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Exact textual stateSynopsis

Untitled synopsis: (The Story of a Forgotten Age . . .)

Part of Bran Mak Morn

StateSynopsisSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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Introduction

An untitled Bran Mak Morn synopsis beginning “The story of a forgotten age . . .”.

Characters in this exact text

AllectusAllectus — Roman-British usurper in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentionedBran Mak MornBran Mak Morn — Pictish king in Kings of the Night; later the Dark Man of Turlogh’s storyMentionedCarausiusCarausius — Roman-British usurper in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentionedConstantineConstantine the Great — historical Constantine named in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentionedConstantiusConstantius Chlorus — Roman Caesar in the Bran Mak Morn synopsis; distinct from permanent Character #1758MentionedDiocletianDiocletian — Roman emperor in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentionedGaleriusGalerius — Roman Caesar in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentionedHelenaHelena — historical Helena named in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentionedMaximianMaximian — Roman emperor in the Bran Mak Morn synopsisMentioned

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.

Synopsis — surviving Howard synopsis typescriptHoward synopsis typescript
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 90399

Original typescript (OT).

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving witness as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Bran Mak Morn (s1) · TSS 90399

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.

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King (Del Rey 2005 / Wandering Star 2001)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, pp. 158–159; Del Rey Books 2005, previously Wandering Star Ltd. 2001; textual notes by Rusty Burke and David Gentzel with assistance from Glenn Lord.