Book of the Rolls, Gibson1901, printed page 8
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Book of the Rolls — Margaret Dunlop Gibson, 1901
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f.94b οἵα ὃ KITAB AL-MAGALL. Paradise stretches round from the east by a wall from the hollow to the southern place of darkness where the cursed Prince was thrown, it is the place of sorrows. Eden is a fountain of God lying eastwards, to a height of eight degrees of the rising of the sun, and this is the mercy of God on which the children of men put their trust, that they shall have a Saviour from thence, because God, may He be exalted and glorified! knew in His fore- knowledge what the Devil would do to Adam. Adam lived in the treasury of His mercy, as David the prophet said, ‘Thou hast been …
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- Book of the Rolls — Margaret Dunlop Gibson, 1901
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- Complete supplied Gibson1901English Book of the Rolls (Kitab al-Magall), printed1–58 /scanobjects36–93 inclusive, endingAmen. ExplicitClementineArabicchroniclewitness; not the CaveofTreasures, biblicalJubilees or EthiopicJosippon. Sourcefolioreferences, editorfootnotes and uncertain historicalOCR unchanged. SeparateAphikia/CyprianJusta texts excluded; ArabicoriginalOCR contains extensive scriptmisrecognition andisnot admitted as an original-language source.
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Recorded provenance: Complete supplied Gibson1901English Book of the Rolls (Kitab al-Magall), printed1–58 /scanobjects36–93 inclusive, endingAmen. ExplicitClementineArabicchroniclewitness; not the CaveofTreasures, biblicalJubilees or EthiopicJosippon. Sourcefolioreferences, editorfootnotes and uncertain historicalOCR unchanged. SeparateAphikia/CyprianJusta texts excluded; ArabicoriginalOCR contains extensive scriptmisrecognition andisnot admitted as an original-language source.
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