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<title>The Book of Thel, copy F</title>, 
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<objNumber code="A2">plate 2 </objNumber>
<objCode code="B2">(Bentley 2, </objCode>
<objCode code="Eii">Erdman ii, </objCode>
<objCode code="Kii">Keynes ii)</objCode>
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<objSize>15.5 x 10.7 cm</objSize>
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<illusobjdesc>A slender tree, entwined with a vine,
arches protectively over the title words and major pictorial
motifs. This combination of motifs and their position suggests a tombstone.
Two birds and a human figure soar in the sky; seven other human
forms, one winged, rest or climb among the title letters. Thel, wearing a
long gown and holding a shepherd's crook, stands lower left and
gazes at a nude man embracing a woman around the waist. The latter wears
a gown or at least a skirt and raises her arms. These small figures
seem to emerge from the large, bowl-like flowers lower center and
right. The leaves of this plant and a flower bud complete the
design lower center and right. The design does not directly illustrate a
scene in the text, but the figures embracing above the flowers may
suggest the <quote>raptures</quote> of the Cloud and the<quote>fair eyed
dew</quote> during their courtship.<ref target="thel.F.P5">[Plate
5]</ref></illusobjdesc> 

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<characteristic>branch</characteristic>
<characteristic>leaf</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A large tree, perhaps a willow or birch, arches over
the title words and major pictorial motifs. This shape, with
letters within, suggests the outline of a tombstone. The tree splits into
several branches (perhaps bearing long, slender leaves) on the
right.</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>vine</characteristic>
<characteristic>intertwined</characteristic>
<characteristic>branch</characteristic>
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<characteristic>leaf</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A slender vine twines around the over-arching tree.
Some of the vine's branches bear flowers and/or
leaves.</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>leaf</characteristic>
<characteristic>wind</characteristic>
<characteristic>grain tassel</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>Two open flowers and one bud bloom from the slender
stems of a plant. These flowers may be the pasqueflower (anemone
pulsatilla). They seem to be blown to the left by a gentle wind.
The plant's large leaves bend to the ground. Three stems bearing spiky
leaves, or the remnants of blossoms, or perhaps grain tassels also
grow from the plant.</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>vine</characteristic>
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<characteristic>arching</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A vine or miniature tree arches over the figure seated
and leaning against the B of the word "Book."</illusobjdesc>
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<component type="vegetation" location="AB">
<characteristic>vine</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>Vines or tendrils grow from all four letters of the
word "Book."</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>plant</characteristic>
<characteristic>leaf</characteristic>
<characteristic>flame-like</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>Flame-like leaves spring from the first O of the word
"Book."</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>stamen</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A flower, similar in shape to the much larger ones
below, blooms from the K of the word "Book." Two long stamens curve
upwards from the flower.</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>vine</characteristic>
<characteristic>intertwined</characteristic>
<characteristic>spiral</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>Slender vines twine about the letters of "Thel." Two
form empty spirals.</illusobjdesc>
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<characteristic>female</characteristic>
<characteristic>Thel</characteristic>
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<characteristic>standing</characteristic>
<characteristic>shepherd</characteristic>
<characteristic>arms at side</characteristic>
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<characteristic>gown</characteristic>
<characteristic>hem</characteristic>
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<characteristic>holding</characteristic>
<characteristic>shepherd's crook</characteristic>
<characteristic>facing right</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>Thel, wearing a gown and holding a shepherd's crook,
stands in a delicate contrapposto posture and looks upon the
figures and flowers on the right. Her long hair cascades down her neck,
touching her right shoulder; the hem of her gown curls about her
feet and over the ground.</illusobjdesc> 
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<component type="figure" location="CD">
<characteristic>female</characteristic>
<characteristic>long hair</characteristic>
<characteristic>gown</characteristic>
<characteristic>skirt</characteristic>
<characteristic>hovering</characteristic>
<characteristic>arms raised vertically</characteristic>
<characteristic>legs spread</characteristic>
<characteristic>striding</characteristic>
<characteristic>young</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A youthful female hovers to the left of an open
flower. She wears a gown, or perhaps only a skirt. She raises both arms
above her head as a nude male embraces her waist. Her legs are spread
apart as though she were striding to the left. Strands of her long hair
can be seen left of her right arm and perhaps right of her
torso.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="D">
<characteristic>male</characteristic>
<characteristic>nude</characteristic>
<characteristic>hovering</characteristic>
<characteristic>legs spread</characteristic>
<characteristic>embracing</characteristic>
<characteristic>long hair</characteristic>
<characteristic>holding</characteristic>
<characteristic>young</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A nude, apparently youthful, man hovers to the left of
an open flower and embraces a young woman around her waist. His
legs are spread apart.</illusobjdesc>
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<component type="figure" location="A">
<characteristic>reading</characteristic>
<characteristic>writing</characteristic>
<characteristic>book</characteristic>
<characteristic>tablet</characteristic>
<characteristic>sitting</characteristic>
<characteristic>head bowed</characteristic>
<characteristic>leg extended</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A seated human figure, perhaps reading or writing in
a book or tablet, sits and leans against the vertical of the letter
B in the word "Book."</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="B">
<characteristic>male</characteristic>
<characteristic>shepherd</characteristic>
<characteristic>standing</characteristic>
<characteristic>holding</characteristic>
<characteristic>shepherd's crook</characteristic>
<characteristic>hat</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A human figure, probably male, stands within the
second O of "Book." He wears a hat and holds a shepherd's
crook.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="AC">
<characteristic>male</characteristic>
<characteristic>nude</characteristic>
<characteristic>climbing</characteristic>
<characteristic>seen from behind</characteristic>
<characteristic>young</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A young man, apparently nude, climbs the vertical of
the letter T in "Thel."</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="AC">
<characteristic>female</characteristic>
<characteristic>gown</characteristic>
<characteristic>standing</characteristic>
<characteristic>arms raised vertically</characteristic>
<characteristic>seen from behind</characteristic>
<characteristic>young</characteristic>
<characteristic>facing up</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A gowned young woman stands on the foot of the left
vertical of the letter H in "Thel." She raises both arms above her
head and appears to be facing up.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="AC">
<characteristic>female</characteristic>
<characteristic>gown</characteristic>
<characteristic>standing</characteristic>
<characteristic>arms raised vertically</characteristic>
<characteristic>young</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A gowned young woman stands on the horizontal
of the letter H in "Thel." She raises both arms above her
head.</illusobjdesc>
</component>


<component type="figure" location="CD">
<characteristic>standing</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A very small figure stands just to the right of the
second vertical of the H in "Thel."</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="B">
<characteristic>female</characteristic>
<characteristic>hovering</characteristic>
<characteristic>arms raised horizontally</characteristic>
<characteristic>leg bent at knee</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A figure, possibly female, hovers above the letters E
and L of "Thel." Her legs extend to the left; her arms are raised
horizontally. There may be a small object in her left hand. Her
right leg may be bent at the knee, with the lower leg behind
her.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="figure" location="D">
<characteristic>angel</characteristic>
<characteristic>wing</characteristic>
<characteristic>sitting</characteristic>
<characteristic>book</characteristic>
<characteristic>tablet</characteristic>
<characteristic>reading</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>An angel with large wings sits on the horizontal, and
leans against the vertical, of the letter L of "Thel." The figure
holds a book or tablet.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="animal" location="A">
<characteristic>bird</characteristic>
<characteristic>wing</characteristic>
<characteristic>flying</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A bird, wings extended, soars left of the word "of" in
the title.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="animal" location="B">
<characteristic>bird</characteristic>
<characteristic>wing</characteristic>
<characteristic>flying</characteristic>
<illusobjdesc>A bird, wings extended, soars right of the word "of"
in the title.</illusobjdesc>
</component>

<component type="text" location="AB">
<illusobjdesc>The title words are integrated into the full-page
design.</illusobjdesc>
<transcription>
<lg type="prose">
<l>THE BOOK of THEL</l>
</lg>
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<lg type="prose">
<l n="thel.F.p2.01" justify=center>THE</l>
<l n="thel.F.p2.02" justify=center>BOOK</l> 
<l n="thel.F.p2.03" justify=center>of</l> 
<l n="thel.F.p2.04" justify=center>THEL</l>
</lg>

<lg type="prose">
<l n="thel.F.p2.05" justify=right>
The Author & Printer Will<hi rend="superscript">m</hi> Blake.
1789.</l>
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