• [Church of the East prayer book].

Extent:
  • 54 leaves : paper, ill. ; 82 x 56 (60 x 43) mm. bound to 86 x 67 mm.
Date:
  • 1600
Language:
Abstract:
  • Illustrated prayer book of the Church of the East.
Description:
  • Ms. codex.
  • Physical description: Written horizontally and diagonally in black on tan unglazed, laid paper. Headings in red. Numerous illustrations in red, yellow, and black, including variations on a mandala motif. Ms. is well-worn, but text legible.
  • Origin: According to the accession slip, the ms. comes from Doon Mountain [Iran?].
Binding note:
  • Pasted boards with cloth spine; boards are heavily worn and falling apart.
Provenance:
  • Gifted to the Ohio Historical Society by F. F. Lawrence on 20 June 1941.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift; Ohio Historical Society, 1961 (AM 17308).
References:
  • Clemons, J. T. A checklist of Syriac mss in the USA-Canada, Orientalia christiana periodica (1966), XXXII, 504
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