Edward ‘Ned’ Perry Warren (1860–1928) studied Classics at New College, and is best remembered today for his prolific collecting of Greek and Roman antiquities. He was also an author of works exalting same-sex love, writing under the pen-name of Arthur Lyon Raile. In spring 2022, the library acquired a beautiful calligraphic manuscript in black and red inks, which dates from 1916, of an apparently unpublished poem by Warren—‘The Appeal of Eros to Apollo’.

New College Library, Oxford, MS 379, upper board

New College Library and Archives, Oxford