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Ashley MS 5159
- Record Id:
- 040-001980138
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001482.0x00018d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 5159
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'The Prophecy of Dante': a poem by Lord Byron; [1819-1820]. Auto-graph fair copy, with extensive additions (mostly in the form of notes) and a number of revisions, written on both sides of eight large folio leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark 'VB' below a fleur-de-lys. ff. 1-8b. The MS. is entitled as above in Byron's hand, and dated at the head of the first leaf 'Ravenna 18th 1819', but see J. J. McGann, Lord Byron. The Complete Poetical Works, IV, 1986, p. 499. Bound up with the MS. is the printed text of the poem taken from a copy of the first edition of 1821 (ff. 9-35). Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, p. 25.
Large folio; ff. vi+35.
includes:
- ff. 1-8b Poetry ENGLISH: George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron; poet: Poem, 'The Prophecy of Dante', by Lord Byron: [1819-1820]: Autogr. fair copy with revisions and additions.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001980138 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 5159 : 'The Prophecy of Dante': a poem by Lord Byron; [1819-1820]. Auto-graph fair copy, with extensive additions (mostly in the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[1397]/040-001980138
- 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:
- 1819
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- [1819-1820]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Byron, George Gordon Noel, 6th Baron Byron, poet, 1788-1824