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An Ethiopian amulet or ketab in Amharic., 19th century - Bound Bound

Date:
19th century -
Scope Content:
Probably (?) 19th century. Rubricated and with decorations and miniatures in red, black and green. Contains a number of small tracts in 3 or 4 different hands bound together between wooden boards, as follows: (a) blank, f. 1: trials of the pen (fatina bere) in red and black, f.2r; a charm? ff.2v-4r with a magic diagram on f.4v. (b) Golgota (Salot), prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on Mount Golgotha, ff.5r-32r; blank, f.32v (only the stub of f. 32 remains) (c) Various prayers and incantations, beginning "'Esaged lamalakoteka" and ending with an invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, ff.334-50r, with a sketch for a miniature of St George and the dragon on f.45r; a miniature of the archangels Michael and Gabriel shown as the protectors of a holy Theodore (qedus Tiwoderos), not further identified, on f.45v; a miniature of St. George slaying the dragon (the background painted in blood) on f.50r; blank f.50v (d) Prayers and incantations, beginning "Basam abe wawalid wamanfas kidusam" and in most of which the Blessed Virgin Mary is invoked (her name has been written in over an erasure in many of the rubrics towards the end), ff.51r-86v. See Rene Basset: Les Prieres de la Vierge a Bartos et au Golgotha. Paris, 1895. (Les Apocryphes ethiopiens, 5) Deborah Lifchitz: Textes ethiopiens magico-religieux. Paris, 1940. (Institut d'Ethnologie. Travaux et memoires, 38) p. 15. Accompanied by a card (5 x 8 cm.) in German. A translation follows: "Abyssinian magic and prayerbook from the year ca. 800. H Selata Egzitina / Mariam gologota Prayer to the Virgin Mary to be prayed in Jerusalem in addition to a few incantations (formulas of magic). 86 leaves. Amhara. Acquired 1904. It is said to have been decorated with human blood. The imperial royal court library wants to acquire (bids) this book for 900 Kcrowns. It is one of the oldest books known to date. M. R. Schmerha"
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Contemplation., 19th century - Bound Bound

Date:
19th century -
Scope Content:
"Principally written during a tour in North America" Canto I - 40 stanzas; Canto II - 48 stanzas; Canto III (number only) Begins: The circling year again with steady course/Renews its infant days...and ends: Farewell. This book is now indeed my last,/And these bright scenes and hours will be forever past Poem commemorates the beauty and storms of nature in the New World (I-31), America (I-3, II-1), Hudson River (II-8), Trenton River (II-12), Lake Erie (II-24, 28), Niagara (II-29, 37), the name of Washington (II-1,2), and states: But Man is not my theme; again I turn/To thee sweet Nature... (II-3) Blank leaves: 37 Watermark: J Green Son 1825
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Miscellaneous mss., 2100 BCE-1992 12 boxes 61 bound

Campus:
Indiana University Bloomington
Repository:
Lilly Library
Collection ID:
LMC 1754
Date:
2100 BCE-1992
Creator:
Various
Scope Content:

Note on Indexing Term - "Law": Of particular interest: Apr. 13, 1640-Mar. 28, 1681: Great Britain, Parliament, House of Commons, Journals. Oct. 21-Dec. 30, 1678. Great Britain, Parliament. House of Commons. Journal Book of the House of Commons for the Sessions of Parliament begun at Westminster... 1723. Majmuai fetawa (Legal decisions) written by 'Ali ibn Mustafþ. 18th cent. Huccatlar (Legal opinions of judges on land tenure law in Turkey).

Note on Indexing Term - "Medicine": Of particular interest are the following: 1652, Mar. 8. al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The canon of medicine) by Avicenna, physician. 1730?. Extract from the Pen-ts'ao chang-mu by Li Chi Tsin [written by Jacques Francois Vandermonde, physician.] This item discusses the practice of Chinese medicine. 1780-1829. Compendium of Physic and Surgery, attributed to Joseph Flowerden, published London, 1769. n.d. Manafai ' al-nas written by Nida'i, head medicine man of Sultan Salim II. It deals with medicine in Turkey during the 16th century.

Note on Indexing Term - "Music": Of particular interest is a 1884-1909 album of autographs, signatures, and letters of musicians and others. Many of the autographs are accompanied by bars of music.

Note on Indexing Term - "Voyages and travels": Of interest are the following items: Jan. 24, 1587: Passport granting safe conduct to St. John of Lisbon, Portuguese ship, sailing to Brazil for a cargo of sugar, wood, etc. Nov. 16, 1652-Sept. 20, 1653: "Naval affairs, the Dutch war in K. Charles ye 2d's reign..." written by Sir John Lawson. Aug. 15, 1683: Letter from Governor of Jamaica, Sir Thomas Lynch to Charles II, King of Britain. Concerns recovering sunken treasure off the coast of Hispaniola, George Churchill who commanded the frigate "Falcon" and piracy. 1794. Navigational profiles-sailing directions from the Isle of Wight to the Anamba Islands...written by John Cottrell, naval officer. Sept. 6, 1803: Letter from Horatio Nelson, deals with desertion of seamen and marines. Dec. 24, 1812-Apr. 17, 1818: Volume of copies or drafts of letters from and to the ship brokers, McNeill Co. Jan. 1-Dec. 28, 1816: Account book of a merchant who lists costs of various voyages to Jamaica, Hamburg and Lisbon. Oct. 7, 1820-June 12, 1821: Log of Proceedings on board the "Albion" of London. Apr. 21, 1866: Certificate of the arrival and departure of the "Barca" Louisa Cook.

Note on Indexing Term - "Religion": n.d. G.R. Steele, Notes on the history of the Covenanters in Scotland and on the life of David Jamison Shaw. n.d. Thai book of Buddhist religious literature. n.d. (folio). The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Verses ('phags pa shes rab kyi pha rol du phyin pa brgyad stong pa).

Note on Indexing Term - "Science": Of interest: 1795 astrophysical text entitled, Elementa Philosophie Universe written by professor Thoma Garcia de Zuniga. March 24, 1820 letter from astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre to mathematician Joseph Nicolas Nicollet. 1845 copy of a text in Turkish which deals with medical and pharmaceutical chemistry. Undated German text written by Indiana University botany professor Frank Marion Andrews entitled Zoologie.

Note on Indexing Term - "Travel": Of interest is a 1834-1841 journal and memorandum book of the plantation "Thomas" in British Guiana and travels in Great Britain. Includes descriptions of several trips to the United Kingdom written by plantation owner R.G. Butts. Also, an 1834-1835 journal of an European tour written by Henry Bertie and an anonymous 1849 diary of boat and overland trips in the U.S. and Canada.

Note on Indexing Terms - "West (U.S.)" and "Americana": Of particular interest is a diary of boat and overland trips in the U.S. and Canada dated Jan. 1- Nov. 14, 1849.

Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1914-1918": Of particular interest is a 1914- 1916 diary of Philip Sass, soldier and businessman. Written in German, this diary gives a day to day account of a German soldier fighting Russian troops.

Note on Indexing Term - "World War, 1939-1945": Of interest is a Jan. 24, 1940 letter from Margaret Steggall to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burke of Bloomington, Indiana which contains a description of London in wartime.

Physical Description:
12 boxes 61 bound
Place:
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
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