| Ref No | WIA GC/16146 |
| Title | Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von to Warburg, Aby 23/02/1925 |
| Writer | Hornbostel, Erich Moritz von |
| Place1 | Berlin-Steglitz, Arndtstrasse 40 |
| Recipient | Warburg, Aby |
| Date | 23/02/1925 |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | thanks him for his letter and a volume of 'Vorträge'; thanks him that, a quarter of a century ago, Warburg was the impetus for Hornbostel to switch from chemistry to art history; detailed explanation of research into comparing forms of rituals and hymns; on writing in alphabets and pictographs as rituals; arrangement of the alphabet is a secret formula arranged in a sequence of sacred rituals |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/377 | Hornbostel; Erich Moritz von (25/02/1877-28/11/1935); Dr. | 25/02/1877-28/11/1935 |