COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Syriac MS 33
Reference Number:
Syriac MS 33
Parent Work Title:
Memrona on Gieargis Mar Gregorios
Creator:
Dionysius
Date Created:
1903
Description:
Poem in 12-syllable metre in praise of the late Indian Syrian Orthodox bishop Gevargese Mar Gregorios. Poem has eighty five numbered couplets which are supplemented by notes in smaller writing. These notes also contain a good deal of miscellanous information on the history of the Syrian Orthodox church in India and elsewhere. Written in two different serto hands. Rubrication.
Language Code:
syr
Language:
Syriac
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Christianity
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Places Covered:
India
Item Height:
285 mm
Item Width:
200 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, Nos. 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