Sorrowful lamentation on the 40,000 Christians massacreed [sic] in Damascus - Elegies & laments - English ballads

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(1) Sorrowful lamentation on the 40,000 Christians massacreed [sic] in Damascus

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Description

First line reads: Good Christians pay attention to what I now unfold. In one column with a woodcut above the title. Air: - Village pride. This is a different edition from the item placed at Crawford.EB.2165.

Shelfmark

Crawford.EB.2166

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Library catalogue record

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Form / genre:

Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Images > Pictures > Illustrations

Dates / events:

1860 [Date printed]
Lebanon History Druze and Maronite Conflict, 1860 [Date/event in text]
1800-1900 [Date printed]

Places:

Europe > Ireland > Leinster > County Dublin > Dublin borough > Dublin (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Asia > Syria > Dimashq City municipality > Damascus (inhabited place) [Place in text]

Subject / content:

Ballads
Dirges
Massacres
Woodcuts (prints)

Person / organisation:

Druzes [Subject of text]
Maronites [Subject of text]
Catholic Church Antiochene rite [Subject of text]

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English ballads

Description

Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Attribution and copyright:

Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

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Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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