Add_2818 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
E. Syriac liturgical poetry.
ff. 1v-40v
Title: Turgame
Language(s): Syriac
Hymns before the Gospel, mostly for festivals.
ff. 41v-76r
Title: A memra on the eucharist.
Language(s): Syriac
In 12-syllable metre. It is anonymous in this ms. but is actually by Narsai.
ff. 76v-118v
Title: Memre on the eucharist in 12-syllable metre, and on baptism and the holy leaven in 7-syllable metre.
Language(s): Syriac
ff. 119r-138v
Title: A memra in 12-syllable metre on the holy Catholicos Ishoʿyahb
Language(s): Syriac
ff. 139r-140r
Title: Two turgame.
Language(s): Syriac
Physical Description
Support: Paper, 23 cm.
Extent: 140 ff.
Hand(s)
Written in a good upright E. Syriac hand of the 18th cent.
Binding
Bound in Cambridge in quarter leather.
History
Origin:
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased from Prof. William Wright in 1888.
Record Sources
For a full description see W. Wright and S. A. Cook, A Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge (1901), ii.662-66.
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