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Ashley MS 1869
- Record Id:
- 040-001978902
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x00035f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 1869
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Songs Before Sunrise'. 'Blessed Among Women' by Algernon Charles Swinburne; [1868?]. Fair copy, written on one side only of eleven octavo leaves of white laid paper. Watermarks 'Joynson / 1867' and (f. 11) '1868'. The individual leaves are mounted on guards. On the evidence of the note 'Slip 5' in the margin of f. 4 this MS. must have served as printer's copy. The text differs by two words only from that printed on pp. 64-72 of the first edition― in stanza 15 the MS. has 'Clelia' for 'Portia' and 'Portia' for 'Arria'. In stanza 2, l. 3, the MS. has '? godlike' interlined above 'new-born', and in stanza 7, l. 3, it has 'flowers' interlined above 'earth'. The MS. is entitled 'Blessed among Women. / To the Signora Cairoli.' The word 'among' is interlined above deleted 'above'. The last two of Signora Cairoli's four sons were killed fighting for freedom in 1867. Pages 64-72 of the page proofs for Songs Before Sunrise, 1871, are bound in with the MS. (ff. 12-16). Pages 65 and 67 are signed F and F2 respectively.
Octavo; ff. ii+l6.
includes:
- ff. 1-11 Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Poem, 'Blessed among Women', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: [1868?]: Autogr. fair copy.
- ff. 12-16 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: 'Songs Before Sunrise', pages 64-72 of the page proofs by Algernon Charles Swinburne: 1871: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
036-001978899
040-001978902 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 1860, B1860, 1869, A4373, 5259, 5262 : 'Songs Before Sunrise' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems…
Ashley MS 1869 : 'Songs Before Sunrise'. 'Blessed Among Women' by Algernon Charles Swinburne; [1868?]. Fair copy, written on one… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0393]/036-001978899[0003]/040-001978902
- 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:
- 1867
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- [1868?]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Swinburne, Algernon Charles, poet, 1837-1909