Ohio University, folio-east-06a
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS30474
- Shelfmark:
- folio-east-06a
- Title:
- Foliophiles Eastern leaf 06a: Syriac prayer book, 16th century
- Date:
- n.d.
- Language:
- Syriac
- Material:
- Paper (fiber product)
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf; Paper (fiber product); 15.5 cm x 21.0 cm
- Note:
- Decoration: Rubrics
Provenance: This leaf is from a portfolio compiled by The Foliophiles Inc. in 1928 and issued as a limited edition under the title "Specimens of Oriental Mss and Printing."
Provenance: The set of leaves belonging to Ohio University is number 13 of 120.
Provenance: The transcribed labels accompanying these leaves were originally written by The Foliophiles, Inc., a now-defunct New York association of rare book dealers that was also known as the Society of Foliophiles.
Provenance: Between 1925 and 1968 The Foliophiles disbound hundreds of historical texts and assembled them into several thematic portfolio sets.
Provenance: These were then issued in “editions” of between 15 and 200 leaves. Universities across America subsequently purchased these portfolios as teaching tools.
Provenance: While a small number of the selected leaves come from other cultures, the vast majority are from European texts. The collecting and marketing practices of The Foliophiles reflect the values of the members of the association and the contemporary American rare book market.
Provenance: Original descriptions, therefore, may contain outdated language, speculation, or inaccurate information.
The following text is based on the original seller's label. FROM A NESTORIAN SYRIAC MANUSCRIPT of the 16th Century—a Book of Prayers
Written with a reed pen on a semi-waterproof paper (in the manufacture of which Damascus was once famous), and distinguished for its bold, clear characters and interesting rubrications
Syriac, a Semitic language, originally a dialect of Aramaic, which in turn sprang from the Phoenician, was the spoken and written language of a vast region East of Antioch, and for a time was the cultural language of Persia
In fact, it ranked in importance second only to Greek throughout the Eastern Roman Empire
Its characters seem to have been derived from Cufic, or monumental Arabic, used in rock inscriptions, coins and seals, rather than from the cursive Naskhi, used on papyrus and parchment
Syriac has now been almost entirely superseded by modern Arabic, except in a few isolated communities and among the clergy, and may be considered a dead language.
Specimens of Eastern Manuscripts and Printing - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/4881
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:4881/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
