COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Syriac MS 44
Reference Number:
Syriac MS 44
Parent Work Title:
Astrology and divination; Bar Hebraeus
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Treatise of Shem
Creator:
Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
16th-18th century
Description:
Astrology and divination; Bar Hebraeus, Syriac manuscript, consists of two manuscripts sewn together onto three cords. Section A: containing series of short sections concerning the stars and planets, and divination.The sections in common vary considerably in their text, however, and their order is different. Lean and cramped East Syrian hand, rubricated, 26 lines to a page. Section B: part of The cream of the sciences by Gregory Bar Hebraeus; with short texts appended. East Syrian hand, 18-19 lines to a page.
Language Code:
syr
Language:
Syriac
Subject:
Solar system--Motion in space
Subject:
Astronomy--Early works to 1800
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
225 mm
Item Width:
165 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:
J.F. Coakley, 'A Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library', Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, vol. 75, no. 2 (1993), pp. 105-207.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2019-04-08
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2019-05
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands