  The first high-resolution optical spectra of QY Sge are presented and
discussed. Menzies & Whitelock (1988) on the basis of photometry and
low-resolution spectra suggested that this G0I supergiant was obscured by dust
and seen only by scattered light from a circumstellar reflection nebula. The
new spectra confirm and extend this picture. Photospheric lines are unusually
broad indicating scattering of photons from dust in the stellar wind. Presence
of very broad Na D emission lines is confirmed. Sharp emission lines from low
levels of abundant neutral metal atoms are reported for the first time. An
abundance analysis of photospheric lines shows that the stellar atmosphere is
of approximately solar composition but with highly condensible (e.g., Sc and
Ti) elements depleted by factors of 5 to 10.
