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Ashley MS 1420
- Record Id:
- 040-001978718
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x0001bb
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 1420
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Astarte Syriaca' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Dec. 1875 or later. 1409 and 1420 are written on similar paper. Fair copy, written on both sides of an octavo leaf (ff. 1, 1b) of white laid paper. Watermark 'Joy[ ] / 18[ ]'. The text found in the MS. differs in places from the version printed on p. 331. On the verso is an alternative version of ll. 7 and 8, and a note, apparently to Mrs William Morris. With the MS. are two letters, 9 (ff. 2, 2b) and 16 (ff. 3, 3b) March 1930, from May Morris to T. J. Wise, offering it to him and stating that Rossetti had written it for her mother.
Octavo; ff. ii+3.
Poetry ENGLISH: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet and painter: Poem, 'Astarte Syriaca', by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: [aft. 1875]: Autogr. fair copy.
May Morris, alias Mary; daughter of William Morris: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Mary Morris: 1930.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
036-001978714
040-001978718 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 1407, 1408, 1409, 1420, A3840, 3847, 3848, 3849, 3852, 3855, 3857-3861 : Ballads and Sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti;…
Ashley MS 1420 : 'Astarte Syriaca' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Dec. 1875 or later. 1409 and 1420 are written on similar paper. Fair copy,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0296]/036-001978714[0004]/040-001978718
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1875
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 1875-1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Morris, Mary, designer and craftswoman, called May, 1862-1938
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, poet and painter, 1828-1882
Wise, Thomas James, book and manuscript collector, 1859-1937