Work on Livy, 1939 - 1992
Scope and Contents
Files labelled ‘Livy work, as follows:
1. ‘Livy work’ [lists of textual variants] with letter from A McDonald 13.7.1966.;
2. ‘Early editions’ [lists of textual variants with AD’s notes];
3. Envelope dated 1948 with lists of textual variants with AD’s annotations;
4. Correspondence and notes about work on manuscripts in France, Germany and possibly Spain, 1939-49;
5. Correspondence and notes 1949-51, including A H McDonald ‘The manuscripts of Livy’s fourth decade’;
6. Correspondence and notes 1966-92;
7. Phillipps Manuscript 8336. Offered for sale by William H Robinson Ltd. London (no date).
In addition, three letters re Livy MSS and text (from AH McDonald, WO Hassall & D Robinson) all 1939. (These were passed to the archive by DJ Thompson July 2006).
Also: blue exercise book [containing work on Livy] with lists of textual variants, notes and a letter from Alex McDonald 29 December 1953 tucked inside; loose British Museum Readers’ Card and slips for works consulted [works on Livy], 1939-40; and 1 page Report of Work (on Livy), undated.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 1992
Creator
- From the Fonds: Duke, Alison, 1915 - 2005 (classicist) (Person)
Extent
1 archive box(es) (1 box) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Duke, Alison
Finding aid date
2008-06-05 09:42:31+00:00
Repository Details
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