Or_1125 (University Library, Cambridge University)

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Contents

Two manuscripts in Garshuni Arabic bound together.

Language(s): Arabic (Garshuni)

A. ff. 1r-35r

Author: Epiphanius

Title: A homily on the burial of Christ, his descent into hell and his releasing of Adam and his descendants.

B. ff. 36v-92v

Title: The story of Zaina daughter of king Lucianus, who converted 1,130,000.

Incomplete at the end.

Physical Description

Support: Paper, 15 and 16½ cm. respectively.

Extent: 35 + 57 ff.

Condition

Leaves are wanting at the end.

Hand(s)

Written in two different everyday serto hands both probably of the 18th cent.

Binding

Bound in Cambridge in cloth.

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Huw Ifor Lloyd, , 1928.

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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