SFU PR5548 T57 M36 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Simon Fraser University Special Collection
Call Number	SFU PR5548 T57 M36
Complete	Yes
Description	Priscilla Susan Bertie Tarleton, 1804. 30 poems on a variety of personal and sentimental subjects, many of which are dated, along with elegant drawings.
Format	quarto, wove paper
Book Size	20cm x 16mm
Filled Page Count	52
Item Count	30
Poem Count	30
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	Glanmire, Cork Houghton, Cambridgeshire Portsmouth, Hampshire
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Friendship Love Nature Visual arts Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links
Bibliography
Citation	“SFU PR5548 T57 M36.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/430. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
Created	2025-05-09 8:36:09 AM
Updated	2025-05-09 10:59:55 AM

Contributor	Role
Priscilla Susan Bertie Tarleton	Primary compiler Primary compiler.

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Never
Binding	Pre-bound, poems are copied into it. Contemporary diced russia binding.
Decorations - hand-drawn	Many poems are accompanied by original ink drawings. Small vignettes are found at the top or bottom of many items, generally related to the subject matter of the item.
Hands	Single.
Original poetry	Yes, all poems are originals. 7 poems are addressed to Priscilla's husband.
Ownership mark	Signature of "P.S.T" on an endpaper is in a different hand. On the blank vignette opposite to the title, signed "London June the 11th. 1804 / Pris: Susan: Tarleton" in Priscilla Susan Bertie Tarleton's hand.
Page layout	Poems have headers, often identifying the occasion. Dates and often locations are listed at the ends of many poems. Poems are divided by very short horizontal lines (similar to a equal sign) between headers and stanzas. The same sign also occurs often at the ends of poems. Dates are often underlined twice.
Page layout	Paginated, by compiler up to page 48.
Table of Contents	No
Title page	A small vignette; drawing of a Roman-style soldier's helmet, tunic, and weapons. Beneath this is a decorative wooden panel surrounded by vines which contains the text "What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted? Shakespeare."