Wakristo Hodari

Material Information

Title:
Wakristo Hodari (MS 380520)
Series Title:
Knappert Collection
Abbreviated Title:
MS 380520a : Wakristo Hodari
Creator:
Bihlmeyer ( Translator )
Beatus Iten ( Translator )
Publication Date:
Language:
Swahili
Physical Description:
24 leaves
Technique:
In black type, with corrections in ink and no pagination

Learning Resource Information

Intended User Roles:
Learner

Notes

Scope and Content:
This manuscript contains 22 stories from the lives of saints. The cover page describes the stories as translations by P. Beatus Iten from ' Wahre Gottsucher,' which was written by P. Bihlmeyer. The imprimatur on the table of contents links the manuscript with the Benedictine Monastery that was established in 1898 at Peramiho, Tanzania. This manuscript, like some others in its collection, may have been submitted to the Inter-Territorial Language Committee; but it contains no correspondence or annotation to confirm this.
Version Identification:
Incipit: Palikuwa na mtu mmoja, jina like Mazedonyo, aliyeishi peke yake. Kazi yake kusali na kutubu.
General Note:
1358 Hijri calendar
General Note:
Typescript, in black type, with corrections in ink and no pagination
General Note:
Roman script
Biographical:
P. Beatus Iten (Padre Beatus Iten), of the Order of Saint Benedict, founded Hatimira Parish in the Ruvuma Region of Tanzania on 28 February 1928 according to the Roman Catholic Archiocese of Songea.
Version Identification:
VIAF (name authority) : Inter-territorial Language (Swahili) Committee to the East African Dependencies : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/129043022

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS,University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
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Resource Identifier:
MS 380520a ( SOAS Manuscript Number )