Or_1299 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Syriac Manuscripts

Bar-Hebraeus, Treatise of treatises.

Title: The Treatise of treatises.

On Aristotelian philosophy. It is incomplete at the beginning, starting in the middle of the prologue. There are then three parts: on logic (f. 3v), on physics (48v), and on metaphysics (78v).

Language(s): Syriac

Physical Description

Support: Paper, 23 cm.

Extent: 114 ff.

Hand(s)

Written in a good small E. Syriac hand of the 18th or 19th cent. by an unknown scribe.

Binding

Bound in quarter leather 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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