Transcription Tuesday XI: The Shipwreck
Posted on August 10, 2021
Ariana Malthaner There is no other poet loved as dearly by Isabella as Byron. She has dedicated numerous pages to his poetry, most of which are faithful representations of the […]
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Transcription Tuesday X: Happiness
Posted on August 3, 2021
Ariana Malthaner Although we will be continuing with the copied poems from Isabella Woods’ autograph book, this week we will be looking at an original piece from the autograph book […]
Transcription Tuesday IX: If I Should Die Tonight
Posted on July 27, 2021
Ariana Malthaner Unlike Isabella herself, who always attributes authorship to the poems she collects, this particular poem has gone unattributed by the author. This poem is written by an E.M.M […]
Transcription Tuesday VIII: As soft falls the silken shade
Posted on July 20, 2021
Ariana Malthaner One of the great challenges of transcription is that many sources are difficult to read. While in some cases this challenge can be overcome by revisiting a text […]
Transcription Tuesday VII: True Beauty
Posted on July 13, 2021
Ariana Malthaner To continue with poems lovingly inscribed by Isabella, we have ‘True Beauty’ by Thomas Carew. Carew was 17th century English poet, who worked as a diplomatic secretary and […]
Transcription Tuesday VI: Farewell
Posted on July 6, 2021
Ariana Malthaner This week we are back with another original poem composed by a friend of Isabella Woods. This particular poem speaks of a parting, and is signed by an […]
Transcription Tuesday V: Still to be neat
Posted on June 29, 2021
Ariana Malthaner Almost immediately following a stanza from Lord Byron, Isabella has written a single stanza attributed to Ben Jonson. Although hardly as well-known, Jonson was a contemporary of Shakespeare […]
Transcription Tuesdays IV: ‘Tis the remembrance of her friends
Posted on June 22, 2021
Ariana Malthaner There are many difficulties encountered when transcribing historical documents as inks fade, pencil smudges or wears away, or handwriting can be troublesome to decipher. Luckily for us, Isabella […]
Transcription Tuesdays III: Don Juan Canto I
Posted on June 15, 2021
Ariana Malthaner Isabella Woods had a particular fondness for Lord Byron, based on the number of sections of his poems in her beautiful handwriting. The first of the her personal […]