UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Farago
Archive	University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center
Call Number	UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous author, ca. 1758-1776. 122 items, 77 poems. Gentle satires of love, manners, morals, and thoughtlessness about life's brevity; also humorous and sentimental poems.
Format	Folio
Book Size	31cm x 20.5cm
Filled Page Count	264
Item Count	122
Poem Count	77
Periods	1731-1760 1761-1790
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region
Additional Genres
Print Sources	Spectator Universal Spectator
Major Themes	Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Friendship Humour, wordplay Love Satire - social Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Passions, Sentiments Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
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Citation	“UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/415. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2023-08-21 4:07:18 PM
Updated	2024-03-16 3:03:28 PM

First Line	Context	Print Source
'Twas on a lofty vase's side	Pp. 234-5 Local title: On the Death of a favourite Cat, drowned in a china Vase of Goldfishes Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say	Pp. 209 Local title: From a Gentleman to his Lady with a present of a Knife Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
A Man of Wisdom may disguise	Pp. 167-71 Local title: A Tale / The Country Squires Courtship Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
A Northern pair, we wave the name	Pp. 213-15 Local title: Nature triumphant or the Power of Innocence Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
FLAVIA. The wretched Flavia on her couch reclin'd,	Pp. 231-3 Local title: The Small Pox a Town Eclogue Attributed author: Lady Mary W. M. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
I Hold for faith	Pp. 2224 Local title: The Jesuits doublefaced Creed Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
I'm [not] High-Church, nor Low-church, nor Tory, nor Whig	Pp. 160 Local title: n/a Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Universal Spectator
Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes	Pp. 215 Local title: n/a Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line starts 'Form'ed to engage' Other: n/a	Unknown
Since you, dear Doctor, sav'd my Life	Pp. 186 Local title: beg'g of Sir Charles Hanbury to Sir Hans Sloane Attributed author: Unattributed Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
The Curfew tolls the Knell of parting Day	Pp. 236-9 Local title: An Elegy, written in a Country Courtyard Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
The Scepticks think, 'twas long ago,	Pp. 2 Local title: The Ladle Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed	Pp. 227 Local title: From a Gentleman to his Wife on their wedding day with a Ring Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Frequent.
Binding	Reverse calf over boards with blind-tooled paneling; red morocco lettering piece; half red stained, half red sprinkled edges (two blocks bound together): The two blocks of paper differ – the first is ledger paper, with red-ruled margin and three columns on right of page; the second block is blank with a pencil-ruled margin of variable width; occasionally at points, some cut-off of parts of letters because of trimming.
Catchwords	Used throughout.
Hands	Single. Very decorative writing style with many looped letters.
Indications of use	The manuscript seems a retrospective collection of what the compiler considers the best poems, perhaps using another collection as a basis. Riddle answers are given immediately.
Item formatting	Poems marked 'FINIS' at ends. Pagination by the compiler up to p. 255, and is then continued sporadically.
Organization	Obsolete University of Chicago Library call number gold-tooled on spine
Original poetry	Possibly, though it is unclear as none note authorship.
Page layout	Pagination by compiler up to p. 255, then discontinued until p. 264.
Table of Contents	Appears at beginning of manuscript.