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21. Or 1593

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 1593
Title:
Treatise on chemistry and natural philosophy
Scope & Content:
A treatise on chemistry and natural philosophy containing numerous diagrams and illustrations. The main text of the work is in Syriac, with many of the descriptions of the illustrations, as well as the marginalia, in Arabic Garshuni.A listing of alchemical symbols is found on folios 1v-2r. The ha...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
1 item, 49 fols.

22. Or 2302

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2302
Title:
Ktābā d-Pardesā
Scope & Content:
This volume contains Ktābā d-Pardesā (the Book of the Paradise of Eden), a collection of 50 theological poems arranged in alphabetic order. The titles of the poems are recorded in larger red letters, and some of the lines are numbered with Syriac letters on the outside of the text block. The colo...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1694
Extent:
1 item, 131 fols.

23. Or 2314

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2314
Title:
John Bar Zu'bi Grammar
Scope & Content:
A compendious grammar of the Classical Syriac language compiled by John Bar Zu'bi. The text is wanting in several sections including the colophon.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
15th century-16th century
Extent:
1 item, 164 fols.

24. Or 3335

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 3335
Title:
Liber Splendorum Grammar of The Syriac lang. by Gregory Bar- Hebraeus
Scope & Content:
Liber Splendorum Grammar of The Syriac language by Gregory Bar- Hebraeus, copied in Mosul (?). A colophon for the main work can be found on ff 352r-353v. Additional colophons can be found on the following two pages. The manuscript is dated 733 AH (1332 CE).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1332
Extent:
1 item, 353 fols.

25. Or 4090

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4090
Title:
Kitāb al-Hidāyah
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Kitāb al-Hidāyah, or the Nomocanon of Grigorius Bar-Hebraeus translated into Arabic Garshuni, with a brief colophon in Classical Syriac on f 174v. The work also contains a short account of fourteen church councils. A table of contents for the work, in a hand different fro...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
1823-1824
Extent:
1 item, 176 fols.

26. Or 8730

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8730
Title:
Discourses of Gregory Nazanzianus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the first 30 discourses of Gregory Nazanzianus, translated into Syriac by Bishop Jacob of Edessa (Urfa, Türkiye). The text was copied in estrangela script in black ink, which has now faded to brown, on vellum. Occasional catchwords are also found in red throughout the tex...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
897
Extent:
1 item, 208 fols.

27. Or 8731

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8731
Title:
First 30 discourses of Gregory Nazanzianus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the first 30 discourses of Gregory Nazanzianus translated into Syriac by Jacob Bishop of Edessa. This copy was made by Philozenaios in the Monastery of Mar Mathaios near Aleppo (?) in the year 1045 AG (733 CE). The text is written in estrangela script on vellum in black i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
733
Extent:
1 item, 87 fols.

28. Or 8732

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8732
Title:
Books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Isaiah IV-to end
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Isaiah IV-to end. It was copied in the monastery of St. Simeon, likely in the vicinity of Edessa (Urfa, Türkiye), in 1082 AH (770 CE). It was copied from a the recension of Eusebius Pamphilius, which dates from 690-699 CE.The text was copie...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Syriac, Classical
Date Range:
770
Extent:
1 item, 136 fols.

29. 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.

30. 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.