Syriac Manuscripts added to Manchester Digital Collections
21 Sep 2021
Material from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s exceptional collection available to explore for the first time
A selection of material from the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s exceptional collection of Syriac manuscripts is now available to explore on Manchester Digital Collections for the first time.
Dr Naima Afif has compiled expert descriptions of the Syriac manuscripts featured in the 2019-2020 Seeing the Invisible exhibition.
The items in the digital collection range in date from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and include a manuscript of the Peshitta Old Testament copied in China (Syriac MS 4); works by Bar Hebraus (Syriac MS 16 and Syriac MS 44); books of hymns (Syriac MS 6 and Syriac MS 24); and an illustrated compendium of amulets (Syriac MS 52).
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