UChicago Library Codex Ms. 581

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f. 414 - p. 417

Local title: Epitaph on Dr Johnson by I Jennings Esqr 20.5.86

Attributed author: Soame Jenyns

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

pp. 304–306

Local title: To Mrs — with a Ring. 1778.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: possibly accompanied by a source attribution; "1-1-80. Russ—altakid" (or something like that) is written at the bottom of the last page.

Frequent; includes frequent source attributions and occasionally notes the format of the source text (4to, 12mo, etc.).

Post-bound after compilation with The New Bath Guide (1766) ; navy cloth over boards.

Single.

Bound-with text suggests connection to Bath, reading about Bath.

Occasional footnotes, endnotes, and commentary.

Page division, source attribution, or simple line between items.

Titles bear no demarcating features.

The rectos and versos proceed separately up to p. 128; there’s some crossover notes at the bottoms of these pages; the verso pages were seemingly filled in later.

Generally proceeds chronologically with loose sections dedicated to a particular celebrity subject.

Possible reference to other manuscript(s), e.g. on p. 13: “The Forest Hunt with an Answer by Zephalinda 10-10-66. vid Manuscript" (this poem does not appear in this book, perhaps the compiler is redirecting the reader to a different manuscript). 

Possibly but most of the contents seem to be copied from periodicals.

Paginated by the compiler.

Yes; an Index at the end of the book.