Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
The precise location of footnote 37 is speculative since it is not indicated in the original.
Al-Bertuni is only mentioned once in the book, with an anchor to a footnote which is not present. The anchor has not been included.
The first footnote to chapter VII has no anchor, nor any mention of the apparent topic within the chapter so it has not been indexed.
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RICHARD G. BADGER, PUBLISHER, BOSTON
THE SYMBOL OF THE DEVIL.
DEVIL WORSHIP
THE SACRED BOOKS AND
TRADITIONS OF THE
YEZIDIZ
BY
ISYA JOSEPH, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
BOSTON
RICHARD G. BADGER
THE GORHAM PRESS
Copyright, 1919, by Richard G. Badger
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