An album containing mainly devotional verses and extracts, including translations into various native African languages, by 19th century British missionaries; other miscellaneous pieces including an unpublished fragment possibly by Lord Byron. Unindexed.
Album of nineteenth century devotional verses and extracts
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- ReferenceGB 338 MS 2
- Former ReferenceGB 338 MSS/002
- Dates of Creation1801-1900
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 volume 190x115mm. Red leather binding with gold tooling. Pages unnumbered. Plus one article off-print.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Unknown.
Arrangement
Unnumbered pages, extracts unindexed.
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Note
The material is in English and various native African languages. An off-print of the following related article is also kept with this item: Sullivan, Ernest W. 'A fragment of a possible Byron poem in manuscript.' Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Vol.18. Part 1. 1986, pp.55-73.
Other Finding Aids
Included in the publication: 'A handlist of the manuscript collection' , compiled by Brian Burch and Jenny Clark (Leicester University Library, 1998).
See also: Sullivan, Ernest W. 'A fragment of a possible Byron poem in manuscript', Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, Vol.18. Part 1. 1986, pp.55-73.
Archivist's Note
Former reference MS002.
Description prepared by Andrew Lacey (1998).