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VI.J.10.
*VI.J.10 [IX.A.2]: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Miscellaneous Manuscripts: Reading Notes from The History of Hitchin (1929):
Material Description and Collation: The manuscript consists of 8 sheets of double-spaced typewritten top (original) black ribbon copy; the versos are blank.
Titles: The collection of notes is headed as follows: p. [1]: "The History of Hitchin." and "The Manor.", the title of book's first chapter; p. [3]: "The Church"; p. [4]: "The Priory."; p. [5]: "The Poor."; p. [6]: "The Highways and Byways."; p. [7]: "Merchants of Bristol."; and p. [8]: "Pirates.".
Measurements: The manuscript measures 20.9 x 27.0 cm.
Pagination: As the only continuation of notes from a previous page, p. [2] is numbered "- 2 -"; the other sheets are not numbered.
Contents: The manuscript contains notes prepared for Joyce from Reginald L. Hine's The History of Hitchin (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1927). The extracts are preceded by the page numbers from Hine's book. Joyce transcribed the notes from here in Buffalo Finnegans Wake notebook MS VI.B.29.126(f)–127(c).
Dating: This typed extract of notes was probably prepared for Joyce in mid 1929.
Other Markings: There are additions on pp. [3] and [4] in black ink.
Publication: This manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 3.394–401. Also see The ‘Finnegans Wake’ Notebooks at Buffalo VI.B.29, edited by Vincent Deane, Daniel Ferrer, and Geert Lernout, particularly pp. 8, 125, and 126.
Notes: There is a perforation in the upper left corners of all the sheets, where the sheets were held together by a fastener; the fastener has been removed for conservation purposes and is no longer with the manuscript. There is light foxing on all of the sheets and rust stains from a paper clip on p. [7].
