Description | File of press cuttings of articles about or by Alphonse Mingana. Most of the cuttings are reviews of his books and articles, including 'Woodbrooke Studies', 'Leaves from Three Ancient Qurans', 'The Odes and Psalms of Solomon', 'The Book of Religion and Empire', 'Job of Edessa', English, French, and German, 1914-1937. The scrapbook also includes a few press cuttings of articles by Mingana and a small quantity of papers relating to his death including: press cuttings; letter to Emma Mingana [wife of Alphonse Mingana] from Edward Cadbury, 1937; typed copy of message from James Rendel Harris [biblical scholar, orientalist, and folklorist], probably read at a memorial service held for Mingana, 1937; letter to Emma Mingana from Geoffrey Woledge [Librarian, Selly Oak Colleges] thanking her for giving a portrait of Mingana to the Library, 1938. |