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Ashley MS 5270
- Record Id:
- 040-001978920
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x0003af
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 5270
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'A Nympholept'; [1881-1891]. Fair copy, written on one side only of nine folio leaves of blue laid paper, and on both sides of another (f. 5). Watermarks 'Mayfield / Fine' and the figure of Britannia alternately (ff. 1-6), and 'E. Towgood / 1881' and the figure of Britannia alternately (ff. 7-10). The MS. is entitled 'A Nympholept' in Swinburne's hand.
Stanzas 22 and 23 (f. 5b) have been added later, and their position between 21 and 24 indicated with an arrow. Swinburne has numbered the leaves, with the exception of the first. '6' has been altered from '5', '9' from '7', and '10' from '8'. The stanzas have been numbered right through in blue pencil, omitting 22 and 23, apparently also by Swinburne, and the numbers then deleted. At the end of the poem is a calculation in the same blue pencil 39 x 7 = 273. The text found in the fair copy differs by two words only from that printed on pp. 11-31 of the first edition. The poem was first published in Black and White for 23 May 1891.
Bound up with the MS. are pp. 11-31 from a copy of Astrophel and Other Poems, 1894 (ff. 11-21).
Folio; ff. ii+21.
includes:
- ff. 1-10 Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Poem, 'A Nympholept', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: [1889]: Autogr. fair copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
036-001978906
040-001978920 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 1861, A1903, A1925, A1932, A4399, 4403,4404,5084-5086, 5088, 5268*, 5270, 5272-5275 : 'Astrophel and Other Poems' by A. C.…
Ashley MS 5270 : 'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'A Nympholept'; [1881-1891]. Fair copy, written on one side only of nine folio leaves… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0394]/036-001978906[0012]/040-001978920
- 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:
- 1881
- End Date:
- 1891
- Date Range:
- [1881-1891]
- 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