Photocopy of a cartoon of Oxford University B.Litt. examiners said to be drawn by C.S. Lewis
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 7556, fol. 96
Held at the Weston Library
In the cartoon, the chief examiner, with spectacles and a walrus moustache, is Percy Simpson. The others are unidentified. A list of names in the left margin refers to 1934 B. Litt. students. Some of the names are incorrectly spelt and not in Lewis’s hand. A Latin inscription, ‘ET PROPTER VIVAM VIVENDI PERDERE CAVSAS’, is a variation on Juvenal, Satire 8 [‘vivam’ for ‘vitam’].
Dates
- Jun 1934
Extent
1 leaf
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 7556, fol. 96
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 9476
Abstract
Photocopy of a cartoon of Oxford University B.Litt. examiners said to be drawn by C.S. Lewis, Jun 1934
Biographical / Historical
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a writer and scholar. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photocopy passed to Western Manuscripts by Oxford University Archives, 14 Oct 2011
- Title
- Photocopy of a cartoon of Oxford University B.Litt. examiners said to be drawn by C.S. Lewis
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Harriet Costelloe
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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