V.A.10
Partial Draft of the “Nausicaa” (13) Episode (1920)1
Material Description and Collation
The manuscript is a copybook in Joyce’s hand in black ink, with pencil additions and/or revisions on pp. [1v], [2v], [3r], [4r]–[6r], [9r], [11r], [11v], [12r], [14r], [15r], [16r], [17r], [18v] and [19r]. It consists of 20 leaves (40 pages) of unlined paper, of which 37 pages are inscribed and 3 are blank: pp. [13v], [15v] and [20v].
As manufactured, the copybook was held together with 2 metal staples in the center vertical fold; they were removed for conservation purposes and the manuscript was disbound. It has a heavier stock paper cover, the front cover recto and back cover verso of which are red colored, whereas the front cover verso and back cover recto are tan. A blank white paper label with an orange ornamental border printed on it is pasted on the front cover recto. The cover and each sheet were cleaned, de-acidified and individually encapsulated in February 1988.
Measurements
Each leaf measures 20.6 x 16.5 cm.
Pagination
Joyce foliated the rectos of each leaf “1)”–”20)” in pencil in the left margins, usually in the bottom corner; the remaining pages are not numbered. The next copybook in this draft continues the text here in mid sentence and is foliated “21)”–”28)” and the last copybook is foliated “29)”–”35)”.
Contents
The manuscript is the first part of the earliest extant complete draft of the “Nausicaa” episode of Ulysses . The draft is continued in 2 further copybooks: Cornell, item 56.
The text on each page of this manuscript is as follows:
| MS V.A.10 Page | Corresponding Text on the Later Rosenbach “Nausicaa” Manuscript | Ulysses Text 1922 (1992) / 1986 |
|---|---|---|
| p. [1r]: “1” | pp. “1”–”2″ | [331.01]–22 / 13.0001–0022 |
| p. [1v] | See pp. “2”–”3″ | 332.04–332.08 / 13.0030–0035 |
| p. [2r]: “2” | pp. “2”–”3″ | [331.22]–332.24 / 13.0022–0052 |
| p. [2v] | p. “3” | 332.36–37 / 13.0064–0065 |
| p. [3r]: “3” | pp. “3”–”5″ | 332.24–333.19 / 13.0052–0084 |
| p. [3v] | See pp. “5”–”6″ | Additional texts for p. [4r] |
| p. [4r]: “4” | pp. “5”–”6″ | 333.19–334.16 / 13.0084–0120 |
| p. [4v] | See pp. “6”–”8″ | Additional texts for p. [5r] |
| p. [5r]: “5” | pp. “6”–”8″ | 334.16–335.16 / 13.0120–0159 |
| p. [5v] | See pp. “8”–”10″ | Additional texts for p. [6r] |
| p. [6r]: “6” | pp. “8”–”10″ | 335.16–336.06 / 13.0159–0187 |
| p. [6v] | See pp. “10”–”12″ | Additional texts for p. [7r] |
| p. [7r]: “7” | pp. “10”–”12″ | 336.07–337.14 / 13.0188–0234 |
| p. [7v] | See pp. “12”–”13″ | Additional texts for p. [8r] |
| p. [8r]: “8” | pp. “12”–”13″ | 337.14–338.03 / 13.0234–0260 |
| p. [8v] | See pp. “13”–”14″ | Additional texts for p. [9r] |
| p. [9r]: “9” | pp. “13”–”14″ | 338.03–338.36 / 13.0260–0292 |
| p. [9v] | See pp. “14”–”16″ | Additional texts for p. [10r] |
| p. [10r]: “10” | pp. “14”–”16″ | 338.36–339.27 / 13.0292–0322 |
| p. [10v] | pp. “16”–”17″ | 339.31–36 / 13.0325–0330 |
| p. [11r]: “11” | pp. “16”–”18″ | 339.27–340.22 / 13.0322–0355 |
| p. [11v] | p. “18” | 340.27–28 / 13.0359–0360 |
| p. [12r]: “12” | pp. “18”–”19″ | 340.23–341.11 / 13.0355–0381 |
| p. [12v] | p. “20” | 341.30 / 13.0400–0401 |
| p. [13r]: “13” | pp. “19”–”21″ | 341.11–342.06 / 13.0381–0414 |
| p. [13v]: Blank | NA | NA |
| p. [14r]: “14” | pp. “21”–”22″ | 342.06–342.36 / 13.0414–0446 |
| p. [14v] | p. “23” | 343.13–14 / 13.0461–0463 |
| p. [15r]: “15” | pp. “22”–”23″ | 342.36–343.28 / 13.0446–0476 |
| p. [15v]: Blank | NA | NA |
| p. [16r]: “16” | pp. “23”–”25″ | 343.28–344.12 / 13.0476–0498 |
| p. [16v] | p. “25” | 344.20–21 / 13.0507–0508 |
| p. [17r]: “17” | pp. “25”–”26″ | 344.12–344.33 / 13.0498–0521 |
| p. [17v] | p. “27” | 345.11–17 / 13.0537–0543 |
| p. [18r]: “18” | pp. “26”–”28″ | 344.33–345.28 / 13.0521–0554 |
| p. [18v] | See pp. “28”–”29″ | Additional texts for p. [19r] |
| p. [19r]: “19” | pp. “28”–”29″ | 345.28–346.15 / 13.0554–0579 |
| p. [19v] | See pp. “29”–”31″ | Additional texts for p. [20r] |
| p. [20r]: “20” | pp. “29”–”31″ | 346.15–347.08 / 13.0579–0610 |
| p. [20v]: Blank | NA | NA |
Dating
Joyce wrote this manuscript between November 1919 and January 1920 during his post World War I stay in Trieste.
Other Markings
During conservation, therefore after the manuscript’s publication in the JJA , the rectos of each leaf and the back cover recto were marked “V. A. 10.” in the bottom right corner in pencil. There are no crayon markings on this manuscript.
Publication
This manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile on JJA 13.175–214. Also, see Myron Schwartzman, “Ulysses on the Rocks: the Evolution of the ‘Nausikaa’ Episode,” Bulletin of the NY Public Library , vol. 80 (1977), pp. 455–473.
- La Hune, item 257; Slocum and Cahoon, item E.5.b.vi.