Mariamne

Initially mis-spelt as ‘Marianne’. Twice referred to as ‘she’ in reports. She was a librarian, as a letter to the WR in 1932 reveals.

1931

Wins 60B: 10s 6d
Wins 64A: 10s 6d

1932

Wins 133B: £1.1s.0d

1933

Wins 160A: £2.2s.0d
Wins 184A: 10s 6d

 

Mariamne was the name of the second and third of Herod the Great’s wives (ten in all!), and the subject of many novels, songs, plays and paintings, notably this one by Waterhouse: