Beinecke Osborn fc58 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn fc58
Complete	Yes
Description	Member of Pigott family, ca. 1750. 117 poems in two consecutive hands. Jacobite poetry.
Format
Book Size	32cm x 21cm
Filled Page Count	170 pages
Item Count	117
Poem Count	117
Periods	1731-1760
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	No
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Historical subjects Public affairs Satire - political Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Death, afterlife Devotional writing, religio... Illness Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn fc58.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/395. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2022-07-30 9:13:54 AM
Updated	2023-07-20 1:58:19 PM

Contributor	Role
Pigott family member	Owner Signatures in the book are Mrs. Frances Pigott and Mrs. Edward Pigott Esqr. There is also a bookplate of William Pigott L.L.B. A member of this family (Mrs. Frances Pigott?) may also have been the second compiler.

First Line	Context
As Nero Laughing saw the flames consume	p. 103 Local title: Nero II. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
From happy Climes where Vertue never dyes	pp. 109–111 Local title: Cato's Ghost. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
I love with all my heart/ The Tory party here	p. 121 Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The Devils were brawling at Burnet's descending	p. 167 Local title: The d— and Dr Burnet. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare.
Binding	Pre-bound, blank paperbook. Two continuous hands with additions by a third on the last two pages, partial margin rules. Panelled calf.
Hands	Three total, two primary. Hand 1 covers pages 1 to 99, then Hand 2 takes over from page 99 to 169. There are two small additions by a third hand on pp. 169–170.
Indications of use	Signature trials on front flyleaf by Mrs. Howard Pigott Esqr. Two consecutive hands suggest that the second copyist took over the book, completing the first copyist's final poem and concentrating on the same themes. Clean copy except for a cross-out on p. 169 of a short potentially original rather out of place love poem.
Item formatting	Hand 1: Double lines under titles and in-between poems; frequent use of numbered stanzas. Hand 2: Decorative swirls between items and under/over titles; frequent use of numbered stanzas.
Original poetry	Probably not, except for the crossed-out and incomplete love poem on p. 169.
Ownership mark	“Mrs. Frances Pigott” and “W: Pigott. L.L.B.” on inside front cover; signature trials for “Mrs. Howard Pigott Esqr.” on front fly-leaf.
Page layout	Paginated except for the final two pages. Red ruled margins up to p. 105. The first hand is more generous with space than the second, occasionally skipping entire pages between poems.
Table of Contents	Yes, titled "The Index" at the end of the book in Hand 2.