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Contents

Summary of Contents: E. Syriac hymns (turgame and sogyata).

1v-66v

Author: ʿAbdishoʿ.

Title: Turgame.

Language(s): Syriac

66v-69v

Title: Sogyata.

Language(s): Syriac

Imperfect at the end.

Physical Description

Support: Paper, 16 cm.

Extent: 69 ff.

Condition

In poor condition, with leaves wanting.

Hand(s)

Written in a small neat E. Syriac hand of the 17th or 18th cent.

Binding

Bound in wooden boards, which are split and laced together.

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

From the library of Robert Bensly. It was purchased by him in 1891.

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.1157-59.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Cambridge University Library

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