Manuscript Ethiopian Folding Prayer Book, also known as a Sensul (EUL MS 352)
A small parchment folding manuscript prayer book, sometimes known as a sensul. The manuscript comprises three sections, which are stitched together, and is bound in leather with a tie at one end. The text is written in Ge'ez and forms one column, which is decorated with three illuminated drawings.
Manuscript Ethiopian Bible (EUL MS 199)
A manuscript Old Testament Bible (Psalter and Ethiopian Canticles) dating to the 19th century. It is written in Ge'ez in black and red script, and includes minor decorations, some pencilled writing and drawings throughout. It consists of 306 pages, and is formed of 19 sections sewn together and bound between two wooden boards.
William Harding King photographs relating to his explorations of the Libyan Desert (EUL MS 11)
William Joseph Harding King (1869-1933) was an explorer and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He travelled extensively in the north African deserts; in 1900 and 1908 he was in the Western Sahara, and from 1909-1912 he explored the central portions of the Libyan Desert. This collection comprises a series of 508 black and white photographs taken by William Harding King in the Libyan desert in the early 20th century. They include many images that capture the local people and culture, including photographs of the Tuareg people.
Jean Trevor research papers relating to the Hausa women of northern Nigeria (EUL MS 79)
Jean Trevor began working on the sociology of the Hausa women of northern Nigeria in the late 1960s. Based at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, her research included a series of interviews with Hausa women. The papers consist of record cards and notes, plus an offprint of her chapter 'Family change in Sokoto: a traditional Moslem Fulani/Hausa city' in J.C. Caldwell et al (eds.), 'Population growth and socio economic change in West Africa' (Columbia University Press, 1974), and a copy of her thesis.
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Archive of Nubian Language and Culture (EUL MS 183)
This archive is a planned artificial collection of material relating to a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians in Sudan and Southern Egypt, consisting of field recordings and notes made by Dr Peter Shinnie in the 1970s and 1980s; a large genealogical chart from Nubia drawn up in the 1950s and collected by Muhammed Jalal Hashim; key word lists relating to the Mahas (or Nobiin), Kunuz (or Kenzi) and Dongalawi languages.
David L Perrott papers relating to Sudanese law (EUL MS 184)
David L Perrott (1936- ) was a lecturer in law at the University of Exeter from 1965-2001. He was previously lecturer in private law at the University of Khartoum. He has held the position of legal advisor to the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, and was also a member of the Data Protection Tribunal. This collection consists of research papers relating to Sudanese legal cases, 1898-1964.
Manuscript Ethiopian Folding Prayer Book (EUL MS 352)
Manuscript Ethiopian Bible (EUL MS 199)
Glass Plate of Camel in Desert (EUL MS 11/545)
Jean Trevor research papers relating to the Hausa women of northern Nigeria (EUL MS 79)
Archive of Nubian Language and Culture (EUL MS 183)
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