Solomon Caesar Malan
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Solomon Caesar Malan D.D., Vicar of Broadwindsor, Prebendary of Sarum, was a Geneva-born Anglican divine, a polyglot and orientalist. He published around 50 works related to biblical studies and trans
Table Mountain (Cape Town). Drawing by Solomon Malan (1839), now at Sasol Art Museum Stellenbosch
King James Version of the Bible. First edition title page.
Lion. Nimroud
At Kuyunjik
Republic of Geneva
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The Republic of Geneva was an independent city-state in present-day Switzerland that emerged in the early 16th century following its break with both the Catholic Church, the political authority of the
Solomon Caesar Malan
…the Malan Library, and after its dispersal in the 1960s, was recognized as foundational for the Oriental Division in the Bodleian Libraries. By birth a Genevan descended from an exiled French family, Malan was born as César Jean Salomon Malan in Geneva. He was the first of a dozen children born to his gifted…
View of Geneva in 1550 from the lake, showing the main city on the hill and the bridge linking it to Saint-Gervais on the right bank of the Rhone river
L'Escalade, the last attempt by Savoy to take Geneva by force, 1602
Geneva's fortifications by mid-17th century
First official declaration by the revolutionary government of Geneva, 28 December 1792