BIB_ID
81672
Accession number
MA 3473
Display Date
[ca. 1893-1894].
Credit line
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr., 1975.
Description
1 item (49 (of 60) leaves) ; 29 x 17.2 cm
Notes
Dating and location of writing from previous cataloging.
William Morris's translation of Beowulf was printed at the Kelmscott Press, 1895.
Written on the rectos of 49 pages (numbered 1-5, 11-39, and 46-60); the final leaves (beyond p. 60) are apparently not present.
William Morris's translation of Beowulf was printed at the Kelmscott Press, 1895.
Written on the rectos of 49 pages (numbered 1-5, 11-39, and 46-60); the final leaves (beyond p. 60) are apparently not present.
Provenance
Gift of Mr. John M. Crawford, Jr., in 1975.
Summary
Being the incomplete autograph manuscript draft of a translation of Beowulf made by A.J. Wyatt for the guidance of William Morris. Including parenthetical explanations of the more obscure terms of phrase and kennings, and with corrections and revisions by the translator throughout.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (30.5 cm)
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