Add_2052 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
E. Syriac handbook of the faith.
Title: Book of the faith of Syrians (Suryaye) ... called the knunta.
Language(s): Syriac
The contents are the same as those of ms. Add. 2051.
Physical Description
Support: Paper, 16½ cm.
Extent: 65 ff.
Hand(s)
Written in a neat clear E. Syriac hand, and dated 2140 = 1829 CE.
Binding
Bound in bare wooden boards with a canvas spine.
History
Origin:
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.1188-89.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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