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• A Tribute to Ted Hughes' , 1999-09 - 1999-10-21

  Programme for a tribute at the 92nd Street & Tisch Center for the Arts and Unterberg Poetry Center to be held on 11 October 1999. The tributes were by Carolyn Forché, W. S. Merwin, Paul Muldoon, Grace Schulman, Derek Walcott and Irene Worth. Also includes 1 manuscript letter signed from Margaret Croydon to Olwyn Hughes regarding the event dated 21 October 1999.
• Rough sketches out of which the novel began to grow' - Box 1; 'Preliminary drafts' - Box 2

  The Ghost of Memory was first published in London by Faber and Faber Limited in 2006, ISBN 9780571232406. This collection consists of Harris's rough sketches and preliminary drafts in manuscript, together with annotated typed and word-processed drafts and a corrected proof. - Guyanese poet and novelist, Sir Wilson Harris
• Christian Sanderson, by Jackie Kay; with silkscreens by Peter Arkle (1996), 1995-1997

  From the Series: There were 18 Prospero Poets editions, from 1994 to 1997. Most subseries here include papers relating to the individual publication and to the accompanying Clarion Newsletter. Further correspondence involving the designer Dennis Hall and series editor Simon Rae will be found in subseries D1.
• Praise Poems

  1 tape cassette containing praise poetry from Lesotho
• Records from Uganda (Buenas Nuevas recording studios)

  A collection of recordings of humns and scripture readings in East African languages given to the African Studies Centre by Rev. Mark Bishop, CMS missionary in Uganda, 1948-1956. - presented to the Library in April 1985.
• Needs extensive investigation - up to 1700 items...

  Papyrus was the main writing material of the Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Early Islamic societies in Egypt for 4,000 years before paper took its place. The bulk of historical, linguistic, social and economic evidence of the early Islamic Era can be found on papyrus originally produced in Egypt. The Michaelides fragments comprise the largest private collection of Arabic papyri to be found in any institution worldwide. Cambridge University Library bought the collection in 1977 from the heirs of the antiques dealer Georges Anastase Michaelides (1900-1973). Born in Cairo and educated in Egypt and France, G.A. Michaelides developed a profound interest in the history and life of Egypt from its early civilisations to far beyond the Islamic conquest. At the time of his death he was in possession of over 1,700 fragments of papyri, paper and other materials in the ancient Egyptian languages, Coptic, Greek and predominantly Arabic. This collection comprises personal letters, legal texts, accounts, literary texts, recipes and other documents. Only a small number have been subject to academic study.
• al-Risālah

  Mandinka/Mandingo' book
• al-Qurʼān

  A case containing a quantity of unnumbered and disarranged leaves of the Qurʼān of 11.5 c. square, written in a clumsy African hand with rubrications and primitive ornamentation in colours, each page containing from 9 to 10 lines.
• Ajzāʼ al-Qurʼān

  Fragmentary African Qurʼān
• An incomplete African Qurʼān mixed up with fragments of other religious works

  An incomplete African Qurʼān mixed up with fragments of other religious works
• Prayers

  8 folios inscribed in the Arabic character in an African hand with what appear to be prayers in some African language.
• An African prayer-book

  1 copy of An African prayer-book
• Ḥuṣn al-muḥāḍarah fī akhbār Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah

  1 copy of Ḥuṣn al-muḥāḍarah fī akhbār Miṣr wa-al-Qāhirah by Suyūṭī, 1445-1505. History of Cairo.
• Risālah fī bayān faḍl Nīl Miṣr

  1 copy of Risālah fī bayān faḍl Nīl Miṣr by Ibn al-ʻImād al-Aqfahsī, Aḥmad, ca. 1349-1405. Nile River - Arab Geography
• al-Ṭirāz al-manqūsh fī maḥāsin al-ḥabūsh

  copy of al-Ṭirāz al-manqūsh fī maḥāsin al-ḥabūsh by Bukhārī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī, fl. 1583
• Lacunose manuscript containing traditions of the Prophet

  Lacunose manuscript containing traditions of the Prophet
• African manuscripts with texts on the names of God and their virtues, magical squares and alchemy

  1 copy of African manuscripts with texts on the names of God and their virtues, magical squares and alchemy
• African prayer-book

  African prayer-book. Ther first portion begins with an account of the rijal al-ghayb.
• Futūḥ Ifrīqīyah

  An anonymous history of the conquest of Africa by the Muslims
• Prayers and talismans

  A leather case, fastened by a strap, containing two sheets of paper inscribed with Arabic prayers, verses of the Koran, and two talismanic figures, one containing the "Most Comely Names of God", written in a Maghribī hand, and apparently from West Africa.
• Dalāʼil al-khayrāt

  Summary of Contents: A copy of the the Dalāʼil al-khayrāt from Hārer (Ethiopia) A collection of prayers for the prophet Muhammad, including a description of his tomb. It is the most popular work of Muslim devotion in Africa, used both for private prayer and meditation and for recitation at public festivals and ceremonies.
• Ethiopian History

  History of Ethiopia
• Chronology of the Kings of Ethiopia

  Contents: f. 1 a Drawing completely erased by overpainting. f. 1 b Painting: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive." f. 2a Painting of an angel {without legend). f. 2b Painting: "How they imposed the cross upon our Lord." f. 3 a Beginning: The names and years of the reign of the kings of Ethiopia, from the "restoration" of the so-called Solomonic dynasty by Y ;)kuno Amlak in 1268 till the reign of King Menelik II at the end of the 19th cent. From the rubrication of Menelik' s name it would appear that he was the reigning monarch when this MS. was written. Also, no date for the end of Menelik' s reign is mentioned. f. 8 b Colophon effectively erased. £ 9 a Crude design. f. 9b "Yohannes Gabra-Maryam of Gondar wrote this MS."
• History of King Theodore

  Contents: History of King Theodore in the version of Alak' a Walda Maryam-identical with the text published by C. Mondon Vidailhet, Paris, 1904. The book begins with the year 1852/3 and ends with the events leading to the death of King Theodore in 1868. The last line explains that the book was written in 1897 (Ethiopian era) = 1904/ 5 (European era) which somewhat conflicts with a note by C. H. Armbruster (attached to the back of the volume), dated 1911, according to which the MS. was acquired in Ethiopia by H. Weld-Blundell "some twelve years ago" - might not be a good fit.
• Joseph ben Gorion's History of the Jews

  Contents: The History of the Jews, ascribed to Joseph hen Gorion. On f. 174b is a long colophon, saying that the book was written in the eighth year of the reign of Sus~nyos (1607-32). The MS. was written for Hafa Kr~stos