Mater Pulchrae Delectionis (fair copy fragment, Duke U. Library)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Production Description
Document Title: Mater Pulchrae Delectionis
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of composition: 1847
Type of Manuscript: fair copy MS
Scribe: DGR
Provenance
Current Location: Duke University Library
Physical Description
Other Physical Features: lined sheet, 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches
Bibliography
- Baum,
Manuscripts in the Duke University Library, 26-33.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Digital images used with permission of the Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and
Special Collections Library.
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is an early fragmentary fair copy of the poem. Though now a loose sheet, it was originally part of a notebook. Later, when DGR was putting together works to be included in his 1870 Poems , he revised the poem drastically into a new work titled “Ave”.
Printing History
This poem was not printed until WMR included it in the Notes section of his collected 1911 edition (pages 661-662).