A Psalterion containing Syriac translations of the Psalms of King David, prepared for use in the Church of the East. The start of the manuscript contains a series of illustrations, most of which are done as line drawings: f. 1r : Saint Paul the Hermit, accompanied by a bird carrying a ring a...
A lectionary, or selection of reading passages from the Peshitta, assigned to days throughout the year, according to the practices of the Syriac Orthodox Church. Folios 1v-2r contain illustrations of the Cross, including several different Greek crosses in rosettes (f. 2r). A table of content...
A Syriac lectionary of the Syriac Orthodox Church containing lessons from the Four Apostles. The manuscript begins with fragments of the tables of contents (ff. 2-5) before proceeding to the main text on f. 8. The various Gospels are not separated, but sections are given according to the readi...
All four Gospels arranged into specific reading passages identified for dates throughout the Church year, intended for use in the Church of the East. The chapters are occasionally separated by intricate geometrical illumination (see f. 56r, 59v, 76v, 87v. 111v, 119v, 122v, 139r, 155r, 186v, 203v...
PONTIFICAL OF THE MARONITE CHURCH; 1723. Syriac, Arabic and Latin. The Pontifical was written in 1683 in the Patriarchal Monastery of St. Mary, Kanubin, Mount Lebanon, by Stephen Doueihi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch (1670-1704). As explained in the preface (ff. 4-6v), Doueihi''s text is a revision of the original Pontifical by Jeremiah (Ermiya) al-Amshiti, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch (1209-1230), based on a comparison with a ritual written in 1295 by Theodore, Archbishop of Akourah, and ...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Mottled brown leather over pasteboards with gilt-tooled spine: mid 18th cent. Liturgies: Manuscripts ARABIC: Eastern Churches: Stephen Doueihi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch: Jeremiah al-Amshiti, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch: Andrea Scandar, Professor of Arabic: Manuscripts S...
The Book of Exodus, or ܡܦܩܢܐ, translated form the Septuagint by Paul of Tellā, and divided into chapters called ܩܦܠܐܐ, of which there are ten in the manuscript. There also 42 marginal sub-divisions and over 3300 versicles. The text starts on f. 2r with an imperfect listing of the lessons that ar...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac, Classical
The first part of a lectionary from the Old and New Testaments, selected and arranged by Athanasius, Patriarch of Antioch, intended for use in the Church of the East. The lessons are all taken from the Pešíṭtā, with the exception of a few at the beginning, which are from the LXX and the Harklean...
A codex of six Syriac texts, all copied in the same Madenḥāyā hand. f. 1r: A series of notes in Arabic and Syriac written in a hand other than that of the scribe, primarily religious formulae, as well as a brief, partially illegible inscription in Greek or Coptic; ff. 1v-72v: The Recognition...