UChicago Library Codex Ms. 69 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Poetry miscellany
Archive	University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center
Call Number	UChicago Library Codex Ms. 69
Complete	Yes
Description	John Liptrott, ca. 1786. 215 items, 151 poems, many of which are introduced with lengthy prose anecdotes or critical prefaces. Contents include satires of social issues and political corruption, historical anecdotes supporting Church of England, nature poetry, recollections of favourite dogs.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20.3cm x 15.8cm
Filled Page Count	388
Item Count	215
Poem Count	151
Periods	1761-1790 1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region
Additional Genres	anecdotes, travel accounts
Print Sources
Major Themes	Animals, pets Celebrities Nature Public affairs Satire - political Satire - social Women Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Conduct, morality Education Literature Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
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Citation	“UChicago Library Codex Ms. 69.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/411. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2023-08-16 1:58:08 PM
Updated	2023-09-07 12:07:19 PM

First Line	Context	Print Source
A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say	Page: 104v-105v Local title: Untitled Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Here lies poor Johnson: reader have a care,	Pg: 21f, repeated on 43v. Local title: Johnsoniana Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown

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Context

Print Source

Page: 104v-105v

Local title: Untitled

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Unknown

Pg: 21f, repeated on 43v.

Local title: Johnsoniana

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Yes, occasional.
Binding	Post-bound, likely. Pigskin over boards; faded marbled edges. 12 gatherings of mostly uniformly-sized paper; then 4 leaves glued in and numbered separately, titled 'Ludicrous verses'.
Catchwords	Used occasionally.
Decorations - printed	Many pasted-in items from the Whitehall Evening Post.
Hands	Single, some items by other hands likely inserted later.
Indications of use	Many pasted-in items from the Whitehall Evening Post. The compiler comments appreciatively and nostalgically regarding the contents of the manuscript, particularly at the beginning or end of a work.
Item formatting	Pagination not continuous. Specific segments are paginated by the complier as part of various sequences, suggesting the book is a later binding of various gatherings of 12-16 leaves each.
Item formatting	Very little uniformity. Some items have a vertically oriented free-drawn spiral at end, or a #-type device that could be initials. Items are occasionally separated by an inverted triangle of lines; but at times just a rough horizontal line between items on a page. Items are not always titled and sometimes difficult to determine due to lengthy anecdotal/critical preambles which proceed them.
Original poetry	Occasional items, including poems about the compiler's former school and pets