Leeds Brotherton Lt 104

Title Poems of various kinds by the late Revd. Peter Pinnell...
Archive Brotherton Library
Call Number Leeds Brotherton Lt 104
Complete Yes
Description

Anonymous compilation of poems by Peter Pinnell, ca. 1749–1790.

59 items.

Example of a one-author collection followed by a short section of poems by different authors.

Format
Book Size
Filled Page Count 68 pages
Item Count 59
Poem Count 58
Periods
First Line Index Yes
Digitized Yes
Region
Additional Genres Prose dialogue
Print Sources
Major Themes

Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.

Minor Themes

Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.

Links
Bibliography
Citation

Leeds Brotherton Lt 104.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/307. Accessed .

Created 2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated 2023-07-25 11:31:08 AM
Contributor Role
[Anonymous]
  • Primary compiler

    The date of Pinnell's death is written in the compiler's hand, so the compiler can't be Pinnell himself, though possibly a family member or friend of his.

Samuel Bishop
William Coyte Senior
Peter Pinnell
First Line Context
A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say

ff. 86–87r.

Local title: Sent by a Gentleman to his Lady, with a Present of a Knife.

Attributed author: the Revd. Mr. Bishop of Merchant Taylor's School Head Master in 1788.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear

ff. 93–94r.

Local title: An Epitaph upon Mrs Mason, who died at the Hot-Wells, Bristol.

Attributed author: her Husband the Reverend William Mason, author of "Elfrida and Caractacus."

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

To thee dear wife,—and all must grant

ff. 87–89r.

Local title: By the same sent to his Wife with a Pocket looking Glass.

Attributed author: the Revd. Mr. Bishop of Merchant Taylor's School Head Master in 1788.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Why droops the head, why languishes the eye

ff. 1–9.

Local title: Sermon in Verse.

Attributed author: Not individually attributed, but in the largely original section of the manuscript, and following a page that attributes all poems to Peter Pinnell, so the attribution is likely assumed (Peter Pinnell). 

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature Note
Author attributions

Regular; rare until f. 81, but these are all the poems original to Pinnell, then other attributions are regular.

Binding

Pre-bound paperbook. Multiple blanks; writing never approaches close to the spine.

Medium brown leather with blind tooling on the outside covers and spine and marbling on the inside covers and endpapers.

Catchwords

Yes.

Hands

Single. ff. 81–103 the hand is much more formal, but the letter shapes are consistent with the rest of the manuscript, so seemingly the same hand.

Indications of use

Last item crossed-out (f. 103r). 

Ruled-lines on f. 95v (and no other page)—perhaps someone intended to use this page for handwriting practice.

Item formatting

Rarely lines between items, but occasional dark lines between stanzas eg. f. 63.

Organization

Poems are mostly copied on the recto pages: ff. 82v, 83v, 94v, 97v–102v are the only versos filled.

Original poetry

Yes. The first page of the manuscript attributes the poems to Peter Pinnell. Seemingly most, if not all, of the poems up to f. 82 are Peter Pinnell.

Page layout

Mostly unpaginated (ff. 1–9 paginated in ink [possibly by the compiler; this is the entirety of the first item], but the rest is paginated in pencil, probably by an archivist).

Title page

First page: "Poems of various kinds by the late Revd. Peter Pinnell D.D. Prebendary of Rochester, & Vicar of Eltham and Shorne in Kent. He died August 16. 1783.—Aged 63.—"