Item 1982/3 - Three letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment, and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, two with attachments

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Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, one with an attachment, and three letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, two with a total of three attachments:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 10 May 1982, commenting briefly on IS's chapter for Philip Grierson's book "The Anglo-Viking Coinages". He also mentions Liz Pirie's styca paper and the mostly unfavourable comments that it has received [from members of the Sylloge committee?], except for Michael Dolley, who has insisted that it must be taken seriously; otherwise, "all seem afraid that publication outside the Sylloge is the proper course".
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Ramsbury on 11 May 1982, saying that he enjoyed reading IS's paper and enclosing a few noted (see item (c) below). He assumes that IS has sent a separate copy to CSSL [i.e. Stewart Lyon] and that he need not do so. In a postscript, which runs from the recto over to the verso, he notes that he is offering the BNJ his paper on Howell Dda [i.e. Hywel Dda] and will send it for comments once he hears from Wilmer Dykes.
(c) "Notes on BHIHS' paper on The anonymous Anglo-Viking coins of the Sword and Hammer type" [by Christopher Blunt], manuscript, two numbered pages on two folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but clearly in CEB's hand and specifically referred to in the in CEB's letter of 11 May (see item (b) above).
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, single page, on House of Commons letterhead and dated from the Finance Committee on 11 May 1982, enclosing a paper that he describes as "a spin-off from reorganising Regnald/Bossall" [entitled "The anonymous Anglo-Viking coins of the sword and hammer type"] (see item (f) below) with a page of attached notes (see item (e) below). He noted that he has provisionally offered the paper to [Christopher] Challis for the next BNJ. He asks for comments and advice on several points regarding the paper and its bearing on their relations with Michael Dolley. There are annotations in pencil in the left margin and the lower margin in CEB's hand, and there is a note upper right in pen in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 12/5/82".
(e) notes, manuscript (pencil), single page, unattributed, undated and without title but clearly in CEB's hand, attached to the IS's letter of 11 May (see item (d) above) and with the heading "Has Ian compared ..."?
(f) paper entitled "The anonymous Anglo-Viking coins of the sword and hammer type" [by Ian Stewart], typescript, 10+1+3 pages (10 numbered pp. of text with unnumbered page consisting in a manuscript table (photocopy) inserted between pp. 7 & 8 plus 3 unnumbered pp. of notes) on fourteen folios, unattributed and undated but attached to IS's letter of 11 May (see item (d) above) and with the table in IS's hand.
(g) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 22 June 1982, commenting on the "splendid news about the Eadwald" and thanking CEB for the joint letter about CTCE [i.e. Coinage in Tenth-Century England]. He says that he will go through CEB's letter and comment on progress shortly but also notes that Parliament is very demanding at the moment; he suggests getting together for a weekend in late August or September. He encloses a paper entitled "The coinage of Sitric I" (see item (h) below), which he describes as "part 2 of [the] BNJ paper on [the?] CS type". He says that he is waiting to hear from Stewart [Lyon] about Elizabeth Pirie's paper at the BNS, adding that "it needs to be checked at this stage, before damage is done". There is a note in pen in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand that reads "Ack 25/6".
(h) paper entitled "The coinage of Sitric I" [by Ian Stewart], typescript, seven pages numbered 11-17 plus one page of notes on eight folios (recto only), unattributed and undated but attached to IS's letter of 22 June (see item (g) above) and referred to in the letter.
(i) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, three pages on two folios, dated from Ramsbury on 25 June 1982, commenting that the revised second part of IS's paper cannot give offence to any reasonable person but adding that their friend is not reasonable. He says that he "had not put Sihtric's coinage quite as late as 926" and offers a few "trivial" points. He mentions that he was unable to attend Liz Pirie's paper on stycas but hopes it went well.
(j) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated from Baldwin Crescent, London SE5, on 3 July 1982, reporting that the history chapter is finished and that he is returning CEB's copy of the first draft plus the new one that incorporates the latest comments of CEB, Dorothy [Whitelock] and Henry [Loyn?]. He says that he now working on revising the classification chapter and on CEB's Athelstan chapter, after which he hope to go through the Edmund-Edgar chapters. He notes that CEB's new Eadward raises the question about when "the early (portrait) East Anglian coins of Coenwulf were struck. In a postscrtipt, he mentions the problem of the Æ diphthong and other similar characters common to Anglo-Saxon script. There is a note in pen in the upper right margin of the recto in CEB's hand that reads "Ans 8/7".