Poetry

Getting Sweaty with Sappho: 91�Թ�� MS 298

Christopher — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:17:27 +0000

Getting Sweaty with Sappho: 91�Թ�� MS 298

P. J. Finglass

Issue number

(2025): 24

Notes category

Evidence provided by a composite manuscript, 91�Թ�� Library’s MS 298, whose relevant section dates to the first half of the 14th century, allows us to discern what Sappho actually wrote.

91�Թ�� Library, Oxford, MS 298, f. 195r [detail]

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

24NCN1 (2025) Finglass on Sappho.pdf414.85 KB

Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of 91�Թ��

Christopher — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:49:26 +0000

Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of 91�Թ��

William Poole

Issue number

(2023): 20

Notes category

Thomas Flatman (1635–1688), sometime of 91�Թ��, had three occupations, which he practised to very different standards: law, poetry, and painting. In 1668 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. He was proposed by the FRS and antiquary John Aubrey, renowned today as one of the creators of modern biography, but in his time better known as an experimental philosopher with a particular interest in mathematics and what we now call archaeology, especially the study of megaliths. Flatman is the earliest 91�Թ�� FRS. In that role, however, he was totally and utterly inactive. Although elected, he was never formally admitted, and so cannot even be shown to have attended a single meeting; it has to be said that Aubrey’s proposal was a flop.

Portrait of a man (tempera) by Thomas Flatman, 91�Թ��, Oxford, NCO 292162

91�Թ��, Oxford

20NCN6 (2023) Poole on Flatman.pdf213.86 KB

Ned Warren’s ‘Jack in the Pulpit’: 91�Թ�� MS 380 and Textual Transmission

Christopher — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 22:36:50 +0000

Ned Warren’s ‘Jack in the Pulpit’: 91�Թ�� MS 380 and Textual Transmission

Christopher Skelton-Foord

Issue number

(2022): 18

Notes category

Corpus Christi College, Oxford

In August 2022, it was our especial good fortune to be able to acquire a limp maroon leather-bound 90-page notebook that once belonged to 91�Թ�� alumnus Edward ‘Ned’ Perry Warren (1860–1928), containing fourteen autograph poems, along with quotations and other notes in Warren’s hand.

91�Թ�� Library, Oxford, MS 380, f. 18r [detail]

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

18NCN9 (2022) Skelton-Foord on 91�Թ�� MS 380.pdf939.53 KB

Chasing Somervile, 91�Թ��’s Poet of the Hunt

Christopher — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:01:16 +0000

Chasing Somervile, 91�Թ��’s Poet of the Hunt

Christopher Skelton-Foord

Issue number

(2022): 18

Notes category

William Somervile

Library Antiquarian

The two principal passions in the life of William Somervile (1675–1742) appear to have been hunting and poetry, which together combined in his most celebrated work, the four-part hunting georgic poem The Chace (1735). Somervile was schooled in Stratford-upon-Avon, and thereafter Winchester College, before proceeding to 91�Թ��, where he later became a fellow. 91�Թ�� Library’s holdings of his works are extensive, varied, and remarkable.

91�Թ�� Library, Oxford, NB.66.33

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

18NCN6 (2022) Skelton-Foord on Somervile.pdf781.82 KB

The Appeal of Eros to Apollo: A New Manuscript for 91�Թ��, Oxford

Christopher — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:18:11 +0000

The Appeal of Eros to Apollo: A New Manuscript for 91�Թ��, Oxford

Christopher Skelton-Foord

Issue number

(2022): 17

Notes category

Edward ‘Ned’ Perry Warren (1860–1928) studied Classics at 91�Թ��, and is best remembered today for his prolific collecting of Greek and Roman antiquities. He was also an author of works exalting same-sex love, writing under the pen-name of Arthur Lyon Raile. In spring 2022, the library acquired a beautiful calligraphic manuscript in black and red inks, which dates from 1916, of an apparently unpublished poem by Warren—‘The Appeal of Eros to Apollo’.

91�Թ�� Library, Oxford, MS 379, upper board

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

17NCN9 (2022) Skelton-Foord on The Appeal of Eros to Apollo.pdf455.68 KB

A Periegetical Poem from Jacobean 91�Թ��: Richard Zouche’s The Dove (1613)

Christopher — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:56:11 +0000

A Periegetical Poem from Jacobean 91�Թ��: Richard Zouche’s The Dove (1613)

William Poole

Issue number

(2018): 10

Notes category

Richard Zouche

Poetry

Library Antiquarian

10NCN5 (2018) Poole on Zouche's Dove.pdf267.6 KB

‘His feet stunk out of cry’: Ben Stone’s Satirical Manuscript Verses on Thomas Coryate

