Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or_1138 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Syriac Manuscripts

Contents

Yosip II, The polished mirror.

1r-214r
Title: The polished mirror.
Language(s): Arabic (Garshuni)

A work of Catholic theology in 5 chapters.

215r-237r
Title: A work that gathers all the heresies that can be found in the books of the Chaldeans.
Language(s): Arabic (Garshuni)

'Chaldeans' refers to the Church of the East.

Physical Description

Support: Paper, 21 cm.
Extent: 237 ff.

Hand(s)

Written in a professional East Syriac hand with vowels in red and black. A part-colophon on fol. 214a gives the date 1717.

Binding

Bound in full leather with blind tooling and a stamp on front and back boards.

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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