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Exact textual stateSynopsis

Untitled synopsis (Black Colossus)

Part of Black Colossus

StateSynopsisSurviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units1
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.

Introduction

This surviving untitled synopsis is a developmental textual state of Black Colossus. It should be read as synopsis evidence rather than assumed to reproduce the wording of the published story.

Characters in this exact text

ConanConan — Cimmerian adventurer who becomes king of AquiloniaOn Page4 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian — Black Colossus (Synopsis)SetSet — Stygian serpent-god invoked throughout the Conan textsMentioned2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian — Black Colossus (Synopsis)ShevatasShevatas — Zamorian thief who enters the ruins of KuthchemesOn Page2 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian — Black Colossus (Synopsis)Thugra KhotanThugra Khotan — ancient Stygian sorcerer who returns as NatohkOn Page3 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian — Black Colossus (Synopsis)YasmelaYasmela — princess and ruler of KhorajaOn Page1 source-counted occurrence(s) · first: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian — Black Colossus (Synopsis)

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 pageCompletenessComplete

Physical extent: 1 page / 1 TSS catalogue unit

TSS: 52648

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 · Black Colossus (s1) · TSS 52648

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.

The Coming of Conan the CimmerianRestored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian; editorial source basis: Howard original typescript.