Wroth, Mary, Lady. Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts: 9283
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada: 22.50
Folger bibliographic ID: 233141
Folger call number: V.a.104
Folger holdings ID: 281838
Accession Number: cs22

Consists of 117 autograph poems by Lady Mary Sidney Wroth, with her own corrections and revisions. Six appear nowhere else in Wroth's manuscripts or published works. Nine poems were shortly afterwards interspersed throughout her prose romance, The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, 1621 (STC 26051). Includes the earliest known version of the sonnet and song sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, which was printed at the end of Urania (1621) in a different order and with one substitution

General notes

Poems listed in the Folger index of first lines Isaac Reed -- [Heber] -- Phillipps MS For a discussion and transcription of this manuscript see The poems of Lady Mary Wroth, ed. J.A. Roberts, 1983 Also available as a digital reproduction This record contains unverified data from catalog cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete information. Please email HamnetHelp@folger.edu for assistance

Publications

Pamphilia to Amphilanthus / edited by G.F. Waller. Salzburg : Institut für Englische Sprache und Literatur, Universität Salzburg, 1977 Alexander, Gavin, "Constant Works: A Framework for Reading Mary Wroth," Sidney Newsletter and Journal, 14.ii (1996/97), 5-32 "The pen's excellencie" : treasures from the manuscript collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library / compiled and edited by Heather Wolfe. Seattle : Distributed by University of Washington Press, 2002, p. 125

Exhibited

Exhibited: "The Pen's Excellencie" : Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library, curated by Heather Wolfe, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C., February 6- June 8, 2002

Condition note

Conserved April 2017

Item information about Folger V.a.104

Curatorial file available

Extended title: Pamphilia to Amphilanthus ca. 1615-ca. 1620

author: Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640
former owner: Reed, Isaac, 1742-1807
former owner: Heber, Richard, 1773-1833
former owner: Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872