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Untitled story (Between berserk battle-rages, the black despair of melancholy . . .)

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StateTextSurviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units2Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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Wulfhere Skull-crusherWulfhere — Wulfhere Hausakliufr / Skull-splitter, Cormac Mac Art’s recurring Danish chiefOn Pagefirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 483-483

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Surviving Howard original typescript pageHoward typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 Howard story-fragment page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 93708

Original Robert E. Howard typescript page preserving the complete surviving Wulfhere fragment.

Additional documentary notes

  • Original Typescript: TSS 93708 is the original Howard typescript page. (witness level)
  • Single Page Fragment: The surviving authorial textual state is a single-page fragment. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List; Cormac Mac Art typescript concordance · Wulfhere fragment · TSS 93708 OT; TSS 92513 Glenn Lord clone

Glenn Lord clone page — secondary witnessSecondary retype
Extent1 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 Glenn Lord clone/retype page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 92513

Later Glenn Lord clone/retype of the one-page Howard fragment. Secondary preservation/working copy; not Robert E. Howard's physical typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Secondary Retype: TSS 92513 is a later Glenn Lord clone/retype, not an original Howard manuscript page. (witness level)
  • Non Authorial Copy: The clone preserves the textual state as secondary documentary evidence only. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List; Cormac Mac Art typescript concordance · Wulfhere fragment · TSS 93708 OT; TSS 92513 Glenn Lord clone

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Swords of the North - Ultimate EditionRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

https://reh.world/publications/?reh_publication=2753

Published in

Swords of the NorthREH Foundation PressDecember 2014↗Swords of the NorthREH Foundation PressMay 2024↗