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Add MS 59866
- Record Id:
- 032-001998336
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998336
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x000262
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59866
- Title:
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GEORGE ELIOT'S BLOTTER: folding writing-case containing six columns of writing in George Eliot's hand; 1868-1869. The text comprises mainly an anthology of passages in Greek, Latin, Italian, French, German and English, but also includes a list of projected themes for poems. For a detailed discussion of the contents, together with a transcription and reproduction of the text, see D. Waley, George Eliot's Blotter, A Commonplace-Book (1980). Owned by the Lewes family until purchased of Mr R. K. Nuttall, 16 March 1977.
Paper; ff. 2. 265 x 435mm. The writing-case is bound in black leather and bears the name of its makers Partridge and Cooper Ltd., of 192 Fleet Street.
- Scope & Content:
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Commonplace Books: Marian Cross, née Evans; alias 'George Eliot'; novelist: Commonplace blotter by Marian Cross: 1868-1869.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998336
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998336
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1868
- End Date:
- 1869
- Date Range:
- 1868-1869
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cross, Mary Ann, novelist, pen name George Eliot, 1819-1880