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Compositions for prizes at school and at University by E. W. B. Nicholson: 'Compositions for prizes at Oxford, 1868-71', Written in 1864-1871 by E. W. B. Nicholson

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MS. Eng. misc. d. 52
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Compositions for prizes at school and at University by E. W. B. Nicholson: 'Compositions for prizes at Oxford, 1868-71'. The compositions are:

  1. Fols. 2, 42. two unsuccessful English poems for the Newdigate prize, 1868 and 1871 (the latter afterwards printed in the writer's The Christ-Child, London, 1877)
  2. Fols. 14, 34. two compositions for the Gaisford Greek verse prize, 1869 and 1871, that for 1871 being the prize poem
  3. Fol. 22. unsuccessful essay for the Gaisford Greek prose prize, 1871

Dates

  • Creation: Written in 1864-1871 by E. W. B. Nicholson

Extent

52 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • Multiple languages
  • English
  • Greek, Modern (1453-)
  • Latin

Shelfmark

MS. Eng. misc. d. 52

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. 36109

Physical Facet

On paper

Dimensions

9 1/2 × 8 in.

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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