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Add MS 88871
- Record Id:
- 040-000005514
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000005500
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000356
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88871
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Autograph working draft of Burton's poem 'The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi/A Lay of the Higher Law/', which purported to be a translation from the Persian by 'Frank Baker' (a pseudonym of Burton). Including the poem (in couplets) and the explanatory notes, with many revisions and including matter not in the published version. Written mainly on the recto with corrections on the facing verso.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000005500
036-000005508
040-000005514 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88861-88877 : Burton Manuscripts
Add MS 88866-88874 : Literary and Travel Writings
Add MS 88871 : Autograph working draft of Burton's poem 'The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi/A Lay of the Higher Law/', which purported to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000005500[0003]/036-000005508[0006]/040-000005514
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88861-88877
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1874
- End Date:
- 1884
- Date Range:
- c 1879
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 188 folios. Three parts are in paper wrappers.
- Custodial History:
- Sotheby's, 9 April 1963, lot 563.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)