A catalogue of manuscripts (chiefly Oriental) and description of Babylonian Cuneiform tablets. ca. 1889-1918.

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A catalogue of manuscripts (chiefly Oriental) and description of Babylonian Cuneiform tablets. ca. 1889-1918.

Includes original manuscript lists of J. Rendel Harris and Walter Wood's gift of chiefly Oriental manuscripts donated in 1889 and 1893; also a description of Babylonian Cuneiform tablets presented by T. Wistar Brown in 1901; Paul Bleyden's typed inventory of the Harris collection with addenda & corrigenda; the first edition of A catalogue of manuscripts (chiefly Oriental) in the library of Haverford College "verified in 1918" with additions laid in, along with notes on some of the Hebrew manuscripts by Prof. Alexander Marx.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8121668

Haverford College Library

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Bleyden, Paul

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Wood, Walter, b. 1847.

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Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941

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Epithet: biblical scholar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002c2 For full biographical information, see entry for James Rendel Harris (1852-1941) in Who Was Who ; FBA, 1927. James Rendel Harris held many academic posts from 1882 including Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 1882-5, Haverford College, 1885-92; lecturer in palaeography, Cambridge, 1893-1903; First Principal and Director of ...