Ethiopic manuscript items, circa 1600-1900.

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Ethiopic manuscript items, circa 1600-1900.

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Vellum Ethiopian magic scroll containing a fragment of the New Testament and a prayer to the Blessed Virgin, housed together with its original metal container. Also included is a manuscript note describing the scroll as a "magical prayer-roll," and a letter from Ellen A. Schmidt on behalf of Nathaniel Schmidt, professor of Semitic languages and literatures at Cornell, to Cornell librarian George William Harris concerning the scroll.

1 case (4 items) ; 17 x 22 cm.

Cornell University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7372389

Cornell University Library

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Harris, George William, 1849-1917

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Cornell University Librarian. Inventor of the Harris system of book classification, which was used at Cornell from the 1880s until the 1940s. From the description of George William Harris papers, 1868-1914. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63933989 ...

Schmidt, Ellen.

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Schmidt, Nathaniel, 1862-1939

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Leader of the Chicago Ethical Society; Professor of Oriental and Semitic Languages. From the description of Papers, 1900-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155489168 ...