Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1870.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1870.

Facsimile of a manuscript letter in German attesting to the antiquity and recent provenance of some unidentified Pentateuch scrolls, together with a manuscript translation of the letter in English and an envelope from the Ridgway Branch of the Library Company of Philadelphia marked, "Certificate purporting to come from C. von Tischendorf."

1 item (3 leaves)

ger,

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6907700

University of Pennsylvania Library

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Library company of Philadelphia

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This collection includes unmarked ballots found in books that are part of the Library Company's collections. The books in which they were found are not identified. Since the mid 1980s, the Library Company no longer separates such materials without tracking the connection through accession numbers. This collection gathers items from several sources, and is open to new additions. From the description of Things left in books collection. Ballots, 1851-1864. (Library Company of Philadelph...

Tischendorf, Constantin von, 1815-1874

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Tischendorf was a German biblical critic. Caspar René Gregory was an American biblical scholar and professor at the University of Leipzig. James Hardy Ropes (A.B. 1889) served as Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard (1910-1933). From the guide to the Constantin von Tischendorf papers relating to biblical studies, 1849-1928 (inclusive), 1849-1874 (bulk)., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Tischendorf was a German biblical critic. Caspar René ...