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Add MS 45746

Record Id:
032-002018612
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002018612
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45746
Title:

THE ROBERT STEELE GIFT (Continued) Add. MS. 45746 supplements Add. MSS. 45338-45353, 45407-45412, 52332, 52333, and like them was presented by Robert Steele, Esq., Litt.D., literary executor to Miss May Morris.

45746. WILLIAM MORRIS PAPERS. Vol. XXIII (ff. 242). Correspondence of May Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon, Icelandic scholar, relating to the preparation of The Collected Works of William Morris, vols. vii and viii, 1911. For some other related correspondence, 1910-1911, see also Add. MS. 45347, ff. 11-43b passim.

(1) Notes and corrections by Eiríkr Magnússon on the text of Morris's 'Journals of Travels in Iceland, 1871, 1873', those for 1873 (ff. 41-54) being fair copies by May Morris. For the notes, cf. Collected Works, viii, pp. 237- 251. Morris's autograph MSS. of the journals are now Add. MSS. 45319. ff. 1-54.

(2) Draft by May Morris of her introduction to Morris's translation of Grettis Saga ('The Story of Grettir the Strong'), with annotations by Eiríkr Magnússon. Cf. ibid., vii, pp. xv-xx, 237-240. Followed (ff. 76-89) by some related correspondence, Jan. 1911, and notes. ff. 55-89.

(3) 'Völsunga Saga: The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs.' Printed sheets of the original edition of Morris's and Magnússon's translation (ed. H. H. Sparling, Camelot series, 1888) corrected and annotated by Magnússon. Cf. ibid., vii, pp. 283-485. ff. 90-242.

Scope & Content:

Iceland: rel.to W. Morris's and E. Magnússon's translations from Icelandic, 1910-1911.

includes:

  • ff. 1-40, 41-54 (copies, by May Morris) Eiríkr Magnússon, Icelandic scholar: Annotations, etc., on W. Morris, 'Journals of Travels in Iceland: 1871, 1873', 1910-1911.
  • ff. 1-54 Voyages and Travels: E. Magnússon; notes rel. to W. Morris's Iceland journals (1871-1873).: 1910-1911.
  • ff. 1-54 William Morris, poet and artist: Notes, etc. on his Iceland Journals of 1871 and 1873;: 1910-1911.
  • ff. 55-74 May Morris, alias Mary; daughter of William Morris: Introduction to her father's 'The Story of Grettir the Strong': 1911.: Autogr. draft.
  • ff. 76, 78, 80 Eiríkr Magnússon, Icelandic scholar: Letters to Miss M. Morris: 1910-1911.
  • ff. 86-89 William Morris, poet and artist: Article rel. to: 1896.: Printed.
  • ff. 86-89 Eiríkr Magnússon, Icelandic scholar: Article on W. Morris: 1896.: Printed.
  • ff. 90-229 William Morris, poet and artist: 'Völsunga Saga': 1888.: Printed.
  • ff. 90-242 Eiríkr Magnússon, Icelandic scholar: 'Völsunga Saga', 1888. Printed, with autogr. corrections, etc.: 1910-1911.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy:
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1871
End Date:
1911
Date Range:
1871-1911
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Robert Reynolds Steele, LittD; mediaevalist: Presented: in 1939, 1941.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Magnússon, Eiríkr, Icelandic scholar
Morris, Mary, designer and craftswoman, called May, 1862-1938
Morris, William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-1896
Steele, Robert Reynolds, LittD, mediaevalist
Places:
Iceland, Europe