Papers relating to 'The fantastic Middle Ages'

Scope and Content

Papers relating to 'The fantastic Middle Ages', Strachan's translation of Jurgis Baltrušaitis's Le Moyen Age fantastique (1955), which was not ultimately published. Consists of: carbon typescript of Strachan's translation, which extends to 210 pages and is dated 30 May 1975; photocopied typescript notes on foreign texts in the fields of History of Art, History of Architecture, and Education (including Baltrušaitis's text); and (moved from the material in WJS/18/7 where it had been misfiled) correspondence and an agreement dated 20 June 1974 with Chadwyck-Healey, who were to publish the volume.

Related Material

There is a letter from Thames and Hudson dating from January 1981 which relates to this translation at WJS/17/1/5.