MS 708 09
Reference code
MS 708 09
Title
John Julius Norwich archive: Typescripts of 'Miscellaneous Articles'
Level
Item
Date
1962-c.1980
Extent & medium
35 articles
Content description
Typescripts of what Norwich called 'Miscellaneous Articles' on their original housing:
1. 'Abu Simbel - A Wonder of the World Condemned'
2. 'The Train Now Leaving'
3. 'Nearly at Jerusalem' (with ms. corrections)
4. 'Sight Unseen: A Story' (with ms. corrections, three copies)
5. 'Notes on a Papal Coronation'
6. 'Something of Byzantium: Mount Athos, a Visit' (with ms. corrections)
7. Untitled article beginning 'A few hundred yards from the Porta Nuova in Palermo stands the convent of the Franciscan friars - the Cappucini'
8. Untitled article beginning 'Here bee dragons, they used to write on old maps when they got to a bit of terra incognita'
9. Untitled article beginning 'There's no doubt about it; the easier it becomes to travel, the harder it is to be a traveller'
10. 'The Normans in the South'
11. 'An Emir Installed' (with ms. corrections)
12. 'On Commonplace Books' (with ms. corrections)
13. Untitled article beginning 'It's a funny thing, television'
14. 'Such Quantities of Sand' (with ms. corrections)
15. 'The Fall of Constantinople'
16. 'The Conquest of Mexico'
17. 'Louise de Vilmorin'
18. 'Roger II of Sicily' (with ms. comment: 'For Encyclopedia Britannica')
19. Untitled article beginning 'There is something unfair about Venice'
20. Untitled article beginning 'People have always painted Venice'
21. 'Operation Heartbreak - Introduction'
22. 'Introduction [to the National Trust]'
23. 'Why I Love Wexford'
24. 'Foreword'
25. Untitled article beginning 'Dear Mr. Raphael'
26. Untitled article beginning 'The island of Sicily is the largest in the Mediterranean'
27. 'Mexico'
28. 'Teotihuacan'
29. 'Yucatan' (with ms. corrections)
30. 'St. Mark's'
31. 'Greece and the Balkans'
32. 'The Carolingian Style'
33. 'Pre-Hispanic Mexico'
34. Untitled article beginning 'Man has not always been a builder'
35. 'Spirit of the Age: The Palladian Legacy'
1. 'Abu Simbel - A Wonder of the World Condemned'
2. 'The Train Now Leaving'
3. 'Nearly at Jerusalem' (with ms. corrections)
4. 'Sight Unseen: A Story' (with ms. corrections, three copies)
5. 'Notes on a Papal Coronation'
6. 'Something of Byzantium: Mount Athos, a Visit' (with ms. corrections)
7. Untitled article beginning 'A few hundred yards from the Porta Nuova in Palermo stands the convent of the Franciscan friars - the Cappucini'
8. Untitled article beginning 'Here bee dragons, they used to write on old maps when they got to a bit of terra incognita'
9. Untitled article beginning 'There's no doubt about it; the easier it becomes to travel, the harder it is to be a traveller'
10. 'The Normans in the South'
11. 'An Emir Installed' (with ms. corrections)
12. 'On Commonplace Books' (with ms. corrections)
13. Untitled article beginning 'It's a funny thing, television'
14. 'Such Quantities of Sand' (with ms. corrections)
15. 'The Fall of Constantinople'
16. 'The Conquest of Mexico'
17. 'Louise de Vilmorin'
18. 'Roger II of Sicily' (with ms. comment: 'For Encyclopedia Britannica')
19. Untitled article beginning 'There is something unfair about Venice'
20. Untitled article beginning 'People have always painted Venice'
21. 'Operation Heartbreak - Introduction'
22. 'Introduction [to the National Trust]'
23. 'Why I Love Wexford'
24. 'Foreword'
25. Untitled article beginning 'Dear Mr. Raphael'
26. Untitled article beginning 'The island of Sicily is the largest in the Mediterranean'
27. 'Mexico'
28. 'Teotihuacan'
29. 'Yucatan' (with ms. corrections)
30. 'St. Mark's'
31. 'Greece and the Balkans'
32. 'The Carolingian Style'
33. 'Pre-Hispanic Mexico'
34. Untitled article beginning 'Man has not always been a builder'
35. 'Spirit of the Age: The Palladian Legacy'
Arrangement
In a box. The articles are divided into '1962-1970' and '1971-', as they were when in their original housing.
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