'Homerica', a volume of Homeric studies by E. W. B. Nicholson, Written in 1867-1882
File
MS. Eng. misc. b. 18
Held at the Weston Library
'Homerica', a volume of Homeric studies by E. W. B. Nicholson. The chief items are:
- Fols. 3, 34. letters addressed by Thomas L'Estrange in 1867-8 to E. W. B. Nicholson, continuing a literary controversy commenced between the two in Notes and Queries (1867), 3rd ser. xii. pp. 245, 267, etc., and (fol. 8) a dissertation on the Homeric question addressed by Nicholson to L'Estrange about Jan. 1868
- Fols. 50, 124. notes and statistics as to variations of rhythm in the Homeric poems
- Fol. 64. 'A new line of Homeric research', an unpublished article on metrical tests in Homer
- Fol. 74. manuscript, prepared for the press, of the writer's New Homeric researches, part 1, 'on supposed metrical mimicry in the Homeric poems' (Oxford, 1882), and (fol. 89) four sets of proofs of the same
(fols. 151-end are blank)
Dates
- Creation: Written in 1867-1882
Extent
170 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Multiple languages
- English
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. misc. b. 18
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 36075
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
16 × 11 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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