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Ulysses 45
V. A. 16. ULYSSES HOLOGRAPH MSS.: OXEN OF THE SUN
Notebook, 17 Joyce's hand in ink. Some corrections; some insertions
and additions in ink and pencil on versos and in margins of rectos
in Joyce's hand.
Title: "VI" written in orange crayon on printed label on front cover
("Quaderno di. . ."). "(6)" in orange crayon appears in upper left
corner of p. 1.
Collation: Tan paper covers. 10 leaves of ruled paper, stapled: 7
pages written on, 13 pages blank. 20.3 x 14.8 cm.
Pagination: Rectos of leaves 2-6 numbered 1-5 in margins in pencil,
Joyce's hand.
Contents: Draft of a small section of "Oxen of the Sun" (Episode XIV,
RH 391.31—395.6). Versos and margins of rectos used for insertions
and additions.
Other Markings: Text of all rectos crossed through with orange
crayon. (On back cover a weekly class schedule and a multiplication
table are printed.)
Dating: October 1919-June 1920.
Notes: The text of this MS. is a later draft of pp. 15-19 of MS. V. A.
12. MS. V. A. 16. is of the same time and stage of development as
MSS. V. A. 13., 14., 15., 17., 18. It is a late draft; the published
version follows this draft closely; correspondence in texts can be
seen paragraph by paragraph.
MS. begins, "With this came up Lenehan to the hither and feet
of the table to say how the letter ..."
MS. ends, "... which was the occasion of the composing by a
boatswain of the famous seachanty:
Pope Peter's but a pissabed.
A man's a man for a' that."
*V. A. 17. ULYSSES HOLOGRAPH MSS.: OXEN OF THE SUN
Notebook, Joyce's hand in ink. Some corrections; insertions and additions
in ink and pencil on versos and in margins of rectos,
Joyce's hand.
17 Slocum & Cahoon, item E. 5. b. ix.; La Hune, item 258 C.