(Q45509)
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Bible
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Grant, Asahel, 1807-1844
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Syriac bindings
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1199.
12. century
1199Gregorian
1199Gregorian
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Extent: 338 leaves, bound : vellum ; 27 cm.
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A leaf is missing after f. 330.
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In a tray case, 30 cm.
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Written in a fine estrangela hand with East Syriac vowels, in one column, 26-28 lines per page. This changes to a serto in the middle of f. 333v. Rubrics, subscriptions and other occasional ornaments are in red and green.
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Sections of the text are numbered in the margins using the usual double sequence. Lections are not marked. A later hand has added glosses and other unidentified words in small writing in the margins.
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Date from colophon, which gives the date 1511 AG ( = 1199/1200) and the hijra date 594 ( = 1198/9).
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The colophon also gives the scribe's name as Boktishoʻ and the place of writing the monastery of Rabban Sabrišoʻ in the mountains of Qardu.
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There are notes in English translating various rubrics throughout the ms.
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"Presented by the Nestorian Patriarch Mar Shimon to Doct. A. Grant and by him to the Library of the A.B.C.F. Missions" - f. 337v.
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Oriental binding in full leather over walnut boards, fastened with a leather strap.
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ABCFM deposit, ca. 1942.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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