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St. John, 1899
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 225
Scope and Contents
ff.158; 228 x 131mm; text size 190 x 120mm; 16 lines; ruled cardboard, unbound.Translated by Abd-el-Kadr, of Kano, and revised by Charles H. Robinson. The Hausa Association - founded as a memorial to John Alfred Robinson, a CMS missionary on the Niger until his death - sponsored an expedition by Charles H. Robinson, brother of J. A. Robinson to Hausa speaking areas.At Kano he sponsored a translation of St. Luke and St. John in Arabic (Ajami) script. St. Luke does not appear to have...
Dates:
1899
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Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Series
St. Mark, 1898
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0374/BFBS/BSMS 224
Scope and Contents
ff.81; 330 x 225mm; text size 275 x 140mm; 22 lines; unbound typescript.Translated by Charles H. Robinson, W. H. Brooks, a student of the Hausa Association and L. H. W. Nott, assisted by H. G. Harris. According to Harris, the translation was originally made by Nott, assisted by an Arabic scholar and two Hausas, but C. H. Robinson states that the Committee had before them two or three translations and actually produced quite a new version. It was partly based on notes prepared by John...
Dates:
1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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