COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Syriac MS 30
Reference Number:
Syriac MS 30
Parent Work Title:
Saliba against Ephrem
Creator:
Saliba
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Dionysius
Creator Role:
Scribe
Date Created:
1899
Description:
Syrian Orthodox polemical tract in answer to a Syrian Catholic writer named Ephrem. The work is in 12-syllable metre with explanatory notes. There are sixteen chapters and a doxology. A subscription at the end dates the work to October 1899. Twenty leaves in a quire. Main text written in a small neat serto, ca. 27 lines per page. Rubricated
Language Code:
syr
Language:
Syriac
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
205 mm
Item Width:
130 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Harris, James Rendel, 1852-1941, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 75, No. 2, Summer 1993. A Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscript in the John Rylands Library, Coakley J.F.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-08-20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB