Gavin, thanks for your persistence and bibliographical expertise, I'll
print your info. and keep it for my heirs to follow up; your discovery
seems to constitute valuable primary bibliographical facts--valuable at the
very least for the Arthur-Marotti reception type of study. You must publish
it somewhere. (By the way, "Juvat meminisse" is a quote from Aeneas's
pep-talk to his followers beached at Carthage in Aeneid I--"Forsan et haec
meminisse juvabit"--though perhaps "Juvat meminisse ANYTHING" had become
less a comfort in distress than a slogan for makers of commonplace books
and followers of the art of memory.) Roger Kuin, would Sidney Newsletter be
interested in Gavin's note? Anne, would SpStud under "Gleanings"?At 01:16
PM 7/13/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Germaine
>
>No, Christie's didn't photograph the MS for their catalogue, or the
>website, presumably because they really did think it wasn't that interesting.
>
>As far as I can tell, though perhaps others know otherwise, Christie's
>doesn't publish lists of purchasers, and will only release names with
>permission. An enquiry to Christie's might be passed on to the purchaser I
>suppose. I may try that in due course if we don't hear who bought it.
>
>Gavin
>
>
>At 10:50 12/07/00 -0400, Germaine Warkentin wrote:
>>Gavin, I checked the Christie's site, but there is no photo of the hand
>>in the Sidney Psalms manuscript. Do you have any idea if one could get
>>access to such a photo? Henry W. has seen a lot of hands in the period
>>and might be able to identify it, and of course I am pretty familiar
>>with the hands in and about the family papers in Maidstone. It would be
>>fascinating to try and trace it. Best, Germaine
>>--
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>>Germaine Warkentin // [log in to unmask]
>>English (Emeritus), Victoria College, University of Toronto,
>>73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, Ont. M5S 1K7, Canada
>>Fax: (416) 585-4584 (Attn. G. Warkentin)
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