Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 4807
- Record Id:
- 040-002110326
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002110325
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000453.0x000003
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 4807
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
-
Vol. I (ff. 291). The 'Iliad'. Contains the Preface (ff. 2-14b), and the following books: I (ff. 17-28b), II (ff. 29-44), V (ff. 55-74b), VI (ff. 76-93), VII (ff. 94-104b), VIII (ff. 106-123b), IX (ff. 125-139b), X (ff. 141-154b), XI (ff. 156-182b), XII (ff. 184-190b, 201-207b), XIII (ff. 209-241), XIV (ff. 242-264b), XV (ff. 266-291b). A section of Pope's copy used by Jacob Tonson in printing the Sarpedon episode in Poetical Miscellanies, 1709, has been utilized in Bk. XII (ff. 201-207b). See also 4808, ff. 19-23. A draft for the 'Geographical Table of Towns ... in Homers Catalogue of Greece' occurs at ff. 48-53. At ff. 194-199 are some queries on the translation by William Broome, with replies by Pope, circ. 1717. The following verses by Pope are also included:-(a) Fragments, imperfect at the beginning, the first extant line reading 'But our Great Turks in wit must reign alone...';circa 1715. f. 118b;- (b) Five stanzas by Pope beginning, '[Then matchless ... ] Jervais hide'; circa 1715. Printed in Warton's Supplement, pp. 181-182. f. 162b;- (c) Verses 'In Answer to a Copy of Verses, occasioned by a little Dispute upon four Lines in the Rape of the Lock...', by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, beginning 'Disarm'd with so Genteel an Air'; circa 1712-1713. Printed in Warton's Supplement, pp. 183-186. ff. 209b-210.
includes:
- ff. 76b, 80b, 89b, 129b, 147b, 165b, 173b Charles Jarvis, alias Jervas; portrait painter and translator: Letters to A. Pope: 1714-1716.
- ff. 81b, 83b Nicholas Rowe, poet and dramatist: Letters to A. Pope: 1713.
- f. 86b Edward Young, DCL; poet: Letters to A. Pope: circ. 1715, 1723.
- ff. 96b, 108b, 109b Barnaby Bernard Lintot, bookseller and publisher, of London: Letters to A. Pope: 1715-1719.
- f. 116b Ralph Bridges, chaplain to Bishop of London; vicar of South Weald: Letter to A. Pope: 1715.
- ff. 118b, 162b Alexander Pope: Verses: circ. 1715-1725, n.d.: Partly autogr.
- ff. 118b, 162b Poetry ENGLISH: A. Pope; verses: circ. 1715-1725.: Autogr.
- ff. 120b, 244b, 263b John Caryll, of West Grinstead: Letters to A. Pope: 1715-1717.
- ff. 127b,256b,286b John Dancastle, of Binfield; brother of Thomas Dancastle: Letters to A. Pope: 1717, n.d.
- ff.159b, 161b Richard Steele, d 1729 Knight 1715; essayist: Letters to A. Pope: 1711, 1712.
- f. 163b Edward Bedingfeld, alias Bedingfield; of Gray's Inn; son of Sir H Bedingfeld, 1st Baronet: Letter to A. Pope: 1712.
- f. 168b William Fortescue, KC; Master of the Rolls: Letter to J. Gay: circ. 1716-1717.
- f. 169b Sir William Trumbull, Secretary of State: Letter to A. Pope: 1706.
- f. 170b William Walsh, critic and poet: Letter to A. Pope: 1707.
- f. 172b Jacob Tonson, the elder; bookseller and publisher, of London: Letter to A. Pope: 1706.
- f. 180b Edward Blount, of Blagden House, county Devon: Letters to A. Pope: 1716, circ. 1720.
- ff. 194-199 William Broome, LL.D; translator of Homer: Queries sent to A. Pope by, concerning the translation of the 'Iliad': circ. 1717.
- ff. 209b-210 Anne Finch, wife of Heneage, 5th earl of Winchilsea: Verses by: 1706-1713, n.d.
- ff. 209b-210 Poetry ENGLISH: Lady Winchilsea: verses: circ. 1712-1713.: Autogr.
- f. 253b William Rollinson: Letter to Pope: 1714.
- f. 266b John Weston, of Sutton: Letter to C. Rackett: 1717.
- f. 273b Hallowell: Signature: circ. 1715.
- f. 277b Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt: Signatures: circ. 1717-1722.
- f. 280b Hugh Chamberlen, the younger; MD: Letter to the Duchess of Buckingham: 1717.
- f. 286b Thomas Dancastle, of Binfield: Letters to A. Pope: 1717.
- f. 287b Sir? James [Mackenzie]?, Lord of Session] (?): Letter to A. Pope: 1717.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002110325
040-002110326 - Is part of:
- Add MS 4807-4809 : POPE'S HOMER
Add MS 4807 : Vol. I (ff. 291). The 'Iliad'. Contains the Preface (ff. 2-14b), and the following books: I (ff. 17-28b), II (ff. 29-44), V… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002110325[0001]/040-002110326
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 4807-4809
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1707
- End Date:
- 1722
- Date Range:
- 1707-1722
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bedingfeld, Edward, alias Bedingfield; of Gray's Inn; son of Sir H Bedingfeld, 1st Baronet
Blount, Edward, of Blagden House, county Devon
Bridges, Ralph, chaplain to Bishop of London, vicar of South Weald
Broome, William, LLD, translator of Homer
Caryll, John, of West Grinstead
Chamberlen, Hugh, the younger; MD
Dancastle, John, brother of Thomas Dancastle, fl 1717
Dancastle, Thomas, correspondent of Alexander Pope, d 1729
Finch, Anne, poet, wife of Heneage 5th Earl of Winchilsea, 1661-1720
Fortescue, William, KC, Master of the Rolls
Hallowell, of Add MS 4807
Harcourt, Simon, 1st Viscount Harcourt
Jarvis, Charles, alias Jervas; portrait painter and translator
Lintot, Barnaby Bernard, bookseller and publisher, of London
Mackenzie?, James, Sir?; Lord of Session (?)
Pope, Alexander, of Add MS 4223
Rollinson, William, of Add MS 4807
Rowe, Nicholas, poet and dramatist
Steele, Richard, Knight 1715; essayist, d 1729
Tonson, Jacob, the elder; bookseller and publisher, of London
Trumbull, William, Secretary of State; of Add MS 4807
Walsh, William, critic and poet
Weston, John, of Sutton
Young, Edward, DCL, poet