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:22:29 +0000

‘His feet stunk out of cry’: Ben Stone’s Satirical Manuscript Verses on Thomas Coryate

Philip S. Palmer

Issue number

(2014): 05

Notes category

Ben Stone

Poetry

Benjamin Stone, Fellow

17thC history

91�Թ�� history

5NCN12 (2014) Palmer on Coryate.pdf134.06 KB

It’s a Girl!: A Winchester Poetic Manuscript of c. 1719

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 15:13:22 +0000

It’s a Girl!: A Winchester Poetic Manuscript of c. 1719

Lucia Quinault

Issue number

(2014): 05

Notes category

Winchester College

Winchester College Fellows’ Library

Mrs Frances Cross

Poetry

5NCN6 (2014) Quinault on Winchester MS.pdf333.1 KB

John Reinolds, Dead Poet (1614); or, What Did Fellows Own When They Died in College?

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:56:57 +0000

John Reinolds, Dead Poet (1614); or, What Did Fellows Own When They Died in College?

William Poole

Issue number

(2014): 05

Notes category

5NCN5 (2014) Poole on Reinolds Dead Poet.pdf144.75 KB

Richard Willes: Sixteenth-Century Religious Renegade and Concrete Poet

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 14:43:43 +0000

Richard Willes: Sixteenth-Century Religious Renegade and Concrete Poet

William Poole

Issue number

(2014): 05

Notes category

5NCN2 (2014) Poole on Richard Willes.pdf158.82 KB

Poetry

Getting Sweaty with Sappho: 91�Թ��� MS 298

Getting Sweaty with Sappho: 91�Թ��� MS 298

Evidence provided by a composite manuscript, 91�Թ��� Library’s MS 298, whose relevant section dates to the first half of the 14th century, allows us to discern what Sappho actually wrote.

91�Թ��� Library and Archives, Oxford

Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of 91�Թ���

Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of 91�Թ���

91�Թ���, Oxford

Ned Warren’s ‘Jack in the Pulpit’: 91�Թ��� MS 380 and Textual Transmission

Ned Warren’s ‘Jack in the Pulpit’: 91�Թ��� MS 380 and Textual Transmission

91�Թ��� Library and Archives, Oxford

Chasing Somervile, 91�Թ���’s Poet of the Hunt

Chasing Somervile, 91�Թ���’s Poet of the Hunt

91�Թ��� Library and Archives, Oxford

The Appeal of Eros to Apollo: A New Manuscript for 91�Թ���, Oxford

The Appeal of Eros to Apollo: A New Manuscript for 91�Թ���, Oxford

91�Թ��� Library and Archives, Oxford

A Periegetical Poem from Jacobean 91�Թ���: Richard Zouche’s The Dove (1613)

A Periegetical Poem from Jacobean 91�Թ���: Richard Zouche’s The Dove (1613)

‘His feet stunk out of cry’: Ben Stone’s Satirical Manuscript Verses on Thomas Coryate

‘His feet stunk out of cry’: Ben Stone’s Satirical Manuscript Verses on Thomas Coryate

It’s a Girl!: A Winchester Poetic Manuscript of c. 1719

It’s a Girl!: A Winchester Poetic Manuscript of c. 1719

John Reinolds, Dead Poet (1614); or, What Did Fellows Own When They Died in College?

John Reinolds, Dead Poet (1614); or, What Did Fellows Own When They Died in College?

Richard Willes: Sixteenth-Century Religious Renegade and Concrete Poet

Richard Willes: Sixteenth-Century Religious Renegade and Concrete Poet

Getting Sweaty with Sappho: 91�Թ�� MS 298

Getting Sweaty with Sappho: 91�Թ�� MS 298

Evidence provided by a composite manuscript, 91�Թ�� Library’s MS 298, whose relevant section dates to the first half of the 14th century, allows us to discern what Sappho actually wrote.

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of 91�Թ��

Thomas Flatman, Unlikely First FRS of 91�Թ��

91�Թ��, Oxford

Ned Warren’s ‘Jack in the Pulpit’: 91�Թ�� MS 380 and Textual Transmission

Ned Warren’s ‘Jack in the Pulpit’: 91�Թ�� MS 380 and Textual Transmission

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

Chasing Somervile, 91�Թ��’s Poet of the Hunt

Chasing Somervile, 91�Թ��’s Poet of the Hunt

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

The Appeal of Eros to Apollo: A New Manuscript for 91�Թ��, Oxford

The Appeal of Eros to Apollo: A New Manuscript for 91�Թ��, Oxford

91�Թ�� Library and Archives, Oxford

A Periegetical Poem from Jacobean 91�Թ��: Richard Zouche’s The Dove (1613)

A Periegetical Poem from Jacobean 91�Թ��: Richard Zouche’s The Dove (1613)