"The Heart of Time" by J. Mambrino (Tranl. by D. Jones)., 11/03/1975-01/15/1976

Contains several AMs drafts (designations given below) of a translation by DJ of a poem by his friend Father Jean Mambrino. Includes 1 ANS and 2 TN by HG annotating the manuscripts which apparently presented something of a mystery initally because both inspiration and style seemed so foreign to DJ's. HG's note on 1/15/76, however, explains the context of the manuscripts: @ "And what a surprising discovery the authorship is. Bernard Wall was a close friend of Fr. Jean Mambrino who I think died only a few years before Bernard. Bernard often spoke of Fr. Mambrino and showed me some of his letters. I knew he had met David but I did not know - until now - that Fr. J.M. knew David's work as thoroughly as he did; nor that he admired David's writing as intensely as he did. @ "The Bard of the Passion, he calls him. No one else has said just that. The more one reads David the more it becomes clear that one cannot get very far into the heart of his writing without appreciating the depth and long continuance of his contemplation of the Passion. And the poem becomes highly perceptive when one understands what it is about and that it was a poem written for David. And evidently David by his translation of the poem responded to Mambrino's acute perception." @ Includes the original AMS of the poem by Fr. Mambrino (in French, inscribed to DJ and dated August 1956) along with a TCS to DJ which reads: "Dear David, Yesterday afternoon was delightful. I wish I could thank you. Here is at least the promised poem, as a vanishing echo of a secret I cannot tell... God bless you. Jean." @ The manuscripts in this folder have been designated as follows for inventory purposes. The order does not necessarily reflect original intention of the authors. @ MSS designated (A) has 6 parts marked A1 - A6, including autograph note by HG. @ MSS designated (B) has 6 parts marked B1 - B6, including 1 autograph and 1 typed note by HG. @ MSS designated (C) includes typed note by HG; ANS from Fr. Mambrino to DJ; and AMS of poem (in French). @ MSS designated (D) is 1 p. typescript of the poem in English.