UChicago Library Codex Ms. 558 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center
Call Number	UChicago Library Codex Ms. 558
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1740. 488 items. Religious poetry including some poems on religious turncoats.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20cm x 16cm
Filled Page Count	600 pages
Item Count	488
Poem Count	488
Periods	1731-1760
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Devotional writing, religio... Satire - religious Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Passions, Sentiments Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
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Citation	“UChicago Library Codex Ms. 558.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/405. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Created	2022-12-18 12:46:09 PM
Updated	2024-05-16 9:25:52 AM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler
Isaac Watts	Major author

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare.
Author attributions	Yes, rare.
Binding	Rebound; A fragment of the original binding is attached to inside front cover. Page edges are not evenly trimmed
Catchwords	Yes, regular.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	Either a presentation copy book or for use in religious singing; rare cross-outs are artful.
Item formatting	Double-ruled lines between items; occasionally accompanied by a free-hand swirl. Pagination by folio
Organization	Title page suggests this was the first of two volumes ("There is another vol, larger Quarto.") Section of sacramental hymns ff. 170–197.
Original poetry	Possibly, given the number of anonymous poems, but there is no clear evidence of original work.
Page layout	Paginated by folio. Evidence of pencil margins.
Title page	Yes, not decorated: "A Collection of Religious Poems &c. by an uncertain Author. Some are borrowed from Dr. I. Watts. There is another vol, larger Quarto."