Photocopy of a cartoon of Oxford University B.Litt. examiners said to be drawn by C.S. Lewis
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
- Creation: Jun 1934
Extent
1 leaf
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 7556, fol. 96].
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
Subject
- 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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