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Manuscripts in Sub-Section C.2:

Last of the fathers, The : Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and the encyclical letter, Doctor Mellifluus

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  I THE MAN AND THE SAINT. The enigma of sanctity is the temptation and often the ruin of historians.

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  1st

Copy Type:  Typescript with holograph corrections and additions

Date:  no-month no-day, 1954?

Number of pages:  40

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seems to contain the first chapter and third (last) chapter, "The Man and the Saint" and "Notes on the Encyclical" respectively, but does not contain the middle chapter, "Saint Bernard's Writings." In addition, it is missing the last page of the first chapter.

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  Preface Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the "Last of the Fathers of the Church," died in his monastery

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  Setting copy

Copy Type:  Printed material and typescript with holograph corrections

Date:  no-month no-day, 1954

Number of pages:  79

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  

Location:  Archive - Stack 3 (bound volume)