| Ref No | WIA GC/37327 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 23/02/1924 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby, styled 'PPPf Vattinke' |
| Place1 | Kreuzlingen |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary, styled 'M'rieken' |
| Place2 | Hamburg |
| Date | 23/02/1924 |
| DateNote | FC; continued on 24/02/1924 |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | Max Warburg left in the morning for St Moritz; Max has never spent so much time with Warburg as an adult; Max was able to gain insight into Warburg's scholarly work; Max might overestimate him; the new boots are too small; sends her the correct measurements for a new pair; the Zettelkasten is the right one, but her prefers the Zettelkästen to be covered in green paper; the riders have to be in portrait format; requests from Mary to bring him three Japanese boxes; is still waiting for Mary's report about Panofsky/Saxl book, Sol-Judex, requests Saxl to send him a reply as soon as possible; the Italian politician, who used the phrase 'disciplina tedesca', was called Pietro Borghesi or Borghese; the name is in the 'Kriegskartothek', in the first box, they will also find there the newspaper article, he thinks it was in 'Nazione'; if only his hands were not as torn open!; ten months ago he gave the lecture in Kreuzlingen, 21/04/1923; is waiting for Krauth; despairs about the political situation; wants that Frede starts university; the A-levels do not complete anything; talks of her duty, it would be ungrateful, freedom of education; A-levels are not a luxury, etc.; repeats his request to Frede, to check Cantor's book on Apollonius, when conic section was rediscovered again; requests from Mary to educate the children to provide assistance for Warburg; Warburg is reading Cassirer's book 'Eidos und Eidolon'; calls him 'a clever head'; he is like [Franz] Boll, working on the other side of the tunnel; continues on 24/02/1924: is very happy with the letter he received from Datzen [Marietta Warburg]; he agrees to her plan to move to Frankfurt in April; Warburg is very tired, has fallen asleep whilst writing; Krauth wrote that he will come either on 29/02 or on 01/03/1924; asks Mary to tell Sudeck that the hernia is irreparable, he might need to take account of this; Mrs. Sudeck thanked him for chocolates; Saxl's review of Cassirer's lecture captivated him; he will have to tell Cassirer a great deal, [Hermann Karl] Usener terminology becomes alive when viewed against Italian paganism; Kurt Binswanger is a coward; what is the topic of Saxl's lecture in Religionswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft?; has Mary found the sketch she made?; on the sorry topic of delays in receiving the offprints from Italy, Saxl has to deal with Italians; asks Clara to check Italian sources about winds, compass, calamità, was it used as a means of orientation?; makes Mary responsible for preparing Cassirer, he has to stay five days at the least; Krauth needs to take with him a lockable suitcase; [Casimir von] Chledowski might have the date of birth of Chigi; what is the date of birth and death of pope Alexander III?; also Cesare Borgia; greetings to Datzen [Marietta Warburg], Frede; on his hands and Cutican cream |
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| DS/UK/250 | Binswanger; Kurt (1887-1981); Dr. | 1887-1981 |
| DS/UK/581 | Usener; Hermann [Karl] (23/10/1834-21/10/1905); Prof.Dr. | 23/10/1834-21/10/1905 |
| 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, née Warburg (23/11/1904-12/05/2004); Dr. phil. | 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/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1273 | Panofsky; Erwin (30/03/1892-14/03/1968); Prof. Dr. phil. | 30/03/1892-14/03/1968 |
| DS/UK/1277 | Boll; Franz (01/07/1867-03/07/1924); Prof. Dr. phil. | 01/07/1867-03/07/1924 |
| DS/UK/2022 | Chledowski; Casimir von (23/02/1843-20/03/1920) | 23/02/1843-20/03/1920 |