Add. 3278 (University Library, Cambridge University)
Syriac Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: A Commentary on the books of Genesis and Exodus attributed to a patriach of Alexandria.
1.
Title: Commentary of Genesis
The text is divided into lessons
Colophon: f. 350r
Language(s): Arabic- Karshūnī
References
2.
Title: Commentary of Exodus
The text is divided into lessons
Colophon: f. 350r
Language(s): Arabic- Karshiūnī
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 352 ff.
Dimensions (leaf):
Dimensions (written):
Collation
Quires, signed with letters only as far as f. 42r, of 8 and 10 leaves, except 8th, witch has only 8
Layout
From 23 to 31 lines to the page
Hand(s)
Written in inelegant Jacobite sertā A.D. 1722
Decoration
4v A cross surrounder by an ornamental border
Additions: Note on f. 351r
History
Origin: The text seems to have been copied from a defective manuscript, as rubrics are frequently missing, and there are considerable lacunae. Marked, for example at ff. 103, 129 sqq., 144, 148-149, 151 and 181. Dated 1722 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 2), 1901".
Availability
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