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Late manuscript

 Item — item: 29
Identifier: RH 29

Contents

The work extends from fol. 2 to fol. 149, after which there are some pages of supplementary matter, chiefly the lives of the Apostles. The title of the book, which is somewhat erased on fol. 2, is repeated with some variations on fol. 149, and begins, (translated): "by the power of our Lord Jesus Christ we begin to write the composition made concerning the Orthodox Faith which is confessed by the Catholic Church."

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Extent

1 manuscripts (Codex of 164 leaves in clamshell box.)

Language of Materials

Syriac

Material

Manuscript on paper, much of it is worm-eaten.

Extent

5 x 7 1/4 inches.

Seal

The manuscript contains at the beginning the seal of the [name in Syriac] of Jerusalem, to which it must at some time or other have belonged.

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