Welsh commonplace book

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unitid

{"value"=>"23771", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Welsh commonplace book"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1778-1793", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1778/1793"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume (18 leaves)"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"16 cm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Pforzheimer Manuscript (MISC 4309); filed under \"Welsh commonplace book.\"</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Semi-stiff paste-paper covered notebook containing mostly poems, the bulk clearly copied from contemporary publications, a few possibly original. Written from both ends, the first half contains: \"To Cornelia,\" from the Gentleman's Magazine of 1780; \"The Rev.d John Walters [of Jesus College, Oxford] to his Son on reading his Poem, entitled the Bodleian Library,\" [24 lines, possibly unpublished]; \"In his fair niche each Worthy now surveys,\" [9 lines, possibly unpublished]; \"On Pennalt Fawr [sic],\" by Woodford Rice; \"Written on Parry's playing upon the Welsh Harp,\" [by Anne Penny]; \"Addressed to Thomas Gray, Esq. Professor of History in the University of Cambridge,\" [by Anne Penny]. The second half contains: \"The Harp of Æolus,\" [anonymous; printed in multiple contemporary publications]; \"On Musick,\" by William Woty; \"A Thought on Death,\" by \"Colin\" [printed in multiple contemporary publications]; \"A few words in favor of Romances,\" [extracted from a review of Thomas Leland's Longsword, Earl of Salisbury]; Quotations from Eyles Irwin; \"Be to her faults a little blind,\" by Matthew Prior; Extract from George Horne's commentary on Psalms; \"A Poetical Epistle to the Rev Mr. Watson,\" by George Horne; and a transcription, \"In Trefriw Church, near Llanwrst is the following inscription.\" On the inside cover of the first half are written various notes in English and Welsh and some calculations; on the inside cover of the second half is a list of books lent out (\"Lent Mr. David Jones, Curate of Bettws, Abergele (Febr.y 5th 1793) Orton's Letters to a Young Clergyman\"; \"Mr. Hughes of Elgwys Fach, Burke on the French Revolution, Leavington's 2 vols.,\" etc.), the last dated 1793.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>No compiler could be identified, but the content strongly suggests someone from Wales, likely connected to the clergy.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

date_start

1778

keydate

1778

date_end

1793

date_inclusive_start

1778

date_inclusive_end

1793

extent_statement

1 volume (18 leaves)

prefercite

{"value"=>"Welsh commonplace book, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"No compiler could be identified, but the content strongly suggests someone from Wales, likely connected to the clergy. Semi-stiff paste-paper covered notebook containing mostly poems, the bulk clearly copied from contemporary publications, a few possibly original. Written from both ends, the first half contains: \"To Cornelia,\" from the Gentleman's Magazine of 1780; \"The Rev.d John Walters [of Jesus College, Oxford] to his Son on reading his Poem, entitled the Bodleian Library,\" [24 lines, possibly unpublished]; \"In his fair niche each Worthy now surveys,\" [9 lines, possibly unpublished]; \"On Pennalt Fawr [sic],\" by Woodford Rice; \"Written on Parry's playing upon the Welsh Harp,\" [by Anne Penny]; \"Addressed to Thomas Gray, Esq. Professor of History in the University of Cambridge,\" [by Anne Penny]. The second half contains: \"The Harp of &#xC6;olus,\" [anonymous; printed in multiple contemporary publications]; \"On Musick,\" by William Woty; \"A Thought on Death,\" by \"Colin\" [printed in multiple contemporary publications]; \"A few words in favor of Romances,\" [extracted from a review of Thomas Leland's Longsword, Earl of Salisbury]; Quotations from Eyles Irwin; \"Be to her faults a little blind,\" by Matthew Prior; Extract from George Horne's commentary on Psalms; \"A Poetical Epistle to the Rev Mr. Watson,\" by George Horne; and a transcription, \"In Trefriw Church, near Llanwrst is the following inscription.\" On the inside cover of the first half are written various notes in English and Welsh and some calculations; on the inside cover of the second half is a list of books lent out (\"Lent Mr. David Jones, Curate of Bettws, Abergele (Febr.y 5th 1793) Orton's Letters to a Young Clergyman\"; \"Mr. Hughes of Elgwys Fach, Burke on the French Revolution, Leavington's 2 vols.,\" etc.), the last dated 1793.", "generated"=>true}

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