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Ulysses 41
V. A. ll. ULYSSES HOLOGRAPH MSS.: OXEN OF THE SUN
Notebook, 14 Joyce's hand in ink. Many corrections; numerous insertions
and additions in ink and pencil on versos and in margins of
rectos, Joyce's hand.
Title: "Oxen / of / the / Sun / I" written in ink, Joyce's hand, on
white paper label pasted on front cover.
Collation: Lavender paper covers detached from notebook. 10 leaves
of unruled paper, stapled: 19 pages written on, 1 page blank. 23.8 x
19.6 cm.
Pagination: Rectos numbered 1-10 in margins in pencil, Joyce's hand.
Contents: Draft of approximately first quarter of "Oxen of the Sun"
(Episode XIV, RH 377-386.39). Versos and wide margins of rectos
used for insertions and additions.
Other Markings: Name of stationer is printed on label on front cover,
"L. Smolars & Nipote—Trieste." Colored crayon markings: orange
crayon markings appear on all pages (except verso of p. 10, which
is blank); on p. 2 some words in margin are crossed through with
blue crayon.
Dating: October 1919—June 1920, during Joyce's post-World War I
stay in Trieste.
Notes: This is an early draft. The MS. is at the same stage of development
as MS. V. A. 12. 15
MS. begins, "By no pomp of pride or mark of mightiness is the
wellbeing of a people more surely proven than by Us- tribute of
solicitude ..."
MS. ends, "... and well met they were, said Dixon, but by my
troth, better were they named Beau Mount and Lecher for of"
V. A. 12. ULYSSES HOLOGRAPH MSS.: OXEN OF THE SUN
Notebook, 16 Joyce's hand in ink and pencil. Many corrections; numerous
insertions and additions in ink and pencil on versos, margins
of rectos, and on inside of front cover, Joyce's hand.
14 Slocum & Cahoon, item E 5. b. vii.; La Hune, item 258 A.
15 The eight "Oxen of the Sun" MSS. in this collection represent two different
stages in the development of the episode. MSS. V. A. 11. and V. A. 12. are
early drafts. Probably Joyce divided the episode into four parts at this point,
since each of the MSS. represents about 11 pages of the 45-page episode. MSS.
V. A. 13., 14., 15., 16., 17., 18. are late drafts. Probably Joyce divided the
episode into ten parts at this point, since each of the MSS. represents about
4V2 pages of the 45-page episode.
16 Slocum & Cahoon, item E. 5. b. viii.; La Hune, item 258 B.