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...language and literature, last evening, in Sever 5. He began by briefly outlining the geography of the country inhabited by the Semites and the history of the various branches of the Semitic peoples. These peoples claim a large share of popular interest, for they have given the world an alphabet and the three great religions-Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Lyon's Lecture. | 5/5/1896 | See Source »

...Semites are a well-defined group of peoples inhabiting Western Asia, with a history extending from the remotest past to the present day. They have done an important work in civilization, giving to the world the alphabet, monotheism, the Bible, the Koran, and the three religious-Judaism, Christianity and Islam. They are therefore of permanent interest to students of language, literature, history, religion, and art. The four informal lectures announced for this week and the next are intended to give a general view of the language and the literature, especially the latter, of four of the chief members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lectures in Semitic. | 5/4/1896 | See Source »

...Alphabet Shop. Scott...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spring Concert of the Musical Clubs. | 5/17/1894 | See Source »

...advertisements for the Latin Play have just been finished and will soon be posted. They are in Latin, and the alphabet in which they are printed is copied from the Pompeiian wall inscriptions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Latin Play. | 3/7/1894 | See Source »

...Room of the Library a Latin address presented by over seventy American scholars to Professor Heinrich Brunn, the archaeologist, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his doctorate. The address, which was drawn up by Professor Lane, is engrossed and illustrated on parchment in an alphabet of the time of the Emperor Claudius. The subscribers will also send a gold medal, with appropriate devices and inscriptions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Exhibition of a Latin Address in the Art Room of the Library. | 4/15/1893 | See Source »

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