VI.C.14.
VI.C.14: "Work in Progress"/Finnegans Wake Scribal Notebook (1936–1937)
Material Description
The manuscript has floral-designed maroon covers over boards, with a black tape spine, which is worn but intact, and the edges of all the leaves are speckled blue-and-white. There are blue-and-white marbled design papers pasted to the front cover verso and back cover recto; the front flyleaf verso and back flyleaf recto are plain white, unlined paper. The notes are in the hand of Mme Raphael in black ink. There are no colored crayon markings in this notebook. Joyce did not use this notebook for any of the drafts.
Collation
The manuscript consists of 140 leaves (280 pages) of blue horizontally ruled paper, 12 stitched gatherings (the 1st and 12th gatherings are composed of 20 pages and the 2nd through 11th gatherings are composed of 24 pages); none of the pages are detached. All of the pages, including the front flyleaf verso and the back flyleaf recto, are inscribed; none of the pages are blank.
Measurements
The manuscript measures 18.8 x 14.5 cm.
Contents
The notebook contains transcriptions of Joyce’s notes in the following primary notebooks:
| Scribal Notebook | Primary Notebooks | JJA |
|---|---|---|
| VI.C.14, pp. [001]–[161] | VI.B.15, p. [018]–back cover recto | 43.151–191 |
| VI.C.14, pp. [162]–[255] | VI.B.19, front cover verso–back cover recto | 43.191–214 |
| VI.C.14, pp. [256]–[257] | VI.B.49.a | 43.214–215 |
| VI.C.14, pp. [257]–[260] | VI.B.49.b, [verso–recto as reproduced in the JJA] | 43.215 |
| VI.C.14, p. [260]–back flyleaf recto | VI.B.35, front flyleaf recto–p. [039] | 43.215–221 |
Pagination
The pages are not numbered.
Dating
Mme Raphael prepared the transcriptions in this notebook in 1936 to early 1937 in Paris (TD 34).
Other Markings
The notebook was marked "14" in blue crayon on the front flyleaf verso, probably by Joyce. There is a stamped purple stationer’s mark on the front flyleaf verso and upside down on the back flyleaf recto that reads: "38".
Publication
The manuscript has been reproduced in black and white photo-facsimile in JJA 42.150–221.