Or_1125 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
Two manuscripts in Garshuni Arabic bound together.
Language(s): Arabic (Garshuni)
A. ff. 1r-35r
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:
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
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