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ABSI - Jesuits in Britain Archives
SJ - Members of the Society (Cataloguing in progress)
1 - Fr Cuthbert Cary-Elwes SJ (1867-1945)
1 - Personal Papers
1 - Linguistic material, including spiritual and liturgical texts for the instruction of the Guyanese
Repository
Jesuits in Britain Archives
Ref No
ABSI/SJ/1/1/1/5
Title
Notebook entitled 'Makushi: Odd Phrases', compiled by Fr. Cary-Elwes. With a Makushi vocabulary
Date
[1909-1924]
Level
Item
Description
The first part of the book is comprised of 'odd words and phrases' in Makushi - occasionally arranged by subject e.g. "travelling" or "on a journey". The remainder is a Makushi Vocabularly, letters A-K. Two copies of a pamphlet have been inserted: "Rules for the Spelling of Geographical Names for British Official Use", issued on behalf of the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Physical Description
With insect damage and some mould and staining.
Format
Manuscript
Album amicorum of George Strachan
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