Papers of Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson

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Papers of Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson

1883-1903

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Scrapbooks of press cuttings collected by Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson relating to their travels, publications, and in particular, ASL's discovery in St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, of a text of the Syriac Gospels, in 1892.

3 volumes

eng, Latn

University of Birmingham, Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections

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Lewis, Agnes Smith, 1843-1926

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Agnes Smith Lewis, along with her twin sister, Margaret Dunlop Gibson, was a scholar of Semitic Languages. Born in Scotland and educated by their father the sisters traveled to the Middle East and Egypt several times before eventually settling in Cambridge, England. In 1887, Agnes married Samuel Savage Lewis, married James Young Gibson, classicist and librarian. In 1892 they visited Egypt again, and at St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai they famously discovered the Sinaitic palimpsest – the ol...

Gibson, Margaret Dunlop, 1843-1920

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Margaret Dunlop Gibson, along with her twin sister, Agnes Smith Lewis, was a scholar of Semitic Languages. Born in Scotland and educated by their father the sisters traveled to the Middle East and Egypt several times before eventually settling in Cambridge, England. In 1883, Margaret married James Young Gibson, essayist and translator; but she was widowed after only three years of marriage. In 1892 they visited Egypt again, and at St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai they famously discovered the...