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Short amatory poems, ballads, songs, etc., partly Scotch

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MS. Eng. poet. e. 8
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Short amatory poems, ballads, songs, etc., partly Scotch: fol. 30 is torn, and fols. 31-end are blank.

Dates

  • Creation: Written about the middle of the 18th century in several hands

Extent

66 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. poet. e. 8, fols. 1-2]

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. poet. e. 8

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 20397

Abstract

Short amatory poems, ballads, songs, etc., partly Scotch

Biographical / Historical

Biographical details unknown.

Other Finding Aids

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. V, no. 30518

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The name 'Hester Carpenter' is scribbled on fol. 1: 'Mr. Towneley's[?] Sale', 19th cent.: first referenced in 1884.

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

7 5/8 × 6 1/4 in.

Title
Short amatory poems, ballads, songs, etc., partly Scotch
Status
Published
Date
EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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