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Kahal Kadosh Talmud Torah Sefaradim (Venice, Italy). Hevrat Bikur Holim1

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Stopping for death

Duffy, Carol Ann; Rafferty, Trisha

1996

A collection of poems about death, loss, and mourning, written by poets from all over the world.

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Shefer Diḳduḳah shel nefesh : refuʼot teʻalah : le-haʻalot lah arukhah u-marpe bi-khenafeha : be-seder ʻelyon ṿidui li-shekhiv me-raʻ : ṿe-taḥanunim le-daber la-rash de-takif leh ʻalma ṭova

Yosef ben Yaʻaḳov ha-Kohen; Roth, Cecil (1899-1970); Ḳahal ḳadosh Talmud Torah Sefaradim (Venice, Italy). Ḥevrat biḳur ḥolim

445 [1684 or 1685]

Prayer for the sick and liturgical rite to be recited at the bed of a dying person. Title page partially vocalized. "Nidpas le-vaḳashat nedive yosher Ḥevrat bikur ḥolim shebe-ḳ.ḳ. Talmud...

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Recherches physiologiques sur la vie et la mort

Bichat, Xavier (1771-1802)

an XIII-1805

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Another sky : voices of conscience from around the world

Popescu, Lucy; Seymour-Jones, Carole

2007

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Latin verse inscriptions

Purdie, Albert Bertrand (1888-)

1935

Bibliography: p. [190]-192.

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Photographs of a sketch and death mask of John Keats

1875-1879

Four posthumous photographs of John Keats belonging to Charles and Mary Cowden Clake, three of the deathbed sketch by the artist Joseph Severn and one of Keats' death mask in Severn's collection, all ...

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Some Aspects of Oral, Social and Material Tradition in an Industrial Urban Area

McKelvie, Donald

1963

The nine chapters in this Ph.D. thesis describe an approach to collecting folklife material in the cities, towns and villages of West Yorkshire (including Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield), with cha...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Allendale, Northumberland

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

Sep-1955

[Side 1] George describes his first experiences as lead miner, compares lack of interest among young miners now and in past, expresses concern at lack of awareness of lead mining terminology, incl. di...

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Birth, Marriage, Death and Initiation Customs and Beliefs in the Central Sudan

Hamid, Sayed

1966

M.A. study of customs connected with the life cycle in central Sudan. The aim has been to put these in their proper social setting and to give them possible interpretations, whilst also attempting to ...

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Miscellaneous Correspondence

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1961-1976

Correspondence between Stewart Sanderson and various correspondents relating to dialect and folklife, covering the period January 1961-February 1963, November 1971, and June-August 1975. This includes...

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