Literary Manuscripts Trial

TU Libraries is currently trialing a new electronic resource, Literary Manuscripts.

Literary Manuscripts provides complete facsimile images of 190 manuscripts of 17th and 18th century verse held in the celebrated Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds.

Poets represented in the collection include:

• Mary Campbell
• John Dryden
• George Herbert
• Mary Leapor
• Andrew Marvell
• Alexander Pope
• Hester Pulter
• Jonathan Swift
  

Alongside original compositions are painstakingly copied verses, translations, songs and riddles. The whole collection is situated within an asortment of manuscripts, some entirely dedicated to poetry, while others contain medicinal recipes, household accounts, draft letters, musical scores and plays. There are also several printed works, with handwritten verse additions.

Additional information about the resource is available.

The trial will last until April 6th, 2007.