[Letter to my dear peter[mayer] (731030) / Houedard, Dom Sylvester; Finlay IH; Albert-Birot P; Fortunatus V., 1973
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Scope and Contents
Houedard has included two reconstructed abc-rhymes and a new one -" u k rhyming scheme." His letter refers to several early Christian poets writingn in Latin in appoximatley 200 to 600AD. HOuedard writes that Venantius Fortunatus " got there before later people did" in composing and being a foreruner of poster poems. This material deals with his contribution to Cobbing and Mayer's book, 'Concerning Concrete Poetry', with specific respect to chronology. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1973
Creator
- D S H (Dom Sylvester Houédard), 1924-1992 (Person)
- Finlay, Ian Hamilton, 1925-2006 (Person)
- Albert-Birot, Pierre (Person)
- Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus, approximately 540-approximately 600 (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 letter (typed, ink, handwriting) (4 pages)) ; 30 x 21 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
shelf binder bedroom 2
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
General: Title provided by Marvin or Ruth Sackner. Published: Prinknash Abbey, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: s [typed] ( r.c.- page 2). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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