ABSTRACT This article traces the history of the only surviving autograph manuscript of Ode to a Nightingale, composed two hundred years ago in May 2019, and preserved since 1933 in the Fitzwilliam Museum. It tests Charles Armitage Brown’s famous eyewitness account of the moment of composition against the physical reality of the manuscript, and examines its materiality in some detail. It also traces the history of the manuscript’s fortunes through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and examines the role of collectors, curators and conservators in ensuring its survival and its continued presence in the UK.

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“一些纸屑”：菲茨威廉博物馆的夜莺颂的亲笔签名手稿

摘要 本文追溯了唯一幸存的《夜莺颂》亲笔手稿的历史，该手稿于 2019 年 5 月创作于 200 年前，自 1933 年起保存在菲茨威廉博物馆。它将查尔斯·阿米蒂奇·布朗 (Charles Armitage Brown) 著名的目击者描述的构图时刻与手稿的物理现实相比较，并详细检查了其重要性。它还追溯了 19 世纪和 20 世纪初手稿的命运历史，并考察了收藏家、策展人和保护者在确保其在英国的存续和持续存在方面的作用。