Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or_1287 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Syriac Manuscripts

Contents

Summary of Contents: A palimpsest manuscript, the upper text of which is a collection of patristic extracts in Arabic, of the 9th or 10th century (not described here). The re-used leaves include 57 from 7 or perhaps more Syriac manuscripts. These are listed here as A-G.

Language(s): Syriac

A.

42 leaves from a ms. of the 6th cent. written in estrangela in 2 columns.

B.
Title: From the Gospel of John, including Jn 6.49.

1 leaf from a ms. of perhaps the 5th cent. written in estrangela in 2 columns.

C.
Title: From the Gospel of Matthew, including Mt 9.5b-24, 10.9-28a, 15.37b-16.17a.

3 leaves from a ms. of the 5th or 6th cent. written in estrangela in 2 columns.

D.
Title: From Isaiah including Isa 31.6-32.13 and 34.1-13.

2 half-leaves from a ms. of the 7th cent. written in estrangela in 1 column. This leaf is doubly palimpsest. The biblical text is the lower text. The middle text is unidentified.

E.
Title: From the Old Testament including Ex 14.25-31, Isa 50.2b-7, and Ex 14.24-31.

A half-leaf from a ms. of the 7th cent. written in estrangela in 1 column. This leaf is doubly palimpsest. The biblical text is the middle text. The lower text is unidentified.

F.
Title: A hymn or text in rhythmic prose.

2 half-leaves from a ms. of the 7th-8th cent. written in estrangela in probably 1 column.

G.
Title: Miscellaneous texts

7 leaves, possibly not all from the same ms. They are not all legible, but include a poem attributed to Ephrem beginning 'Blessed is the old age which has grown old with good deeds'.

Physical Description

Support: Vellum, folded to 20cm.
Extent: 57 ff.

Binding

The individual leaves, disbound from the codex and unfolded, are now housed in 4 volumes.

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed by Agnes Smith Lewis and accessioned in the Library in 1933.

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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