Identity area
Reference code
HOUG/B/N/5/4
Title
Translation of Thomas Moore's Oft, in the Stilly Night, into Latin verse by Robert O. A. Milnes
Date(s)
- 2 Nov. 1872 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 sheet.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
With letter from J. R. M. Butler to [C.R.?] Dodwell, explaining that Lady Crewe has suggested this letter from his father [H. M. Butler] 'might be added to the other Houghton papers'. The date on this letter is 14 May 1931 but this seems questionable.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
First line 'Nocte mihi ferro blandum suadente soporem...' The piece does not appear to have been marked, as might be expected for schoolwork.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- Latin