Collection ID: 0006 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Mnāte men ktābā d-dayiʹlúgú šúʼālā w-púnāyā.
ܡܢ̈ܬܐ ܡܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܕܝܐܠ̈ܘܓܘ ܫܘܐܠܐ ܘܦܘܢܝܐ

Authors

• Jacob bar Shakkō, -1241
• J. Rendel Harris Collection (Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College)

Other related names

• Harris, J. Rendel 1852-1941, former owner

Call number

Rendel Harris 49
(Haverford, Haverford College, Quaker and Special Collections, Rendel Harris)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9910189395853049
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1114306202
• http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0006/html/harris_049.html
• https://www.haverford.edu/library

Publisher

Haverford College

Language

Syriac (

Origin

Date

1845

Summary

Three works. Two collections of prayers, charms, medical recipes, and other useful instructions for everyday life written as several leaves in Syriac, followed by a larger selection in Arabic (fol. 1r-51r); begins abruptly. The final work, entirely in Syriac, is the Book of dialogues (fol. 53v-106v) which includes questions and answers on grammar and philosophical topics.

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
   
• Title for first work from colophon (f. 7v); title of second word from caption title (f. 53v).
   
• Syriac cataloging assistance provided by Joshua Mugler.
   

Extent

106, iii leaves : 160 x 112 (120 x 70) mm bound to 160 x 115 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.

Support

Paper

Binding

Woven textile in olive green and white over pulpboard with checked and interlocking pointed oval designs.

Layout

15 long lines.

Decoration

Rubrications in red; marginal design added to f. 93v.

Script

Written in Syriac, Serto and Arabic in naskh in black ink.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by J. Rendel Harris.
   

Subjects topical

• Syriac language--Grammar--Early works to 1800
• Syriac language--Texts--Early works to 1800
• Syriac literature--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuscripts (documents)
• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Manuscripts, Syriac
• Manuscripts, Arabic
• Manuscripts, 19th century

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Kúrāsā
• fol. 53v — Mnāte men ktābā d-dayiʹlúgú šúʼālā w-púnāyā

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Description of manuscript
• Inside front cover — Library donation tag
• fol. 9r — Arabic begins