UChicago Library Codex Ms. 551
| Title | A Collection of Miscellaneous poems on Different Subjects. To which is Subjond[sic] pastorals by Mr Philips. 1730. |
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| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
| Call Number | UChicago Library Codex Ms. 551 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Anonymous, 1730. 19 poems. Primarily religious and sentimental poems with six pastorals by Ambrose Philips. |
| Format | |
| Book Size | 18cm x 14.9cm |
| Filled Page Count | 73 pages |
| Item Count | 18 |
| Poem Count | 18 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | No |
| Digitized | No |
| Region | |
| Additional Genres | |
| 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 |
“UChicago Library Codex Ms. 551.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/400. Accessed . |
| Created | 2022-08-30 9:04:31 AM |
| Updated | 2023-08-16 12:33:35 PM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| [Anonymous] | |
| Ralph Broome | |
| Ambrose Philips | |
| Alexander Pope | |
| Isaac Watts |
| First Line | Context |
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| Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song |
pp. 38–40 Local title: Few happy Matches. Attributed author: By the same hand ["Watts"]. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Feature | Note |
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| Author attributions | Regular, including two source attributions (to the Spectator). |
| Binding | Pre-bound, likely. No words in the gutter. Detached boards. |
| Catchwords | Yes, regular. |
| Hands | Single. |
| Indications of use | Note the seemingly late addition of the last and only original poem, which is not in the Table of Contents. Note on p. 37: “Watts seems to have borrow’d some of these thoughts from Horace Lib: 1 Od: 3 Lin: 9&c." |
| Item formatting | Frequent numbered stanzas. Double lines or a squiggly line between items. No lines under titles. |
| Original poetry | Every poem is attributed to a published author except the last item which is also not in the Table of Contents. This item seems original, based on the title and spelling: "The hundred and thirty ninth Psalm Parafres’d[sic] In Scribed to my good friend Duncan Tosshoch of monyoad[?]" |
| Page layout | Paginated up to p. 69 of 73. |
| Table of Contents | Yes, after the title page. Does not include the last item. |
| Title page | Yes. |