UChicago Library Codex Ms. 636

• Major author

• Major author

• Major author

• Major author
• Primary compiler

Frequent, though mainly by initials.

Pre-bound. Created from a blank paperbook. More than half empty; no writing in the gutter.

Single, with the exception of one page (19).

Mainly a collection of original poems, though it’s worth noting that you get a sense of the community behind Tighe from the Answer to his chair poem (by C.H.), the numerous mentions of Amarantha, and the Epilogue spoken by his brother, Henry.

No answers to riddles, suggesting the collection was potentially assembled less for sociable than for preservation purposes.

Single lines between items.

The book begins with two poems by Lord Byron but shortly diverges into original poetry.

Yes, mainly original work by the compiler. The collection also features an answer to a Tighe poem by C.H. and a number of shorter unattributed poems, though these are presumably by Tighe as well.

No; multiple attempts by the cataloguers' to identify the compiler in pencil on the front-flyleaf but the only indication that the book was Tighe's are his self-attributions.

Unpaginated.

Not a decorative book; the filled pages are comfortably so with no margins or embellishments.