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

Title

Fuṣūl al-Injīl al-ṭāhir al-muqaddas.
ܦܨܘܠ ܐܠܐܢܓܝܠ ܐܠܛܐܗܪ ܐܠܡܩܕܣ

Authors

• J. Rendel Harris Collection (Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College)

Other related names

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

Call number

Rendel Harris 57
(Haverford, Haverford College, Quaker & Special Collections, Rendel Harris)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9910189395859049
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1114306155
• http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0006/html/harris_057.html
• https://www.haverford.edu/library

Language

Arabic Garshuni (

Origin

Date

15--?

Place

Iraq?

Summary

Gospel readings according to the liturgy of the Upper Monastery, known as the "Mosul Rite".

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
   
• Title from introduction (f. 1v).
   
• Marginal rubrics in Syriac indicate accompanying hymns; catchwords and signatures in Arabic; interpretive glosses integrated into the text.
   
• Syriac cataloging assistance provided by Joshua Mugler.
   

Extent

Ii, 113, ii leaves : 286 x 190 (230 x 130) mm bound to 286 x 210 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords each verso, lower left. Gatherings are marked at the beginning and end in Arabic script.

Support

Paper

Binding

Reddish brown leather over pasteboard blind stamped with central Greek cross with 4-leaf floral design at the end of each arm and in the corners and frame of smaller equal-armed crosses; spine reinforced with piece of printed textile; endbands in red and green thread.

Layout

23 long lines, except for f. 113v, which is in two columns.

Decoration

Illuminated headpiece in black and red (f. 1v); textblock border ruled in double red; rubrications in red; single lines of repeating geometric designs in red and black used as text division markers; black dots in a red circle punctuate the text.

Script

Written in Arabic Garshuni in East Syriac script with Arabic script catchwords.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by J. Rendel Harris.
   

Subjects topical

• Christian literature, Syriac
• Syriac language--Texts

Genres

• Manuscripts (documents)
• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Manuscripts, Syriac
• Manuscripts, 16th century

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — Fuṣūl al-Injīl al-ṭāhir al-muqaddas

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Description of manuscript
• Inside front cover — Library donation tag
• fol. 1v — Illuminated headpiece
• fol. 6v — Text division marker
• fol. 11v — Text division marker
• fol. 32v — Text division marker
• fol. 54r — Text division marker
• fol. 61v — Text division marker
• fol. 77v — Text division marker
• fol. 110r — Text division marker