| King's/PP/GS contains: |
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| 1 |
Biographical writings |
| 2 |
Journals |
| 3 |
Lectures, papers and presentations |
| 4 |
Calligraphy |
| 5 |
Correspondence |
| 6 |
Maps |
| 7 |
Photographs |
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The Papers of George Salt
| Title |
Calligraphy |
| Reference |
GS/4 |
| Creator |
Salt, George |
| Covering Dates |
1934–1998 |
| Extent and Medium |
3 boxes; paper, parchment and vellum |
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| Content and context |
This series comprises three boxes of self-set exercises in calligraphic handwriting, with marginal decorations, illustrations and contextual information. |
| King's/PP/GS/4 contains: |
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1
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'Handwriting 1'. This file contains exercises in handwriting comprising the following:. - Bacon, Of Truth. - Bacon, Of Gardens. - Exercise, Psalm 23. - Exercise, Psalm 27. - Exercise, Psalm 24. - Exercise, Psalms 1 and 6. - Addison, Sir Roger at Church. - Exercise, Psalm 130. - Exercise, Knyght of the Towre. - Exercise, A.N. Whitehead. - Exercise, A.E. Housman. - Draft, Cambridge to Athens. - Draft, Seneca to Lucilius. - Leopardi, Sempre caro. - Experiment, Newton, Faraday. - Draft, Cecil Warburton. - Two menus, D. and J. Stockdale. - Exercise, Erasmus on Scarabeus. - Hieronymus, Ad Marcellam. - Wengen diary, discarded sheet. - Experiment, split quill. - Experiment, reed pen. - Experiment, writing with grasses. - Experiment, Demotic with Juncus. - Experiment, Hieratic with Juncus. - Experiment, Old Hieratic. - Catalogue of ms. books, discarded leaves. - Psalms as sent to Abdelhak Atamnia. - Experiment, palm leaf pen. - Inscription in book for King and Queen of Spain. - Menu, P. and S. Wilkinson. - Birthday card, Mother 95.
38 items in box; paper. |
1934–1988 |
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2
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'Handwriting 2'. This file contains exercises in handwriting comprising the following:. - The Intercession. - Of Gardens, last page. - B.R. Gibbs, To a Country Boy. - Ballad: King John and the Abbot of Canterbury. - King's College, Address to the Visitor. - Soc. Exp. Biol., Address to Roy. Soc. - Kalendarium Familiae Salt, Jan. Febr. - A.N. Whitehead, scientists (on parchment). - C.S. Lewis, Ptolemaic Universe (on vellum). - George Salt, six cursive hands, 1927-1977. - Incipits of the Psalms. - T. Werken, Augustinus (Fragment 2). - Exeter scribe, Gregory. - Hilarius, de Trinitate (reed on parchment). - Gregory, Dialogues (Fragment VI). - Missal, 17-18 Febr., XI cent. (Fragment XIV). - Eugenius, Vox Filomela. - Pseudo-Caedmon, Genesis U.1-11 (on vellum).
21 items in box; paper, parchment and vellum. |
1938–1979 |
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3
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'Handwriting 3'. This file contains exercises in handwriting, some in photocopy form only. They comprise the following: . - Byrhtwold's speech (on vellum). - Sanskrit syllabary. - News from Newnham, 1968, Strachey, punting. - News from Newnham, 1973, Kitchens. - Faiths and Scripts, The Baeatitudes. - Faiths and Scripts, Codex Alexandrinus. - Faiths and Scripts, Old Slavonic. - Faiths and Scripts, Buddha, last words. - Faiths and Scripts, Hieratic. - Faiths and Scripts, Li Shu. - Faiths and Scripts, Title page, vol. 2. - Chaucer, Parlement of Foules, U.1-21. - Herrick, To Blossoms. - Handwriting about Gardens, Contents. - Kalendarium Familiae Salt. - Michael, First Poems. - For lantern slides. - Tennyson, The Eagle. - Byhtwold, for Arlasez. - Menu, C. Morris. - Byhtwold, for Miyazaki. - Birthday card, Barbara White. - Menu, L.P. Wilkinson. - Bhagavad Gita, for Arlasez. - List of members, Bibliog. Soc. - Menu, K.C. Dixon. - Menu, R.E. Macpherson. - Catalogue of collection of handwriting.
27 items in box; paper. |
1981–1998 |
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