Ernst von Leutsch's handwritten notes for lectures he gave on the history of Greek lyric poetry, at the University of Göttingen, circa 1844 to 1856. The manuscript comprises individual gatherings of leaves, with some sets of gatherings numbered according to varying schemes and others labeled by topic. Several coherent sections of notes are precisely dated: an introduction (Einleitung), revised 1846; another introduction (Einleitung zu der Geschichte der griechischen Lyrik), dated Easter 1847, winter 1855-1856; notes on Callinus (Kallinos) and elegy, dated 1846, 1855-1856; notes on Theognis of Megara, dated 1844, revised 1846, 1855; and notes on Babrius, dated 1847, revised 1852 (the last two titles apply to just a few leaves; the other sections comprise not more than 50 leaves each). Aside from these dated sets of notes, the largest set of gatherings forming a coherent sequence has the title: History of Greek poetry up to Archilochus (Geschichte der griechischen Poesie bis auf Archilochus; about 60 leaves); from the appearance of Leutsch's handwriting in this and the remaining undated sections it is possible that some material is from a period later than the 1850s. The remaining sets of gatherings are labeled according to the poet being considered, with each set comprising not more than 40 leaves; the headings used are: Archilochus, Alcman, Arion, Sappho, Erinna, and Solon. Finally, the manuscript includes a set of loose notes (over 100 mostly small partial leaves) that were bundled together with the label: Corinnae fragmenta. These notes comprise quotations from works (in Greek), with citation. Among the loose notes were two handwritten receipts addressed to Friedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin, Göttingen, evidently relating to book auctions; both are lists of books with the heading Litt. C., one dated 1826 and the other 1837. The latter receipt is signed by C. Deichmann, Halle, with a reference to Billroth's auction.
