The Day of Creation (Autograph Manuscript): Chapters 1-6

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  • Reference
      GB 58 Add MS 88938/3/14/1/1
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000001202.0x0000b2
  • Dates of Creation
      [c 1985]
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      1 file

Scope and Content

Chapters 1-6 in autograph draft. Most chapters have, in several places, interleaved numbered sheets which are usually smaller in size than the main sequence of numbered sheets and are designated (by the author) by a main sheet number followed by a letter, e.g. '2A' (and variants thereof).

Chapter 1. Numbered: 1-7. (Originally entitled 'Prologue' - hence numbering returns to '1' with chapter 2).

Chapter 2. Numbered: 1-2, 2A-B, 3-6, 6A-C.

Chapter 3. Numbered: 7-10, 10A-C, 11-12, 12A, 13, 13A-C, 14-17, 17A.

Chapter 4. Numbered: 22-23, 23A-B, 24, 24A, 25, 25A-B, 26-33.

Chapter 5. Numbered: 33-41, 41A-C, 42-47, 47A, 48-50, 50A, 51-52, 52A-B, 52B+C, 52BC1, 52D-E, 52EA, 52F, 52G, 52GA, 52GB, 52GC, 52H, 52HA, [53], 56-61.

Chapter 6. Numbered: 62-70 (chapter 6 concludes on sheet 71 in the next file).

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Occasionally, staples have been left in situ in order to preserve the integrity of the text.