Add. 2889 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
Historical work in Arabic (Karshuni)
Title: Kītāb al-tavārīkh
Title: Asfār al-asrār
Title: ܟܬܐܒ ܐܠܬܘܐܪܝܢ
Title: ܐܣܦܐܪ ܐܠܐܣܪܐܪ
Title: كتاب التواريخ
Title: اسفار الاسرار
Title: The Book of Dates
Title: The Book of Secrets
Colophon: f. 366r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 367 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Collation
39 quires, signed with Syriac letters, of 10 leaves, except 3 quires which have 8 leaves, one which has 6, and one witch has only 7. There are other signatures with Arabic arithmetical figures in the middle of each quires
Layout
25 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Written in neat, regular, Nestorian, fully pointed A.D. 1730 Deacon Johannan, son of the deacon Hormizd, son the deacon Gabriel, of Alkosh
Decoration
3r
Additions: \ff. 56 and 57 are a modern supply/
History
Origin: Compiled in the year 1332 CE dated 1730 CE
Record Sources
"Manuscript description based on Wright, W. : A catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts preserved in the library of the University of Cambridge. (vol 1), 1901".
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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