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114 James Joyce's Manuscripts and Letters
front cover. Many entries crossed through with blue, orange,
green, or red crayon. "R" on recto of back flyleaf. 58
Dating: ca. 1922-29.
VI. B. 25. FINNEGANS WAKE: HOLOGRAPH WORKBOOKS
Tablet, Joyce's hand in pencil. (Notebook started at both ends; many
pages written on upside down.)
Title: No title.
Collation: No covers, 13 leaves of unruled paper 59 (many leaves torn
from tablet), stapled: all pages written on. Approx. 21 x 13.2 cm.
Other Markings: "ACA" in red crayon on p. [26]. Many entries
crossed through with red, green, or blue crayon.
Dating: ca. 1922-29.
VI. B. 26. FINNEGANS WAKE: HOLOGRAPH WORKBOOKS
Notebook, Joyce's hand in pencil. (A number of entries not in Joyce's
hand.) 60
Title: No title.
Collation: Black cloth covers; insides of boards, front and back flyleaves
blue. Verso of front flyleaf, verso of back flyleaf written
on. 91 leaves of ruled paper with red and blue vertical lines (last
leaf torn from notebook), stapled: 137 pages written on, 45 pages
blank. 24.9 x approx. 9.3 cm.
Other Markings: Many entries crossed through with blue crayon.
Dating: ca. 1922-29 (probably 1925-29). 61
Notes: A number of pages are filled with French-Dutch vocabulary.
58 See MS. VI. C. 16., pp. [66-231], for a transcription by Joyce's amanuensis
of the entries in this MS. which were not crossed through with colored
crayon.
59 I have counted only the complete leaves in my page numbering.
60 See MS. VI. C. 10., pp. [59-168], for a transcription by Joyce's amanuensis
of the entries in this MS. which were not crossed through with colored
c rayon.
61 See p. [81] of MS., "holy year (1925)".