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The Blood of Belshazzar

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StateFinished / professionalSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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.

Version-specific titles

The Blood of Belshazzar (story heading)

Characters in this exact text

Exhaustively reviewed for this catalogued Poetry state. Generic lyric speakers/addressees, collectives, places and purely metaphorical allusions are not manufactured into permanent Characters.

IskanderAlexander the Great — historical Macedonian conqueror mentioned by comparison; do not merge with existing permanent Characters named Alexander.Mentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 150Persian kingthe Persian king in The Blood of Belshazzar — unnamed Persian king who bore the Red Stone before IskanderOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 150

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.

Publication evidence record — Blood of Belshazzar (verse heading) (v) (pub1)Catalogue / documentary card
CompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: catalogue record; source explicitly says no TSS facsimile is available

TSS: 54315

Source-controlled publication evidence from the retained TSS catalogue.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Poetry working list · Blood of Belshazzar (verse heading) (v) (pub1) · TSS 54315

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.

Collected Poetry UE Vol. 1 p. 150Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 1 p. 150

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume OneREH Foundation PressOctober 2022↗