Adam and Eve; The Ark of Noah
MS. Wind 194
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Adam and Eve; The Ark of Noah
Shelfmark
MS. Wind 194
Summary
Folder 1: Photocopy of Typescript Adam and Eve, c. 1950, with comments by JR [Joyce Reid] and NW [Nigel Wilson]; old version of text, drafts and notes; miscellaneous notes (including a postcard from Ernst Gombrich, 1936); typescript texts and notes relating to the creation of Adam; related photographs. [V. M 25, i-iv; WIND 211]
Folder 2: Notes, typescript texts and photographs relating to the Creation of Eve, Christ's Cross and Adam's Tree, Triad and Tetrad in God the Father; illustrations. [V, M 25, v-viii; WIND 211]
Folder 3: Typescript with notes of The Ark of Noah. A Study in the Symbolism of Michelangelo, 1950; offprints from Measure, Vol. 1 No. 4, 1950; early draft, c. 1948-1950, original footnotes and list of illustrations; photocopy of article with annotations by JR [Joyce Reid], 1988, and others. See also IV, 20, iv. [V, M 26, i; WIND 212]
Folder 4: Photographs and notes relating to the Ark of Noah, including the Noah-Janus altar at Nîmes; miscellaneous notes and earliest drafts ('The Story of Noah'); correspondence with Herbert Friedmann about plant and animal symbolism, 1939-1951. [V, M 26, ii-v; WIND 212]
Date
1936-1988
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Scholarly Papers
Michelangelo
Adam and Eve; The Ark of Noah
