UChicago Library Codex Ms. 556
| Title | A Miscellaneous Collection of Papers in Prose & Verse. 1708. |
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| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
| Call Number | UChicago Library Codex Ms. 556 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Anonymous Scottish anti-Unionist, 1708. 116 items, 100 poems. Contents focused on issues around the ascension of Queen Anne and the Act of Union, as well as religious disputes between Episcopal and Presbyterian positions. The position of this manuscript is Jacobite, Episcopalian, and anti-Unionist. |
| Format | Quarto |
| Book Size | 27.3cm x 21.4cm |
| Filled Page Count | 176 |
| Item Count | 116 |
| Poem Count | 100 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | No |
| Digitized | No |
| Region | |
| Additional Genres | characters, dialogue, letters, sermon |
| 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. |
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| Bibliography | |
| Citation |
“UChicago Library Codex Ms. 556.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/414. Accessed . |
| Created | 2023-08-21 3:42:50 PM |
| Updated | 2023-09-07 11:45:37 AM |
| Feature | Note |
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| Author attributions | Rare. Essentially none, one reference to another miscellany and another to an author identified as A.M. |
| Binding | Post-bound, likely. All pages filled. Binding style and extreme wear suggests it is original. Mottled calf over boards; blind-tooled decorative borders on front and back boards; marbled endpapers; black stained edges. |
| Hands | Single |
| Indications of use | Subject matter is primarily focused on issues around ascension of Queen Anne and leading up to and during Act of Union; includes religious disputes between Episcopal and Presbyterian positions. The position of this manuscript seems to be Episcopalian and anti-Union. |
| Item formatting | Elaborate title lettering; titles entered even at bottom of pages. Simple horizontal lines separate poems not separated by titles. |
| Original poetry | Unlikely. Perhaps some poems which briefly depart from political subjects, found on pp. 27-28, p. 58. |
| Ownership mark | A former owner's inscription found on back flyleaf: Ut migraturus habita. A different hand from the primary compiler. |
| Page layout | Pagination by compiler. |
| Table of Contents | Yes, at beginning. |