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Language Syriac, Classical Level [32] Fonds

31. Or 9363

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9363
Title:
Metrical discourses and responsa
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains metrical discourses on biblical and doctrinal themes. These include texts by Yoḥannān bar Zu‘bī, copied in Madenḥāyā script at al-Qosh by ‘Isā bar Esha‘āyā, and metrical discourses on similar topics by Mār Gabriyel Ishoghab, Qatolīqā, and others, also in Madenḥāyā script....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1896
Extent:
1 item, 239 fols.

32. Or 9374

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9374
Title:
Treatise of Moses bar Kepha on the soul and of Mār Yo’annes
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise of Mūšā bar Kepha on the soul, comprised of 65 chapters (ff 3v-77r); a treatise by Mūšā bar Kephā, Bishop of Mosul, on resurrection comprising of 16 chapters and a dedication (ff 77v-166v); a treatise by Mār Yo’annes of Dira (?) on various theological matters compr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 item, 242 fols.

33. Or 9378

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9378
Title:
Epistles, discourses, responsa, etc.
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Ktābā d-‘Abd Mešiḥā, the letters, moral discourses and responsa of ‘Abd Mešiḥā of Ḥirtā (ff 1-109); the Ktābā d-Reše, an exposition of the operation of providence, by Mār Isḥāq of Rannan Išo‘ (ff 110-183); and a treatise on the mysteries of the Church (ff 184-317). Folios...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
1 item, 323 fols.

34. Or 9385

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9385
Title:
Three works of Yōḥannān bar Penkāye
Scope & Content:
This volume contains three works of Johanan bar Penkaye: Reš melle d-tash‘ītā, a treatise on chastity and holiness, and the metrical discourses on religious themes. The text was copied in black ink with red used for titles and catchwords. There is considerable illumination throughout, in red, yel...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 item, 247 fols.

35. Or 9392

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9392
Title:
Taš‘ītā d-Aliksāndros
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a history of Alexander the Great. The main text was copied in neat, clear lines in black ink, with red used for titles and chapter headings. There are occasional marginal notes in Classical Syriac throughout the text, and the final folios also contain geometric illuminati...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 item, 114 fols.

36. Or 9393

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9393
Title:
Taš‘ītā d-Aliksāndros
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a history of Alexander the Great. The text has been copied in black ink with red used for the titles of discrete sections and episodes. Towards the end of the manuscript there are also examples of illuminated headings in red and black ink featuring geometric designs.A col...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1889
Extent:
1 item, 218 fols.

37. Or 11370

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11370
Title:
Magical prayers with invocations
Scope & Content:
Magical prayers with invocations. Many diagrams In Garshuni & Syriac, with rare additions in Arabic.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item, 85 fols.

38. Or 12073

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12073
Title:
Takhsā d-burrāke or Marriage Service according to the Nestorian Rite
Scope & Content:
The marriage service according to the Nestorian rite (ff 8v-73r) with a colophon on ff 73r-v.The main text is preceded by another text in Syriac in a different hand (ff 2r-7r) recounting a different rite.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 item, 73 fols.

39. Or 13465

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13465
Title:
Peshitta - ܦܫܝܛܬܐ
Scope & Content:
The New Testament, containing : ff. 1v-8r : A guide to the contents of the four Gospels ff. 8v-39r : Gospel of Matthew (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܡܐܬܝ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܩܕܡ ܝܠܕܐ) ff. 39v-60r : Gospel of Mark (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫ ܕܡܪܩܘܣ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܢܓܗ ܥܐܕܐ ܕܐܕܕܚܝܐ) ff. 60v-97v : Gospel of Luke (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕ ܕܠܘܩܐ ܩܪ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1475
Extent:
1 text, 272 ff