Item Summary

The Peshitta version of the Gospels.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Peshitta].
Call Number
C0744.05 (Garrett Syriac Manuscripts, no. 9)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcdv140546r
Publisher
[12th century?]
Language
Syriac
Date Created
1100-1199
Format
Manuscript
Extent
262 leaves : paper ; 270 x 180 (217 x 130) mm bound to 270 x 200 mm.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Clemons, J. T. A checklist of Syriac mss in the USA-Canada, Orientalia christiana periodica (1966), XXXII, 503
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Inserts.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 262 ; catchwords
Layout: 23 lines per page in two columns.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair to poor condition. The upper portions of fol. 1-36 have been worn away by water damage, with loss of text on fol. 1-17. Similar damage to upper outer corners of fol. 245-262, with loss of text on fol. 247-262. Damp-stained and foxed. Inner margins of some leaves reinforced with laid paper. Fol. 225 repaired with paper and missing text replaced.
Decoration: Illuminated headers consisting of a geometric design simulating woven textiles in blue, red, and yellow, sometimes set within a double-framed rectangular box with decorative corners (approx. 12-30 x 58-65 mm). Similar pattern set within illuminated frames on fol. 261b-262a. Full page illuminated cross on fol. 262b, again with similar geometric pattern.
Binding Note
Type III (without flap) binding in brown leather pasteboard. Binding in poor condition, missing most of leather and board partially worn away.

Discovery Information

Physical Characteristics

File Count
537

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/11efc40f-0649-4f9a-9b84-bc06243cb942/manifest