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1. Add MS 45310-45316

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vols XIV-XX. A series of note-books (45310-45315) and a collection of loose leaves (45316) containing drafts of the epic poem 'Sigurd the Volsung' (first published 1876; also C.W., vol. xii). There is also some material for and relating to Morris's translation of 'The Aeneids of Virgil' (see C.W., vol. xi) in 45310, 45311. These seven volumes, together with 37497-37498 (q.v.), contain the entire first draft of 'Sigurd the Volsung', written very roughly an...
Scope & Content:
Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: W. Morris; marginal sketches, etc.: late 19th cent. Poetry ENGLISH: W. Morris: poems: circ. 1853-1896.: Autogr. and copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 45316

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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,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 45313

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
1 item

4. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
1 item

5. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
1 item

6. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
1 item

7. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
Extent:
1 item

8. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1875
Extent:
1 item

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