Or_1287 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
Language(s): Syriac
42 leaves from a ms. of the 6th cent. written in estrangela in 2 columns.
1 leaf from a ms. of perhaps the 5th cent. written in estrangela in 2 columns.
3 leaves from a ms. of the 5th or 6th cent. written in estrangela in 2 columns.
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.
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.
2 half-leaves from a ms. of the 7th-8th cent. written in estrangela in probably 1 column.
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
Binding
The individual leaves, disbound from the codex and unfolded, are now housed in 4 volumes.
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