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StateGlenn Lord retypeSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units4Catalogue rolePrimary / default
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AbelAbel — Biblical figure invoked in Howard's Cain-and-Abel comparisonOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315AdamAdam — legendary first man invoked in “Lilith”On Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315BelshazzarBelshazzar — historical Babylonian ruler associated with the jewelOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315CainCain — Biblical figure invoked in Howard's Cain-and-Abel comparisonOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315ElijahElijah — biblical prophet invoked in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315JezebelJezebel — biblical queen invoked among the damned in “The Road to Hell”; distinct from fictional Jezebel #1360On Page5 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315JoshuaJoshua (biblical) — biblical leader invoked with Israel at Jericho in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315LilithLilith — ancient legendary woman invoked by Kane as a comparison for NakariOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315MosesMoses — biblical figure identified with Musa in the storyOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315NeroNero — Roman emperor invoked in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315PilatePontius Pilate — Roman governor invoked in the Crucifixion passage of The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315St. StephenSaint Stephen — early Christian martyr invoked in The Dust DanceMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315SargonSargon of AkkadMentioned1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: Collected Poetry UE Vol. 2 p. 315

Surviving manuscript evidence

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Glenn Lord retype — TSS 23538, 23539, 23540, 23541Secondary retype
Extent4 pagesCompletenessCompleteness uncertain

Physical extent: 4 catalogued TSS sheets

TSS: 23538, 23539, 23540, 23541

Glenn’s Retype (GR) source code; secondary documentary retype rather than Howard’s surviving physical original.

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls — Poetry working list rows 117–120

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. 2 p. 315Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard UE Vol. 2 p. 315

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The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard Volume TwoREH Foundation PressNovember 2022↗