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Specimens of the Wolof language, 1808
ff.14 total; 4 specimens, i) ff.8; 198 x 163mm; text size 150 x 105mm; 16 lines; ii) ff.4; 220 x 182mm; text size 170 x 125mm; 12 lines; iii) f.1; 145 x 200mm; text size 110 x 165mm; 21 lines; iv) f.1; 342 x 202mm; text size 335 x 195mm; loose leaves, unbound.
Specimen 1 is in red and black ink; no. 4 has 8 frames, each c.82 x 92mm; two containing a cross and a type of tapestry motif, each in red and black ink.
Collected by John Hill; see BFBS MSS 490 and 491.
Wolof/English Dictionary, 1808
ff.32; 175 x 115mm; text size 150 x 107mm; 24 lines in 2 columns, in notebooks with brown leather covers.
Compiled by John Hill, and including a version of the Lord’s Prayer in Wolof. (See Patricia Wilson, M.Th. thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1978). This MS is dated Goree, June 1st, 1808.
See also BFBS MS 491
Wolof/English Dictionary, 1808
ff.I + 35 + I; 185 x 150mm; text size 165 x 145mm; 31 lines in 2 columns, in unbound notebooks.
Another compilation by John Hill (see BFBS MS 490), but running from A to N only. Dated Goree, August 10th, 1808.