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Record Id:

040-000897993

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-000897929

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000147.0x00037a

LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 88931/1/3/18

Title:

'Titus' (Gormenghast chapters 38-50)

Scope & Content:

Autograph manuscript in ink, with authorial revisions. Dated 2 April 1949, 6.25am, Sark. At the end of the manuscript there are:

nonsense poems with accompanying illustrations: 'Have a pear' (f.71v) and 'Little spider' (f.72);
character notes on Titus, Fuchsia, the Cockatrice and Steerpike (f.77v);
'Abstract ideas' (f.78);
'Notes on Titus characters - ideas etc' (f.79);
list of possible titles.

There are doodles, sketches and character drawings in ink throughout, including:

f.2: Titus;
f.4: margin doodle of beaked creature;
f.4v: Barquentine sat on chair;
f.5: framed picture of bird; Barquentine on crutch, tree in foreground, castle in distance;
f.6: small sketch of short-legged horse with headpiece;
f.7v: male head [Titus?];
f.8: Steerpike holding burning wick;
f.8v: margin doodle, appears to be tribal mask;
f.9v: horizontally elongated Chinese face wearing curved hat;
f.10v: margin doodle of female figure with arms raised;
f.12: margin doodle: shaved head;
f.15: falling donkey;
f.15v: male tribal figure;
f.16v: palm tree;
f.23: figure with arms folded;
f.23v: Flay with long hair and long beard, sat among foliage;
f.24: male head [the Poet?];
f.24v: margin doodle with face and upper torso made up of tribal markings;
f.25: winged and beaked creatures dancing on head of baby; head of man in pointed hat;
f.27: Flay under tree, in ink; and in profile, in crayon;
f.30: line drawing of female in deckchair;
f.33: margin doodle, head of boy in pointed hat;
f.33v: margin doodle of winged object;
f.36: Flay;
f.37v: dagger;
f.41v: cat;
f.44: appears to be figure of child;
f.47: male figure with head of horse;
f.48: baby;
f.49v: stylised doodle of figure holding mask; interior scene looking through door;
f.50v: margin doodle of figure at foot of tall building;
f.51v: figure holding bird, tree in background;
f.55: bearers carrying blindfolded Titus in sedan chair on bamboo poles;
f.62: hand holding baby;
f.64: sketch of paved environment? [subject unclear];
f.67: two heads of baby;
f.68: monkey riding mule;
f.69: large drawing of male head;
f.70: baby;
f.74: sketch of title page, 'The Boy';
f.77: line drawing of man with moustache wearing hat;
f.79v: doodle of head wearing helmet;
f.80: doodle of duck.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000897993

Is part of:

Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series

Add MS 88931/1/3/18 : 'Titus' (Gormenghast chapters 38-50)

Hierarchy:

032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0018]/040-000897993

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1949

End Date:

1949

Date Range:

Apr 1949-Jun 1949

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Materials: hard-bound volume.

Dimensions: 335mm x 213mm.

Foliation: ff.i+80.

Former External References:

UCL ref: MS ADD 234 Box III(iv)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)