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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

221. Ashley MS 2393

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2393
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Scope & Content:
Curriculum Vitae of himself, by George Borrow; between 1862 and 1874. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, written on both sides of two conjoined quarto leaves of white laid paper, with a revised passage on a further scrap of the same. No watermark. C. K. Shorter, George Borrow and his Cir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1862-1874
Extent:
1 item

222. Ashley MS 2395

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2395
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Scope & Content:
Letters (12) from George Borrow to his wife; 1844-[1858]. Accompanied by an autograph dedication to his wife's memory (f. 1), and by the text of T. J. Wise, Letters to his wife Mary Borrow by George Borrow, 1913 (ff. 2, 3, 4, 7-9b, 11, 11b, 13, 13b, 16, 16b, 19, 19b, 22-23b, 26, 26b, 29, 29b, 32...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844-[1858]
Extent:
1 item

223. Ashley MS 2396

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2396
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Scope & Content:
'Marsk Stig' and 'Marsk Stig's Daughters': two ballads translated from the Danish by George Borrow; 1843-[1857?]. Autograph fair copies, with a few revisions, written on both sides of twenty-one quarto leaves of grey laid paper, and on one side only of another. Watermark '1843' and lion with tri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1843-[1857?]
Extent:
1 item

224. Ashley MS 2397

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2397
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Scope & Content:
'The Serpent Knight', 'Sir Oluf', 'The Treacherous Merman', 'The Knight in the Deer's Shape', 'The Stalwart Monk', 'The Cruel Step-dame', and 'The Cuckoo': ballads translated from the Danish by George Borrow; after 1842-circa 1850. Autograph fair copies. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 50. Bound...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1855
Extent:
1 item

225. Ashley MS 2398

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2398
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Scope & Content:
'The Dalby Bear', 'Tygge Hermandsen', and 'The Wicked Step-mother': ballads translated from the Danish by George Borrow; circa 1850. Autograph fair copies. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 50. Bound up with the MSS. is a copy of Wise's private printing, The Dalby Bear and Other Ballads, 1913 (ff....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 item

226. Ashley MS 2399

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2399
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Scope & Content:
'Hafbur and Signe': a ballad translated from the Danish by George Borrow; [before 1857?]. Autograph fair copy, with a few revisions, mostly in pencil, written on both sides of nine quarto leaves of blue wove paper, on one side only of a tenth, and on one side only of two leaves of blue laid pape...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1857?]
Extent:
1 item

227. Ashley MS 2400

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2400
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Scope & Content:
'The Return of the Dead', 'The Transformed Damsel', 'The Forced Consent', and 'Ingeborg's Disguise': ballads translated from the Danish by George Borrow. For the dating of the MSS. see the description of 2396. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 52. As follows:― 1. 'The Return of the Dead'; 1850-[1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1858
Extent:
1 item

228. Ashley MS 2401

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2401
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Scope & Content:
'Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg'. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written on both sides of fourteen quarto leaves of white wove paper. Watermark 'FELLOWS / 1824'. The MS. is entitled as above in Borrow's hand, and below the title has 'Chorus. / But fortune turns round so often.'. The stanza...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-[1829?]
Extent:
1 item

229. Ashley MS 2401, 2402

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2401, 2402
Title:
'Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg': two versions of a ballad translated from the Danish by George Borrow; 1824-[1829?] and before [1857?]. For the dating of the MSS. see the description of 2396. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 52.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1824-1858]
Extent:
2 items

230. Ashley MS 2402

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 2402
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Axel Thordson and Fair Valborg'. Autograph fair copy, with a few pencil revisions, written on both sides of twenty-five quarto leaves of blue laid paper and on one side only of a twenty-sixth. Watermark 'MH' and figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled as above in Borrow's hand. The hand and th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1857?]
Extent:
1 item