Or_191 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
ʿAbdishoʿ of Nisibis, Paradise of Eden.
Title: The Paradise of Eden.
Language(s): Syriac
Physical Description
Support: Paper, 18 cm.
Extent: 125 ff.
Hand(s)
Written in a handsome nearly monoline E. Syriac hand sparsely vocalized. According to the colophon the ms. was written in 1476 CE. The scribe's name is lost to damage and the place of writing has been erased.
Three leaves are replacements, written in a modern hand.
Binding
Bound in half leather in Cambridge.
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased from an Assyrian owner through O. H. Parry, 1902.
Record Sources
For a full description see J. F. Coakley, Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in Cambridge University Library acquired since 1901 (2018).
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Cambridge University Library
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