[Manuscript] [c.1832] Synglosson: Fifth Book of Vocabularies of the Languages of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Polynesia, Philadelphia, PA /

The Synglosson contains vocabulary lists documenting everything from "bread" and "bed" to "heaven" and "spirits. The represented languages with Rafinesque's notes include Chinese (015v), Japanese (021r), Arabic (027r), Polynesian (029v), Dutch (035r), Gipsy (0...

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Main Author: Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:English
Published: [1832?]
Notes:The manuscript is accompanied by a 1958 letter from Charles Boewe, University of Pennsylvania, discussing the possible provenance of Rafinesque's manuscript; he believes it to be one of six documents, possibly the only one to survive extant. An article by Boewe on the same topic appears in the proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (December 1958) accompanying the article; Lehigh's possession of the manuscript is mentioned on page 592.The manuscript came into Lehigh's possession in 1882.
Description:[96] leaves.
Digitized and made available by the Lehigh University Digital Library as part of the I Remain project.
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520 |a The Synglosson contains vocabulary lists documenting everything from "bread" and "bed" to "heaven" and "spirits. The represented languages with Rafinesque's notes include Chinese (015v), Japanese (021r), Arabic (027r), Polynesian (029v), Dutch (035r), Gipsy (011r), Celtic (012), Sumatran (058r), "Corean" (060v), Australian (061r, 085r, 090r) Indian (063v, 084r), Burmese (068r), Old English (048), Malayan (037r), and a list of Greek words derived from Hebrew and "akin to Oriental languages" (086r-088v). Rafinesque, a traveler, botanist, and linguist, wrote about his experiences and catalogued flora and fauna along with languages in his printed works, including his A life of travels and researches in North America and south Europe; or, Outlines of the life, travels and researches of C. S. Rafinesque. Containing his travels in North America and the south of Europe; the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Sicily, Azores, andc., from 1802 to 1835-with sketches of his scientific and historical researches andc. (1836). 
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