Papers relating to Lawrence's study of castles in France and Syria and notes for his BA thesis
MS. Eng. c. 6743
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Papers relating to Lawrence's study of castles in France and Syria and notes for his BA thesis
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 6743
Summary
Including:
(fols. 1- 20) an exercise book with pencil notes by T.E. Lawrence on different castles, with two pages written in ink by L.C. Jane (Oxford tutor), n.d.
(fols. 22-79) pencil and ink drawings of different views of fortifications by Lawrence and Cyril F.C. Beeson (many are copied from M.Viollet-le-Duc, Dictionnaire Raisonné de l'Architecture Française du XIe au XVI Siècle(Paris 1854-68) , including (fols. 22-36) drawings of Carcassonne, 1906-8, and (fols. 43-7) Coucy, 1906-8
(fols. 80-98) holograph notes for part of Lawrence's thesis , n.d.
(fols. 99-117) galley proofs of Crusader Castles heavily annotated with explanatory notes and correction notes by A.W. Lawrence, 1936
Date
c.1906-36, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
120 Leaves
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Collection contents
Papers of T.E. Lawrence and A.W. Lawrence
Correspondence and papers of T.E. Lawrence, with some related papers
Literary papers and manuscripts
Papers relating to Crusader Castles
Papers relating to Lawrence's study of castles in France and Syria and notes for his BA thesis
