Incomplete contemporary copy of ‘Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne’
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CMV37541
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MS-FS-11-001 (formerly Rés. Ms 53 / Fg Ms 2025), ‘Voltaire. Poésies diverses. Et poèmes relatifs à Voltaire’
Title:
Incomplete contemporary copy of ‘Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne’
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Content
Incipit Diplomatic:
Ô malheureux Mortels! ô terre deplorable!
Incipit Modernised:
O malheureux mortels! o terre déplorable!
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Brief Summary:
Incomplete contemporary copy of ‘Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne’.
Detailed Summary:
Lines 62-193 are absent from this copy due to missing pages. The poem has been signed ‘Fm’.
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Physical Description
Material(s):
Extent:
2 ff.
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1
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Part of a bound volume of Voltaire’s poetry. Bound in calf.
Additional Comments:
The pages have been folded to create a left-hand margin on both the recto and verso sides. The MS has also been folded in half horizontally.
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Decorations:
Undecorated
Additions:
The paper was turned upside down and a note was added to f.15v that reads: ‘1684. / 26 sept. / Declaration du Roi qui Defend de faire / exercise public de la R. P. R. dans les lieux / ou il y aura moins de dix familles, / 1665 / 20 juin pag 117.’
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Date:
c.1756
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OCV Reference:
vol.45A, p.269-358
OCV Manuscript Reference:
vol.45A, p.302, ‘MS5′
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