Ktābā d-Pardesā

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 2302
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1694
  • Language of Material
    • Syriac
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 131 fols.

Scope and 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 colophon can be found on f 130v and a brief note in another hand is recorded on f 131r.An illuminated frontispiece on f 1v has been partially preserved and contains geometric designs, comprised mainly of interlocking triangles, in red, blue, green and yellow.The manuscript is dated 2005 AG (1694 CE).

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