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The Temple of Abomination — Draft 1

Part of The Temple of Abomination

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses2TSS catalogue units3
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Characters in this exact text

Arthur PendragonArthur Pendragon — Arthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple draftsMentionedfirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470HrothgarBlack Hrothgar — Viking in The Temple of Abomination draftsOn Pagefirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470Cormac Mac ArtCormac Mac Art — Gaelic reaver and recurring Cormac Mac Art protagonistOn Pagefirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470GawaineGawaine — Arthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple draftsMentionedfirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470Hakon Snorri's sonHakon Snorri's son — Viking in The Temple of Abomination draftsOn Pagefirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470CaesarJulius Caesar — historical Roman conqueror mentioned by comparison in AiSF texts.Mentionedfirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470LancelotLancelot — Arthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple draftsMentionedfirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470ThorThor — Norse deity repeatedly invoked by Viking and Saxon charactersMentionedfirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470ThorfinnThorfinn Jarl's-bane — Viking in The Temple of Abomination draftsOn Pagefirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470UtherUther Pendragon — Arthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple draftsMentionedfirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470Wulfhere HausakliufrWulfhere — Wulfhere Hausakliufr / Skull-splitter, Cormac Mac Art’s recurring Danish chiefOn Pagefirst: Swords of the North UE pp. 467-470

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 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent2 pagesCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 2 surviving single-spaced story pages / 2 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 92482–92483

Original Robert E. Howard typescript; early untitled and unnumbered draft.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The two surviving Howard story pages are untitled. (witness level)
  • Unnumbered Pages: The two surviving Howard story pages are unnumbered. (witness level)
  • Single Spaced Typescript: The early two-page draft is single-spaced. (witness level)
  • Composition Unfinished: The surviving two-page physical set is complete as a set, but the story itself is unfinished. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Temple of Abomination, The (d1) · TSS 92481–92483; Cormac Mac Art typescript concordance

Glenn Lord cover page — documentary witnessCatalogue / documentary card
Extent1 pageCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 1 documentary cover page / 1 TSS catalogue unit; not a Howard story page

TSS: 92481

Later Glenn Lord cover/catalogue page associated with the early Howard draft; not Robert E. Howard wording.

Manuscript details

Documentary cardGlenn Lord cover/catalogue page associated with the surviving Draft 1 manuscript.Later catalogue annotationThis page is Glenn Lord documentary material, not Howard story text.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Temple of Abomination, The (d1) · TSS 92481–92483; Cormac Mac Art typescript concordance

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

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