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Add MS 88931/1/3/28
- Record Id:
- 040-000944285
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000806.0x000077
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1/3/28
- Title:
- 'A Castle and Sixpence: Book Two' (Titus Alone chapters 28-31)
- Scope & Content:
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Autograph manuscript with revisions and notes. Includes fragments of verse: 'My shadow left me as I passed' (f.50) and 'I who was never cradled' (f.52v). There are notes on plot on f.53v. Undated.
Drawings in ink include:
- f.2v: fish;
- f.6: three scenes with bird-like creatures;
- f.7: symbols; reclining figure;
- f.14: two studies for head of boy;
- f.16: female figure drawing at easel;
- ff.17-18: three heads;
- f.19: Muzzlehatch and mule;
- f.20: Maeve?;
- f.21: human with bird-head sat on back of bird;
- f.22: head of bird-like creature in top hat;
- f.23v: margin doodle of female figure in pointed hat;
- f.23: male head;
- f.31: one of the Helmets;
- f.32v: 'Titus For Maeve 1962', title page design;
- f.36: three heads;
- ff.39v-40: abstract sketches of heads and animals;
- f.41: wolves;
- f.47: head;
- f.49: female heads;
- f.49v: large male character in bow-tie;
- f.51v: child's drawings;
- f.52: utensils;
- f.53: whale and bear [drawn by child?];
- ff.53v-54: men in bowler hats; seal wearing crown; yin yang symbols;
- f.54v: herons/storks.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930
037-000897931
040-000944285 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/3/28 : 'A Castle and Sixpence: Book Two' (Titus Alone chapters 28-31) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930[0003]/037-000897931[0029]/040-000944285
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1962
- Date Range:
- c 1956-1962
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: hard-bound volume.
Dimensions: 210mm x 142mm.
Foliation: ff.ii+54.
- Former External References:
- UCL ref: MS ADD 234 7(i)B
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)