| Ref No | WIA FC/1924/5/70 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 07/02/1924 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby, styled 'Pehm Petich Parrparr Pfater Vattinke' |
| Place1 | Kreuzlingen |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary, styled 'M'rieken' |
| Place2 | [Hamburg] |
| Date | 07/02/1924 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | Kurt Binswanger ordered that Warburg has to leave all papers and books on his desk, not in the desk drawers, when he goes to the bathroom; finds it dreadful, he is not even allowed to take mother's letter folder and Mary's 'Spruchbuch' with him; if only Max Warburg or [Heinrich] Embden would challenge the doctors!; he received a kind letter from Mrs. Hammer, thanking for chocolates and Piero della Francesca article; suggests to Mary that her sketch [of Farnesina ceiling] might be filed with astrological images; the Cugnoni book might be in Stadtbibliothek; is resolved to challenge the doctors, they have no right to limit his rights; why is he left on his own?; is it the result of his sin?; curses Nurse [Lydia] Kräuter; Saxl made a very good plan, to join Mary and Warburg when they move to Zurich; it might be a good half-way location; Ludwig Binswanger only smiled sarcastically, when they discussed it; maybe friends of Doren's, [Constantin von] Monakow, might be able to help; has Mary sent him a fountain pen?; he has received a dissertation about Perseus; it is a pity that Sievekings are no longer in Zurich, have they received chocolates from Warburg?; has not started to use the American soap, is waiting for Mary's arrival; can she buy large Japanese yellow silk scarves?; on an article about the book by Othenio Abel ['Die vorweltlichen Tiere in Märchen, Sage und Aberglauben'] in which he explained the horn the lindworm sported on the nose; this image lived on in the social memory of mankind; everything monstrous is a signal, the monster is the enemy, it alarms the soul; in the state of alarm the soul is looking for an object to attack, it is a redemption from the fear of ghosts; this is the reason why Luther needs monsters as 'metaphor weapons'; however, the protagonist against the embodiment of terror (Medusa) is Perseus; could Bing check [Johannes] Bolte and [George] Polivka's 'Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm'?; the book by Hartlaub on 'Perseus' available?; greetings to Datzin [Marietta Warburg], Frede, 'Bücherstube' [library staff], Clara Hertz |
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| DS/UK/139 | Doren; Alfred (15/05/1869-28/07/1934); Prof. Dr. | 15/05/1869-28/07/1934 |
| DS/UK/250 | Binswanger; Kurt (1887-1981); Dr. | 1887-1981 |
| DS/UK/299 | Hertz; Clara | |
| DS/UK/416 | Embden; Heinrich (19/03/1871-03/04/1941); Dr. med. | 19/03/1871-03/04/1941 |
| DS/UK/371 | Braden; Marietta, née Warburg (11/01/1899-12/02/1973) | 11/01/1899-12/02/1973 |
| DS/UK/638 | Prag; Frede Charlotte (23/11/1904-12/05/2004); Dr. phil.; née Warburg | 23/11/1904-12/05/2004 |
| DS/UK/418 | Warburg; Max Moritz (05/06/1867-26/12/1946); Dr. h.c. | 05/06/1867-26/12/1946 |
| DS/UK/716 | Saxl; Fritz (08/01/1890 - 22/03/1948); Prof. Dr. phil. | 08/01/1890 - 22/03/1948 |
| DS/UK/730 | Bolte; Johannes (11/02/1858-25/07/1937); Prof. Dr. | 11/02/1858-25/07/1937 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1166 | Binswanger; Ludwig (1881-1966); Professor Dr. med. | 1881-1966 |
| DS/UK/1185 | Kräuter; Lydia | |
| DS/UK/1350 | Hartlaub; Gustav Friedrich (12/03/1884-20/04/1963); Dr. phil. | 12/03/1884-20/04/1963 |
| #DS/UK/1490 | Bing; Gertrud (1892-1964) | 1892-1964 |
| DS/UK/1035 | Stadtbibliothek Hamburg; 1899- | 1899- |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |