Warwickshire
Additional Genres	Notes on wide-ranging topics
Print Sources	Intelligencer Lintott's Miscellany London Gazette
Major Themes	Devotional writing, religio... Education Historical subjects Literature Public affairs Satire - political Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Alcohol, other beverages, t... Classical themes Death, afterlife Latin poetry Travel Visual arts Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hamnet.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Folger MS M.a.169.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/334. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-11-04 8:35:07 AM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:00:41 AM

Contributor	Role
William Bromley	Owner Used the book as a source of poetry and information.
J. Wright	Primary compiler Possibly also a Major author.

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Occasional, including some newspaper sources.
Binding	Post-bound. Writing goes quite far into the gutter, though there are also many blank pages, perhaps intended for further entries. Original half calf, rebacked.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	Apparently owned/ used by William Bromley, d. 1732, so very early after production of the book by J. Wright. Table of Contents in a hand other than the compiler’s, so perhaps that of Wright, indicating his use of the book as source of poetry and information.
Organization	Often filled only on recto side of the page. Very mixed book thematically.
Original poetry	Maybe; a lot of satirical stuff not in the First Line Index.
Ownership mark	J. Wright hand-drawn bookplate. Sir William Bromley of Baignton in Warwickshire bookplate.
Table of Contents	Yes, labeled index, but in fact a table of contents; at the very end, goes to very last page.