Talk:Harold Everett Porter

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Attempts to include some illuminated initial letters, in imitation of Pausanias. In around 1922, Porter donated - among other works of ephemeral content - a "sumptuous edition of Pausanias, of 1696" to the library of Wake Forest College.^[1] The Pausanias article has a picture of a magnificent 15th century illuminated MS. The edition which I think Porter gave to the library^[2] was not quite as exquisite as WP's, but nevertheless (it is said) superb.

                                 Opera Porteri

carmen jadlowker dalmorès
   O lucia sextetta bizet;
   O dippel caruso dolores,
   Gioconda, o andré-caplet.

conti, o eames tetrazzini,
   O scotti mascagni farrar.
   O gadski busoni puccini,
   Calvé constantino, maquarre.

h, verdi, pagliacc' trovatore,
   Aida fremstad meyerbeer;
   Pol plançon and that tells the story,
   The opera season is here.

References

^ Paschal, G. W. (1943). History of Wake Forest College, Vol. III, p. 162 [172]
^ Pausanias. Graeciae Descriptio Accurata.... Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch, 1696. NB the 'cheaper' edition is a few items further down.

>MinorProphet (talk) 18:16, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Paschal, G. W. (1943). History of Wake Forest College, Vol. III, p. 162 [172]

[2] Pausanias. Graeciae Descriptio Accurata.... Leipzig: Thomas Fritsch, 1696. NB the 'cheaper' edition is a few items further down.

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