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Embryological chart for "Oxen of the Sun" episode of Ulysses, 1920

 Item — mapcase folder: 1

Scope and Contents

1 large leaf. Drawn on one side of a leaf of wove paper are nine numbered ovals of different sizes representing the monthly stages of gestation. The ovals are in red ink, beginning with the smallest almost at the lower edge of the page, each successive oval including its predecessors, the last almost reaching the top of the page. At the apices of seven of the ovals are notations about the related stage in fetal development, written in ink in James Joyce's hand. The apex of the sixth oval is distinguished by a star in red ink. In the upper left corner in a large parenthesis is the notation "Oxen of the Sun." Scholes 58.

Scope and Contents

Also includes annotations and transcription.

Dates

  • 1920

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

5.7 cubic feet. (5.7 cubic feet.)

1 mapcase folders. (1 mapcase folders.)

3 microfilm reels. (3 microfilm reels.)

Physical Description

genreform: AM

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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