Item 146 - J. Enoch Powell: "Collation of Thucydides MS. Canonici 48"

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS c/146

Title

J. Enoch Powell: "Collation of Thucydides MS. Canonici 48"

Date(s)

  • June 1932 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 vol. with 1 folded sheet and 1 sheet laid in loose

Context area

Name of creator

(1912-1998)

Biographical history

John Enoch Powell was born in 1912, the son of Albert Enoch Powell, a schoolmaster. Powell won a scholarship to King Edward's School in Birmingham and in 1930 entered Trinity College as an Entrance Scholar. In 1933 he graduated with a first class inread more

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Provenance unknown.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

One of 48 notebooks, Add.MS.c.113-150, used for Powell's edition of Thucydides published in 1942. Collation of Canonicianus Bodleianus 48, with 1 sheet of notes laid in loose, and a printed 'Bodleian Library Instructions to Readers'.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

See also other classical papers of John Enoch Powell, Add.Ms.b.90-96, and Add.Ms.c.113-116, 118-151, 244, all of which are linked from the collection level record linked below.

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Notes area

Note

Title from cover label.

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