Literary manuscripts
Subtitle: 17th and 18th century poetry from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
Contributors: Adam Matthew Publications
Publisher: Adam Matthew Publications; University of Leeds
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Marlborough, Wiltshire; [Leeds, England]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: English poetry; Manuscripts; Facsimiles; English Manuscripts
Other titles: 17th and 18th century poetry from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds; Seventeenth and eighteenth century poetry from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
Description: Complete facsimile images of 190 manuscripts of 17th and 18th century verse held in the celebrated Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds.  These manuscripts can be read and explored in conjunction with the BCMSV database, which includes first lines, last lines, attribution, author, title, date, length, verse form, content and bibliographic references for over 6,600 poems within the collection.  Additional features include interactive essays, biographies, a palaeography section with transcriptions and alphabets, and a large selection of colour images demonstrating over 320 examples of 17th and 18th century English handwriting.
Notes: This resource is available only to current faculty, staff and students of Columbia University.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.