Beinecke Osborn c149

Title Untitled
Archive Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number Beinecke Osborn c149
Complete Yes
Description

Anonymous, ca. 1780.

15 items.

Approximately half Latin poetry + four Shenstone poems and one tribute to Shenstone.

Shenstonian pastoral; university poetry.

Format Quarto
Book Size 20cm x 17cm
Filled Page Count 33 pages
Item Count 15
Poem Count 14
Periods
First Line Index Yes
Digitized No
Region
Additional Genres Prose essay
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 c149.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/35. Accessed .

Created 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated 2023-07-19 4:20:07 PM
Feature Note
Author attributions

Occasional.

Binding

Pre-bound. Book seems to consist of six gatherings, many blank pages.

Half calf over marbled paper boards.

Hands

Single.

Indications of use

On second last page, a brief ambigraph entry in Greek, seemingly a timeline of Sophocles' life.

Organization

Brief ambigraph entry in Greek on the second last page.

Original poetry

Maybe the short Latin items at the end. The more substantial poetry and prose can all be assigned to an author.

Page layout

Paginated.