Púraš qeryāne d-ᵓevangilion qadeš d-qúdāš ᶜidtā birmaši - ܦܘܪܫ ܩ̈ܪܝܢܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܫ ܕܩܘܕܫ ܥܕܬܐ ܒܪܡܫܐ.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 8729
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1230
  • Language of Material
    • Syriac
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text Materials : Paper. Dimensions : 425 mm x 300 mm x 47 mm. Foliation : Western and occasional Syriac foliation, 247 ff. Ruling : No text boxes, text arranged in two columns measuring approximately 315 mm x 90 mm and comprising 26 lines. Script : Primarily Estrangelā, initial letter in serṭā. Ink : Main text in black ink with headers, catchwords and titles in red ink or gold leaf, or enclosed in lines of gold leaf; illuminations in red, blue, purple, yellow, black and green ink as well as gold leaf. Binding : 19th century European leather binding, with the original boards of stamped brown leather on the inside of the current binding.

Scope and Content

A collection of lessons and prayers based on the Gospels, forming part of the doctrine of the Syriac Church. The lessons are arranged according to the four Gospels. Folio 1r contains a text in different hand from the rest of the manuscript in serṭā script. The main text, in Estrangela script, begins on f. 1v with an illuminated header in gold leaf and black, light blue and maroon ink. Occasional medallions in purple, red, green, black and gold ink can be found throughout the manuscript, possible indicating pagination. The manuscript contains a colophon on f. 247v, enclosed within an illuminated text box composed of geometrical patterns in red, purple, green, blue and yellow inks. The manuscript was copied on 29 Temmuz of the Greek year 1541 (1230 CE) on the Holy Mountain of Urhoi (Edessa/Urfa) in the Monastery of Dilrath (?) Aloho, also known as Beth Aksenye (?). The copyist of the manuscript is listed as Bakhus bar Matai bar Maqsha bar Ash''iya of Beth Hodayd (?) of the city of Erbeleth (?) in the country of Mosul.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by Baroness Zouche on 13 October 1917.