BIB_ID
195452
Accession number
MA 14937
Creator
France, Anatole, 1844-1924, author.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 35.1 x 22.4 cm
Notes
A page from a manuscript draft of France's "L'Ile des Pingouins" (Paris, 1908), from the beginning of chapter VI, "Une assemblée au Paradis", wherein the saints argue about the legitimacy of baptism among the penguins; with extensive corrections and deletions.
Text begins: Il est nul, dit Patrick.
Mounted on leaf removed from an album.
Text begins: Il est nul, dit Patrick.
Mounted on leaf removed from an album.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
A dialogue between Saint Patrick and Saint Gal about the appropriateness of baptizing penguins. There is a discussion comparing baptism and the sacrament of marriage.
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