Beinecke Osborn c595 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c595
Complete	Yes
Description	S. Rawlings, 1788–1789. This manuscript contains poems in two hands, the first (Rawlings) from 1788–1789, the second in the 1830s. This entry concerns only the 1788–89 section given this project's date restrictions. 49 poems. Primarily religious and didactic verse.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20cm x 16cm
Filled Page Count	97
Item Count	51
Poem Count	51
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Conduct, morality Devotional writing, religio... Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hdl.handle.net
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c595.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/79. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-12-14 2:42:47 PM

Contributor	Role
S. Rawlings	Primary compiler

First Line	Context	Print Source
Forc'd from home, and all its pleasures,	Page: 71-4 Local Title: The Negros Complaint Attributed Author: n/a Adaptation: Forsd from hom and all its pleasures... Other Variants: Other:	Unknown
Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear	Page: 38 Local Title: An Epigraph on Mrs Mason Attributed Author: n/a Adaptation: N/A Other Variants: N/A Other: Dated January 12 - 1789	Unknown
Turn, gentle hermit of the dale,	Page: n/a; item #345. Local title: The Hermit of the Dale / A Ballad. Attributed author: Unattributed. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Dated at end: September 25 - 1788	Unknown

First Line

Context

Print Source

Page: 71-4

Local Title: The Negros Complaint

Attributed Author: n/a

Adaptation: Forsd from hom and all its pleasures...

Other Variants:

Other:

Unknown

Page: 38

Local Title: An Epigraph on Mrs Mason

Attributed Author: n/a

Adaptation: N/A

Other Variants: N/A

Other: Dated January 12 - 1789

Unknown

Page: n/a; item #345.

Local title: The Hermit of the Dale / A Ballad.

Attributed author: Unattributed.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: Dated at end: September 25 - 1788

Unknown

Feature	Note
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. Includes a later addition, which likely capitalised on remaining blank pages. Re-bound in the 19th century after the completion of the second section. Contemporary tree calf, covers edged in gilt; gilt spine decorations. Green oilcloth end papers.
Decorations - printed	Laid in: one cut paper silhouette; two cutout prints, of a chicken and an owl.
Hands	Single [this entry concerns only the items in Rawling's hand ie. the first part of the book].
Indications of use	Second part of the book taken over in the 1830s by another hand copying religious verse.
Item formatting	Nearly all of the copies of poems are dated, from September 23, 1788 to June 1, 1789. Decorative (calligraphic) titles.
Ownership mark	Red morocco label on front pastedown reads: "S. Rawlings 1788."
Page layout	Lots of white space.