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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 383
Title
MS poem, entitled 'The Story of Olinda & Sophronia English'd From Tasso's Ierusalem Book 2d', by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer); n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text, which consists of 300 lines with some corrections and interlineations, is written in two columns on each folio.
Translation of Tasso, Gerusalemme Liberata, Bk 2 stanzas 1-52.
Title Of Work
The Story of Olinda & Sophronia, English'd from Tasso's Ierusalem Book 2d
First Line of Poem
The Tyrant now involv'd in Martial Cares
Last Line of Poem
Guilty or Innocent I set them free
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once and cut along fold forming two folios; edges gold-graphed.
Physical match: Pw V 376 (dimensions) & Pw V 377 (dimensions) & Pw V 378 (dimensions) & Pw V 379 (dimensions) & Pw V 380 (dimensions) & Pw V 381 (dimensions) & Pw V 382 (dimensions)
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield and insignia 4WR suspended under the shield
Countermark: Letters HB, approx. 10 x 40 mm
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
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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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