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1. Add MS 7154

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Title:
Ktābā Dawíd - ܟܬܒܐ ܕܘܝܕ
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Coptic, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1203
Extent:
1 text, 183 ff

2. Add MS 7169

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Title:
Púrāš qeryānā d-ṭeṭrā ᵓewangelion qadišā - ܦܘܪܫ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܛܛܪܐ ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
12th century
Extent:
1 text, 250 ff

3. Add MS 7174

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Title:
Iwangiliún - ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1499
Extent:

Codex, 219 ff

4. Add MS 17983

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Title:
Peshíṭtā - ܦܫܝܛܬܐ
Scope & Content:
The Peshíṭtā, or Syriac simplified version of the New Testament, in bilingual format, with the original Syriac text matched against its Garshuni Arabic translation. The text contains all four Gospels, albeit with several passages wanting. The contents of the manuscript are as follows: ff. 1v-3...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1438
Extent:

1 text, 318 ff.

5. Add MS 18295

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Add MS 18295
Title:
BAR-HEBRÆUS, Ethics; with several short tracts. Syriac. Paper; written in the year of the Greeks 1914 (A.D. 1603). Small Quarto. Add. 18,295.
Scope & Content:
Bar Hebræus: Ethics and Theology.: Syr. and Arab.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1603
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 18815

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Title:
GREGORY NAZIANZEN, Sermons. Syriac. (Imperfect.) Vellum; IXth or Xth cent. Quarto. Add. 18,815.
Scope & Content:
Saint Gregorius,; Nazianzenus: Discourses, sermons, and poems.: Syriac.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
9th century-10th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 18819

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Title:
THE HYMNS of Severus and others. Syriac. (Imperfect.) Vellum; written in part in the year of the Greeks 1195 (A.D. 884). Duodecimo. Add. 18,819.
Scope & Content:
Dated Mss. Oriental Syriac: Hymns: 884. Severus, Patriarch of Antioch: Hymns.: Syriac.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
9th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Egerton MS 709

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Egerton MS 709
Title:
Opus chemicum, partim Syriace et partim Arabice, sed literis Syriacis. Octavo. Bibl. Eg. 709.
Scope & Content:
Alchemy: Opus chemicum: Partly Arabic, partly Syrian.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

9. Or 3372

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Or 3372
Title:
Púrāš qeryānā d-ṭeṭrā ᵓewangelion qadišā - ܦܘܪܫ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܛܛܪܐ ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ
Scope & Content:
A Syriac lectionary, or anthology of the Four Gospels arranged with notes on reading. ff. 1v-3r : A table of contents arranged according to the specific readings, illuminated with asterisks on backgrounds of yellow, green, pink and blue inks. f. 3v : An illustration of the Cross in gold leaf...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Greek, Ancient, and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
11th century - 13th century
Extent:
1 text, 142 ff

10. Or 6673

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Or 6673
Title:
Ktābā d-huddāyā - ܟܬܒܐ ܕܗܕܝܐ
Scope & Content:
An illustrated book of Syriac incantations, supplications and prayers for the protection of the reader entitled the Ktābā d-huddāyā, or Book of Guidance. A partial listing of the context can be found in the paper by Balicka-Witakowska. The item opens with a horseshoe shaped unvan enclosing the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1817
Extent:
1 text, 48 ff