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Miscellaneous Syriac texts : manuscript
Title
Miscellaneous Syriac texts : manuscript.
Production
Place not identified, 16th century.
Physical Description
1 volume (115 leaves) ; 18 cm
Language
Syriac; Arabic
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
12.5 x 18 cm; written surface varies; lines per page vary.
Binding: In wooden boards (0.7 cm thick) covered with dark brown leather; back board split; cover deteriorated.
In East Syriac script, in black ink, on cream color paper.
Laid in: slip of paper in English by Moses Bailey (dating the contents of the codex between the 14th and the 17th century); two slips of paper in English, and two in modern Syriac, about the contents of the codex.
In Syriac and Arabic.
Forms part of the Hartford Seminary Collection. For a description of the collection, search by call number: Hartford Seminary.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Miscellaneous texts in Syriac (religious, historical, etc.) by different authors, in poetry and prose (with some texts in Arabic); copied in different hands. Name of copyists and places and dates of copying not mentioned, probably from the 16th century.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2022
References
Miscellaneous Syriac texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Miscellaneous Syriac texts. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Syriac - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Arabic - 16th century.
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