Identity area
Reference code
Sikes/A
Unique identifier
GB 275 Sikes/A
Title
Manuscript notebook
Date(s)
- 1890–1910 (Circa) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
176p paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1867-1940)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Contains notes on Martial's life, manuscripts of his works, the epigram, the deity of the emperors, a scheme of lectures, Domitian, religion, Martial's general characteristics, town and country life, and notes takes from H.P. Dodd's 'The epigrammatists' (1870).
Also contains some loose papers, including a printed list headed 'Selections from Martial'.