Syriac-English dictionary, 1700-1799 C.E.; 1111-1214 A.H.
Abstract
Syriac-English dictionary arranged according to the order of the Syriac alphabet.
Dates
- Creation: 1700-1799 C.E.; 1111-1214 A.H.
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Syriac
English
Custodial History
The item is undated with no record of who compiled it; probably made in the 19th century.
Other Related Names
- Berkeley Divinity School, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired with other volumes from the Berkeley Divinity School.
Physical Description
Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. A note signed Stephen C. Gates, Wakeville, N.Y. laid in: "This dictionary was in a collection from a family named Brown in New York -- a member of this family was said to have been 'a missionary in Persia' although not exactly identified who or where".
Paper support
Bound in black leather over pasteboard (Type III) with blind tooled frame and central diamond shape.
Ii, 216, i leaves: 225 x 185 (215 x 165) mm bound to 235 x 200 mm
Written in 21 lines in two columns of pairs of words; frame ruled with a misṭarah.
Modern foliation added in pencil every tenth folio, lower left recto (one uncounted page before leaf 1 and 40); headwords in black ink, upper outer corners.
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