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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/1/1/1/8
Title
Manuscript copy of Dr Roth's vocabularies of Carib (or Karib) and Akawaio.
Date
[1909-1924]
Level
Item
Description
Exercise book containing comparative vocabulary of English, Carib and Akawaio, copied by Cary-Elwes from Dr Roth's notes. The vocabularly is divided into the following sections: travelling, topical, trees and shrubs, animals, birds, more animals, fish, reptiles, people, parts of the body and 'various'
Physical Description
Slight staining from mould
Admin_History
The "Dr Roth" referred to is possibly Dr. Walter Roth (2 April 1861-5 April 1933) - an anthropolgist and physician.
Format
Manuscript
Album amicorum of George Strachan
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