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Estrangelo Syriac Manuscript

A description of the item at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: MRR
Date: 30 Jun 2006

Revision history:
16 Feb 2023	promoted from SC 167 to regular collection following conservation work (MRC)

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Very little is known about this item. The manuscript is approximately 225 pages, bound in canvas; the "boards" consist of thick pads of pages recycled from other manuscripts. The title page has a large illustration of an ornate cross with textual embellishment and knotwork decoration. The first page has a decorative border of the same knotwork. The text, written in black and red ink, is in the Estrangelo script of Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic. The date is unknown but is estimated to be 18th century.

Arrangement of the Collection

One bound volume.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

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Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Subject Headings

Subjects

Manuscripts, Syriac.
Syriac Christians.

Genres and Forms

Manuscripts (document genre)

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Estrangelo Syriac Manuscript,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Arthur Marsella, 2006.

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