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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 41
Title	Bound volume of MS poems and songs by various authors many of which are not ascribed; n.d. [c.1640-c.1700]
Date	1640-1700
Extent	87 ff
Level	Item/file
Access Conditions	Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content Description	Individual poems in this volume are described under references Pw V 41/1-71.
Content Description	Volume bears the title 'MSS Ballads/ 1640 to 1700' gold stamped on 2nd and 3rd panel of spine. The manuscript contains a miscellaneous collection of 71 ballads, songs and poems dating from c.1640-c.1700 selected by F.W. Cosens from 'a much large collection of such pieces obtained from Lincolnshire', according to a note in Cosens's hand on the flyleaf. The final poem 'Pythagoras his Tranmigration', Pw V 41/71, preserved on a loose leaf, was pasted into volume on 30 July 1996; it may not be part of Cosens's collection purchased by 6th Duke of Portland in 1934. Several of the poems have pencilled numbers which may refer to a previous ordering of the contents.
Language	English
Language	French
ReprodnNote	Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description	Folio volume For details of the physical evidence (paper, watermarks, etc) of the volume see the seperate entries under Pw V 41/1-71. Physical match: Pw V 838 (dimensions) & Pw V 841 (dimensions) & Pw V 843 (dimensions)
Descriptive Features	See separate entries for details of watermarked paper Bound in Morocco leather on pasteboard with gold stamped triple fillet lines on outer borders of upper and lower covers; spine is divided into six panels by means of double fillet lines which are gold stamped to emphasize five sewing ridges; 2nd and 3rd panel contain title of volume, remaining four panels are decorated with a floral tool; pastedowns and flyleaves are covered with marble papers; edges of leather which join the pastedowns are gold stamped with a fine roll of flowers, stems on a double fillet line edges with a small semi circular tool.
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Match with p 17 and pp 61-62 of Pw V 41