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Add MS 88931/1/3/8
- Record Id:
- 040-000897951
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000147.0x00035e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/8
- Title:
- 'Continuation of Book Seven. Goremenghast' (Titus Groan chapters 57-59)
- Scope & Content:
-
Revised autograph manuscript, in ink, entitled 'The Breakfast (Continued)'. Notebook mostly contains the reveries of the different characters present at 'The Breakfast'. First leaf inscribed 'Occupational Therapy June [?]10th 1942 ! Southport'. On f.21v inscribed 'END OF BOOK ONE - (at last) Southport July 24th 1942'.
Also contains:
- f.13v: list of various projects;
- drafts of poems: 'Now is the month of maying' (f.12v) and 'Curl up in the great window seat' (back cover);
- ff.22v-23: drawings of musical scales and notes.
Drawings in ink include:
- f.1v: sketch of 'The Breakfast' with characters sat around the table;
- f.10v: detailed drawing of male figure [self-portrait?];
- f.12: male head;
- f.12v: head [Maeve?];
- f.13: two studies of a male head;
- f.20: cartoon-like drawing of male in suit, carrying walking stick.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000897951 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/8 : 'Continuation of Book Seven. Goremenghast' (Titus Groan chapters 57-59) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0008]/040-000897951
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- c 10 Jun 1942-24 Jul 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: soft-bound volume.
Dimensions: 200mm x 156mm.
Foliation: ff.iii+23.
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 2 (vii)
- Information About Copies:
- Digital images (made by the British Library in 2012) of this entire volume are available to consult in the Manuscripts Reading Room - please see staff for details
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)