Item 50 - Translations of Martial and Archilochus, by H. F. Wilson

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Reference code

Add. MS b/50

Title

Translations of Martial and Archilochus, by H. F. Wilson

Date(s)

  • 1959 (Creation)
  • 1886-1891 (Creation)

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Item

Extent and medium

5 loose sheets (with two accompanying letters).

Context area

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift from Sir Dennis Roberton, Wilson's nephew, in 1959 (as per accompanying letter to the Librarian, 24 Aug 1959)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Translations of six poems by Martial and one by Archilochus, with dates and places of composition and publication. Letter from [Andrew Sydenham] Farrar [Gow] to Dennis Robertson, 23 Aug 1959, advising him to offer the pieces to Trinity College Library,read more

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