Or_1293 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
E. Syriac lectionary of the Gospels.
Title: East Syriac lectionary of the Gospels for Sundays, commemorations, etc. in the Peshitta version, according to the use of the church of Mosul.
Language(s): Syriac
At the end, f. 108r-v, is a list of occasional lections.
Physical Description
Support: Paper, 30 cm.
Extent: 112 ff.
Hand(s)
The colophon on ff. 108v-110v gives the date 1977 AS ( = 1666 CE) and the scribe's name Oshaʿna son of Nbiya from the village of Ḥanare in the region of Parshin.
Binding
Bound, too tightly, in wooden boards with a leather spine. The front board is broken and only half remains.
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented by the executors of the Rev. David Jenks,1935.
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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