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Engraved image of the catafalque for Sitti Maani funeral, foldout page between pages 16-17. The Tisch Library copy of the funerary pamphlet is missing this page.

Two of more than thirty poems written for Sitti Maani's funeral by Umoristi academy members that were originally deposited in the central funerary jar.

Sitti Maani's personal seal with Maani's motto in Syriac surrounded by Arabic text: “Most noble, elevated, exalted name of Lady Maani, daughter of Signore Habibigian of Mardin of the noble house of Gioerida, from the ancient land of Mesopatamia.”

Engraved portrait bordered with the name Sitti Maani Gioerida della Valle

Image of Title Page

Grade 11, Age 16
Lexington High School Lexington, MA
Silver Key – Painting
Ashley Grant, Educator

Grade 12, Age 17
Newton Country Day School
Newton, MA
Silver Key – Personal Essay & Memoir Evan Adair, Educator