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:
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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