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An Ethiopic Inscription in Westminster Abbey1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2009

Edward Ullendorff
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Early in the spring of 1990, Professor Josef van Ess of Tübingen University came to visit me at my home at Oxford. In the course of conversation he asked me about an Ethiopic memorial tablet he had seen in Westminster Abbey. To my chagrin I had to own that the existence of such an inscription was quite unknown to me. In the hope of removing (or at least of mitigating) this stain of inexcusable ignorance, I hastened to the Abbey the following week – only to find it closed to visitors on account of a broadcast recording performance. I then wrote to the Assistant Librarian of Westminster Abbey (Mrs Enid Nixon) who proved to be immensely helpful and knowledgeable and was kind enough to answer my queries and to provide me with precious information. I have since been able to inspect the monument in situ.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , July 1992 , pp. 167 - 173
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1992

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Photograph published by courtesy of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

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