Harvard University, MS Syriac 52
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- DS ID:
- DS11196
- Shelfmark:
- MS Syriac 52
- Title:
- The pearl; Memra on ecclesiastical books
- Author:
- ʻAbdisho bar Berīkā, -1318
- Date:
- November 1865 [1553
- Language:
- syr
ara
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 98 leaves, bound ; 16 cm.
- Note:
- In a tray case, 18 cm.
Written in a neat regular East Syriac hand, 14 lines per page.
Date from colophon. The place of writing was Gazarta. A leaf is lost after f. 70 which contained the names of bishops and perhaps the name of the scribe. On f. 71r it is stated that the ms. was bought for the church of Mart Mariam in the village of Šāk out of church funds.
Bookplate of former owner J. Rendel Harris with his number (MS Harris 40). Purchased by the Harvard Semitic Museum in 1905 (accession no. 3978).
Semitic Museum deposit, ca. 1959. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990092528700203941/catalog
- Holding Institution:
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