Mnarta zʿorta d-Suryaye l-ḣad men abahata Maronaye – The Little Lampstad of the Syrians by one of the Maronite Fathers; Arabic: Qāmūs Suryānī ʿArabī li-a ḣad ʿlamāʾ al-Mawārinach – Syriac-Arabic dictionary by one of the Maronite scholars
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Dictionary Syriac-Arabic. Physical condition of originals: 146 ff; 230 x 180 mm paper; black & red ink. Cover: darck brown leather, stamped. Good condition
Physical condition of originals: 131 ff. (88r-131v and at the beginning 01r-05v blank); 184 x 180 mm paper (edges tinted red); black & red ink. Cover: cardboard wrapped in a piece of parchment. Good condition.
Book of funeral services. Physical condition of originals: 123 ff.; 190 x 135 mm paper; black& red ink; Cover: wood-boareds, brown leather. Condition: locally repaired, book-block affected by insects
Syriac grammer; text not complete. Physical condition of originals: 208 ff; 210 x 140 mm paper; black & red ink. Cover: marbled cardboard, spine of black leather stamped & gilded.Good condition
Written in Nazareth; owned by Fr. Sebastian at Commisariato di Terra Sancta in Washington. Physical condition of originals: 72 pp; 225 x 170 mm Cover: marbled cardboard; spine and horns - red cloth. Decoration: glued and ornamentally framed devotional pictures. Good condition.
Lectionary (Gospels & Epistles) Maronite.. Physical condition of originals: 554 ff; 320 x 220 x 200 mm hand-made paper of various kind; black and red ink; Decorative tabulae lectionis. Cover: wooden boards covered by brown stamped leather; spine repaired; in pastedowns pieces of an old Syriac...
Parchment (5 ff); paper (4 ff); partly printed; black & red ink; cover: brown stamped leather. Extent: 183 ff. + 3. Size and dimensions of original material: 30.5x21x3.3 cm. Condition of original material: Cover worn. Custodial history: From St John thr Baptist, Ayn Karim (Ein Karem). A...
Hand-made paper; black & red ink; cover: wood boards & brown leather, metal booses, clasp missing. Extent: 334 ff. Size and dimensions of original material: 32x21 cm. Condition of original material: Very bad: repaired with glue which caused massive attack of insects; ink corrosion; ca...