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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 379
Title
MS verse, entitled 'A Description of the Enchanted Palace & Garden of Armida', by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer), translated from Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 171 lines.
Translation of Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata, Bk 16 stanzas 1-34
Title Of Work
A Description of the Enchanted Palace & Garden of Armida Englishd from Tasso Ierusalem
First Line of Poem
The Palace in a circling Figure rose
Last Line of Poem
And flies with horror the dewsted Place
Language
English
Physical Description
Two individual folios folded once forming two quartos, previously pinned together. Edges are gold-graphed.
Physical match: Pw V 376 (dimensions) & Pw V 377 (dimensions) & Pw V 378 (dimensions)
Physical match: Pw V 380 (dimensions) & Pw V 381 (dimensions) & Pw V 382 (dimensions) & Pw V 383 (dimensions)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of the City of London, in simple shield, 60 x 42 mm
Mixed
Watermark
Arms of London (simple)
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Dryden, Miscellany Poems vol 5 (Tonson, London, 1704), pp 484-94
Rowe, Elizabeth, The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse (London, 1739), vol 1 pp 18-24
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA73134
Tasso; Torquato (1544-1595); Italian poet
1544-1595
NA1125
Rowe; Elizabeth (1674-1737); Mrs; author née Singer
1674-1737
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