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...
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...
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...
THE FIRST PART of the Works of Gregory of Nazianzen. On vellum, written in the year of the Greeks 1156 (A.D. 845.) Quarto. 12,153. Saint Gregorius,; Nazianzenus: The first part of his works: in Syriac.
THEOLOGICAL TREATISE, containing numerous extracts from the Fathers. Imperfect. On vellum, written about the xth century. Small Folio. 12,155. Theology: A treatise, containing numerous extracts from the Fathers.: Syriac.