Add_2047 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
E. Syriac services for Palm Sunday and Easter.
This includes a section captioned 'Another order (sedra) of the townspeople (maḥozaye)' beginning on f. 52a with a drawing of Jesus entering Jerusalem.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Written in a good E. Syriac hand with much rubrication, and dated 2040 = 1729 CE.
Binding
Bound in full leather over wooden boards.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
From the library of Robert Bensly. It was purchased by him in 1891.
Record Sources
For a fuller description see W. Wright and S. A. Cook, A Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the library of the University of Cambridge (1901), ii.1179-81.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Cambridge University Library
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