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Or 13465
- Record Id:
- 032-003473397
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003473397
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093975175.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171336672.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13465
- Title:
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Peshitta - ܦܫܝܛܬܐ
- Scope & Content:
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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 ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܪܡܫ ܘܕܨܦܪܐ ܕܣܘܒܪܗ ܕܙܟܪܝܐ)
ff. 98r-135r : Gospel of John (ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܢܓܗ ܥܐܕܐ ܩܕܝܫ ܕܝܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ)
ff. 135v-190r : The Acts of the Twelve Apostles (ܦܪܩܣܢܣ ܕܬܪܥܣܪ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܥܐܕܐ ܕܣܘܠܩܗ ܕܡܪܢ)
ff. 190v-266r : Fourteen Epistles of the Holy Apostle Paul (ܐܓܪܬܐ ܐܪܒܥܣܪ ܕܦܘܠܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܛܘܒܢܐ ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܟܠܝܘܡ)
f. 266v : Colophon, including date and place of copying and copyist
f. 267r : Image of a cross of interlaced green, yellow, red, black and white bands
ff. 267v-272r : Epistles of Saints Efraim and Jacob (ܬܘܒ ܡܓܪܝܢܢ ܥܠ ܥܘܕܪܢܗ ܓ ܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܪܐ ܘ ܡܬܩܢܢܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܬܐܕܚܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܘܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܡܚܘܝܢ ܡܢ ܢܒܝܐ ܡܛܠ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܝܬܗ ܫܪܝܪܐ)
The manuscript contains considerable illumination in the guide to the Gospels, as well as in the headers of each of the sections of the text. The primary motif of the illumination is interlaced bands in red, yellow, green and navy blue. Each of the Gospels contains a cloth finger tab along the outer rim of the first page.
The manuscript was copied by Iywanis, a priest and monk at the Ethiopian and Egyptian Mar Ya''qub Monastery on the side of the holy mountain, Turabidin, in the month of Kanun Qadim, 1787 of the Greek calendar (1475 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003473397
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003473397
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 272 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171336672.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Syriac, Classical
- Scripts:
- Syriac
- Start Date:
- 1475
- End Date:
- 1475
- Date Range:
- 1475
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Dimensions : 220 mm x 160 mm x 95 mm
Foliation : Western, 272 folios
Ruling : No text boxes, text arranged in two columns of approximately 165 mm x 55 mm including 26 lines; copious marginalia
Script : Serṭā
Ink : Main text in black ink with titles and catchwords in red; illumination in red, green, yellow and black inks
Binding : Stamped brown leather cover with inlaid metal balls on both the front and back, with braided leather clasps
- Custodial History:
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Contains an ex libris from the library of Alexander Peckover on the fly-leaf.
Also contains an inscription on f. 1r reading:
ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪ ܝܘܣܦ ܠܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪ ܝܘܣܦ
"From? Shim''on bar Yúsef to Yúsef bar Shim''on".
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired in 1973, possibly from the collection of Alexander Peckover, Baron of Wisbech.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)