Identificatie
referentie code
TRER/29/9
Titel
Notebook with verse and prose on the subject of Siddhartha
Datum(s)
- 1910s-1920s? (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
"Museum Note Book" by Clarke & Davies, 38 Museum St WC., cover missing. 32 ff., lined pages.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
Extracts copied by Trevelyan from Layamon's "Brut"; blank verse retelling of the story of Siddhartha; "Everyman, Scene I" with characters Worldly Wiseman and Fight-the-good-fight, both on recto with corrections and additions on facing page.
From the back of the book inwards: extracts from the "Buddha Carita or the Life of the Buddha", translated by E. B. Cowell, on Siddhartha's 'Four Sights' [unlike Trevelyan's hand, and possibly copied out by Gordon Luce?]; retelling of Siddhartha's story in rhyming verse, on recto with corrections and additions on facing page.