COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader Syriac MS 52
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Bookreader Syriac MS 52
Image Number
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Reference Number:
Syriac MS 52
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Syriac MS 52
Reference Number
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Parent Work Title:
Amulets
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Amulets
Parent Work Title
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Book of Charms
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Book of Charms
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
The Preservation of People from all kinds of Evil
title_l_e_variant
The Preservation of People from all kinds of Evil
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
18th century
date_created
18th century
Date Created
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Description:
Amulets, Syriac manuscript, parts of at least three fragmentary manuscripts bound together. A. 44 leaves, a book of charms entitled 'The preservation of people from all kinds of evil'. Vocalized East Syrian script within a border, 11-15 lines per page; headings in large outline script coloured in yellow. The page-borders and illustrations are in black, red and yellow: Mar Giwargis on horseback killing a serpent (21b), Mar Abdisho' on horseback attacking an evil spirit in the form of a woman (?; 32b), Mar Zi'a attacking the angel of death, also apparently in the form of a woman (34b), various weapons (41b). Geometrical designs fill parts of foil. 29a and 36b and all of foil, la and 27b. B. 5 leaves, larger script within a plainer red border and with rubricalions, 12-13 lines per page. C. 4 leaves, 9-11 lines per page within a single-line border. D. Single leaf, crude writing, faded and not all legible.
description
Amulets, Syriac manuscript, parts of at least three fragmentary manuscripts bound together. A. 44 leaves, a book of charms entitled 'The preservation of people from all kinds of evil'. Vocalized East Syrian script within a border, 11-15 lines per page; headings in large outline script coloured in yellow. The page-borders and illustrations are in black, red and yellow: Mar Giwargis on horseback killing a serpent (21b), Mar Abdisho' on horseback attacking an evil spirit in the form of a woman (?; 32b), Mar Zi'a attacking the angel of death, also apparently in the form of a woman (34b), various weapons (41b). Geometrical designs fill parts of foil. 29a and 36b and all of foil, la and 27b. B. 5 leaves, larger script within a plainer red border and with rubricalions, 12-13 lines per page. C. 4 leaves, 9-11 lines per page within a single-line border. D. Single leaf, crude writing, faded and not all legible.
Description
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Language Code:
syr
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syr
Language Code
false
Language:
Syriac
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Syriac
Language
false
Subject:
Charms--Early works to 1800
subject
Charms--Early works to 1800
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
category
Manuscripts
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Codex
class
Codex
Sub-Category
false
Sub-Category:
Illustrated works
class
Illustrated works
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Technique Used:
Drawing (image-making)
technique
Drawing (image-making)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Item Height:
122 mm
item_height
122 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
90 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Harris, James Rendel, 1852-1941, former owner
former_repository
Harris, James Rendel, 1852-1941, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
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.
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.
References
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2019-04-09
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
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Rylands
Collection Code
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