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11. Add MS 45307

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XI (ff. i + 15). 'The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice', written originally for inclusion in The Earthly Paradise but rejected, and finally printed from the copy in 45308, art. 1 (C.W., xxiv, pp. 239-280). A draft (ff. 1-15b), described by Morris on the ori...
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English
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1857-1870
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12. Add MS 45308

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XII (ff. 204). Tales and other verses rejected or uncompleted by Morris and unpublished during his lifetime. Most of them were subsequently printed by May Morris, mainly in C.W., vol. xxiv. Contents:- (1) 'The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice' (C.W., xxiv...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1857-1870
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13. Add MS 45309

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XIII (ff. 108). Fair copies in the hand of an amanuensis of three of the earliest written tales (see May Morris's list of early tales, C.W., iii, p. xv). Contents:- (1) 'The Palace East of the Sun and West of the Moon', a completed early version of 'Th...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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1857-1870
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14. Add MS 45310

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. VOL. XIV (ff. ii + 121). Contents:- (1) Diary, 14 Dec. 1874-31 May 1875, recording briefly Morris's progress in his translation of The Aeneids Of Virgil (first published October 1875; also C.W., vol. xi). ff. 2-13. (2) 'Sigurd the Volsung', from the begin...
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English
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1874-1875
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15. Add MS 45311

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XV (ff. i + 91). Contents:- (1) 'The Aeneids of Virgil'(C.W., vol. xi). Parts of a draft of Morris's translation, corresponding in general to the printed text, but with many minor differences, viz.:-(a) Book xii, lines 309-310 (C.W., xi, p. 267). f. 1b...
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16. Add MS 45312

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVI (ff i + 72). 'Sigurd the Volsung' (cont.), from Book 1, canto 5, 'For ever and for ever shall help them in thy need' to Book II, canto 2, 'And deep the prayer unspoken and get we to the wine' (C.W., xii, pp. 39-70). The text proper begins on f. 2, bu...
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English
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[1874-1875]
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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVII (ff. i + 91). 'Sigurd the Volsung' (cont.), from Book II, canto 2, 'Then smiled King Elf and answered a long way wilt thou ride' to Book II, canto 9, 'And a plenteous war field's reaping and the praise of many a land' (C.W., xii, pp. 70-119). With t...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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18. Add MS 45314

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVIII (ff. ii + 93). 'Sigurd the Volsung', continued from 45313 but with a break of about 200 lines which is supplied in 45316, ff. 19-32 see below; from Book II, canto 10, 'And he called me Victory Wafter and gave me the whetted sword' to Book III, cant...
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English
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[1874-1875]
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19. Add MS 45315

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XIX (ff. ii + 67). 'Sigurd the Volsung'. The last lines of Book III, canto 6 continued from 45314 (f. 1); then from the beginning of Book III, canto 7 to Book III, canto 10, 'And the house built burg on the Niblungs and there by a grassy strand' (C.W., x...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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[1874-1875]
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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XX (ff. 46). A collection of fragments, originally loose leaves, of drafts for 'Sigurd the Volsung', viz.:-(1) The narrative continued from 45315, beginning at Book III, canto 10, 'And with many a thought of Sigurd the heart within her glows' (C.W., xii,...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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[1874-1875]
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