Item Summary

Illustrated collection of charms and prayers.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Book of protection].
Call Number
C0941 (Princeton Syriac MS. 2)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcns064j300
Publisher
[17th century?]
Language
Syriac
Date Created
1600-1699
Format
Manuscript
Extent
54 leaves : paper, illustrated ; 82 x 56 (60 x 43) mm bound to 86 x 67 mm.
Provenance
Gifted to the Ohio Historical Society by F. F. Lawrence on 20 June 1941.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Ohio Historical Society, 1961 (AM 17308).
References
Clemons, J. T. A checklist of Syriac mss in the USA-Canada, Orientalia christiana periodica (1966), XXXII, 504
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 54 ; modern foliation in pencil using Hindu-Arabic numerals.
Layout: Written horizontally and diagonally in black on tan unglazed, laid paper.
Description: Headings in red. Ms. is well-worn, but text legible.
Decoration: Numerous illustrations in red, yellow, and black. Images include eastern crosses, geometric designs, and scenes with figures, some mounted.
Origin: According to the accession slip, the ms. comes from Doon Mountain [Iran?].
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? binding. Pasteboard with cloth spine. Boards are heavily worn.

Discovery Information

Subject
Magic—Middle East—Early works to 1800
Prayers, Early Christian
Church of the East—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Syriac—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
112

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/734bbbb5-1a43-4506-8117-2d3345234cf9/manifest