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Contents

Summary of Contents: A collection entitled Book of the explanation of the songs of David, being a collection of works related to the Psalms. Its chief component is a commentary by Rabban Denḥa or Rabban Grigor (fols. 20v-155v). It also includes the commentary of Theodore of Mopsuestia on Psalms 118, 138-48 (fols.176v-218v).

Language(s): Syriac

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper, 32 cm.

Extent: 238 ff.

Hand(s)

Written in a good clear E. Syriac hand probably in the 1890s.

Additions:

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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