BIB_ID
308072
Accession number
MA 426.24
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
1803 Sept. 14.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 23 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmarks and addressed to George Ellis.
Labeled "No. 21" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Labeled "No. 21" on p. 1, possibly in the hand of J. G. Lockhart.
Part of a collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott to various recipients. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
Suggesting that Ellis research the "history of the valiant Moor of Moorhall and the Dragon of Wantley" while he is visiting Yorkshire; concerning the age of the romance of "Sir Tristem" and discussing Thomas the Rhymer's life and possible date of death; suggesting that Thomas the Rhymer possibly composed the romance when he was in "his prime of life," around 1260. Referencing the Mabinogion, which Ellis had contemplated editing, and mentioning mutual acquaintances and his own work.
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