Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Or_1298 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Syriac Manuscripts

Contents

E. Syriac service-book (Kashkol).

Title: East Syriac service-book.
Language(s): Syriac

It consists of:

ff. 1b-87a
Title: Services for ferial days in the different seasons of the year.

This text is elsewhere, but not in this ms., called the Kashkol.

ff. 87a-134b
Title: Anthems for every day.

They are here captioned Qale d-ʿudrane.

ff. 134b
Title: An ʿonita by Ishoʿyahb of Salamas.

Physical Description

Support: Paper, 29½ cm.
Extent: 134 ff.

Condition

Leaves are wanting at the end. The leaves are somewhat stained but the text is legible.

Hand(s)

Written in a good regular E. Syriac hand of about the 17th cent. by an unknown scribe.

Binding

Bound in cloth in Cambridge.

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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