Add_2046 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
Parts of two E. Syriac priest's manuals.
Priest's manual including priestly prayers, ḥuṭṭame, eucharistic liturgies, consecration of an altar without oil, absolution, consecration of the holy leaven, and further ḥuṭṭame.
Leaves from a different priest's manual. Included are the three eucharistic liturgies.
Physical Description
Condition
Hand(s)
Ff. 1-104 are written in a neat round E. Syriac hand probably of the 19th cent.
Ff. 105-130 are in a more angular and older hand, perhaps of the 14th or 15th cent.
Binding
Bound in wooden boards, now only loosely attached to the text block.
History
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.1177-79.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Cambridge University Library
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