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- 1950 (Creation)
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92 ff. (ff. 38 verso-40, 51 verso-85 verso blank; ff. 86-91 verso inverted text) ; 160 x 100 mm.
Quarter cloth over boards.
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A notebook containing a diary by Raymond Garlick, 24 July-17 August 1950, recording his pilgrimage with his wife Elin from Wales to Rome, via France and Italy, during the Holy Year of 1950 (ff. 3-31, rectos only). The couple travelled mainly by hitch-hiking.
Garlick also collected stamps and signatures from various religious houses and churches on the route for an 'Ecclesiastical Passport' (ff. 86-90 verso, inverted text). Pasted into the volume are letters of introduction from the Bishop of Menevia and the Garlicks' parish priest in Pembroke Dock (inside front and back covers). Also included is a draft of Garlick's editorial for Dock Leaves, No. 3 (Michaelmas 1950), 1-5, drawing on his travels to give his impressions of France and Italy (ff. 43-51). Miscellaneous items of ephemera found loose in the volume have been tipped in on empty leaves (ff. 32-38); these relate to the pilgrimage, except for two receipts from a visit to Spain in August 1951 (ff. 37-38).
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Language of material
- English
- Italian
- Latin
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English, some Latin and Italian.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Leaves torn out after ff. 54 and 55; part of f. 56 cut away.
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Formerly Garlick MS 18.