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Or 8735B
- Record Id:
- 033-004519069
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004519067
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178758702.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 8735B
- Title:
- Sermons and Saints including Job
- Scope & Content:
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This book contains sermons, lives of martyrs, and translations of Ephrem the Syrian and John Chrysostom with the following contents:
A treatise on condolences, fols. 1r–5v
A treatise on death and the departure of the soul, fols. 6r–14r
A treatise on the ones full of hatred, fols. 14v–23v
A treatise on those who have departed from this world, fols. 24r–35r
A treatise and the skill of Basil the Great on the vanity of the youth and the humbling of pride, fols. 35v–40v
The book of Job (in parts/rewritten), fols. 41r–54r
The martyrdom of the virgin Arbasima, fols. 54v–73r
The martyrdom of St:a Marina, fols. 73v–96r
The life of the virgin Abarkisa, fols. 96v–129v (end missing)
Sermons by Ephrem the Syrian on charity, faith, and the second coming of the Christ, fols. 130r–148v
Sermons by John Chrysostom, fols. 149r–160 v (end missing)
This book does not contain a colophon and is presumed to have been copied in the 19th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004519067
033-004519069 - Is part of:
- Or 8735 : Codex
Or 8735B : Sermons and Saints including Job - Hierarchy:
- 032-004519067[0002]/033-004519069
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 8735
- Record Type (Level):
- SubFonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 160 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Western paper
Dimensions: 100–120 mm x 150–170 mm.
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: Book 1: 14 lines/page; Book 2: 14–15 lines/page.
Script: Naskh; several different scribes.
Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in red.
Decoration: The volume is sporadically decorated with floral patterns/dots typically at the end of a work.
Condition: Good although some folios are missing.
Marginalia: A few notes sporadically appear in the margins.
Catchwords: Lower left margin of a verso.
Other: Sometimes four red dots are arranged as a diamond as a means to mark text division.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)