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11. Add MS 45305

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IX (ff. 121). The Prologue, etc., to The Earthly Paradise. A small oblong note-book with clasp, written in pencil. Its roughness suggests composition while travelling. Ff. 1-8 and (reversing the volume) 121-98b contain notes and sketches, including a rés...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
1857-1870
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1 item

12. Add MS 45306

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WILLIAM MORRIS LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. X (ff. 69). 'The Proud King', etc. A small quarto ruled account book, dated 'Jan: 1861' (f. 68b, reversing the volume). On ff. 65b and 64b (reversing the volume) is a list headed 'Figures for Diot Dennis'. This is the MS. mentioned in Morris, i, p. 406. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
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Jan : 1861
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1 item

13. 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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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
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1 item

14. 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 Tales and other verses rejected or uncompleted by Morris and unpublished during his lifetime.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
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
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1 item

15. 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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857-1870
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1 item

16. 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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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1874-1875
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1 item

17. 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...
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Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: W. Morris; marginal sketches, etc.: late 19th cent. Poetry ENGLISH: W. Morris: poems: circ. 1853-1896.: Autogr. and copies.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
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[1874-1875]
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7 items

18. 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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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
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1 item

19. 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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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1874-1875]
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1 item

20. 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