Textual identity is not textual authority. “Catalogue primary/default” selects the default catalogue representation; it does not mean that this wording is automatically Howard’s most authoritative text.
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.
Draft 2 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent4 pagesCompletenessIncomplete
Physical extent: 4 pages / 4 TSS catalogue units
TSS: 52653–52656
Original typescript (OT).
Additional documentary notes
- Draft To Synopsis Transition: The spreadsheet records that the draft dwindles into synopsis form. (witness level)
Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Scarlet Citadel, The (d2) · TSS 52653–52656 · spreadsheet rows 13757–13760