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Book/Printed Material The Four Gospels.

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Title

  • The Four Gospels.

Summary

  • This volume contains a lectionary-a collection of biblical texts to be read according to the church calendar-for readings from the Gospels. The language is Arabic, but it is written in West Syriac script (Serto) rather than in Arabic letters, a phenomenon known as Garshuni. The table of readings given at the beginning of the manuscript, however, is in Syriac, not Arabic. Each reading is numbered in the margin, and the proper time in the year for it is indicated in red ink at the head of each reading. These date indications in Arabic are often also given in Syriac in the margins. A lengthy colophon concludes the manuscript, which was copied in the late 17th century at the monastery of Dayr Qanubin in Lebanon.

Names

  • Zacharia from Cyprus Scribe.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1687.

Headings

  • -  Lebanon--Al-Biqāʻ--Baʻlabakk
  • -  1687
  • -  Bible. New Testament
  • -  Catholic Church. Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch (Syria)
  • -  Lectionaries

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 232 folios, 21.2 x 16.8 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Holy Spirit University of Kaslik.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Syriac.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Lebanese Maronite Order

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667650

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Zacharia From Cyprus Scribe. The Four Gospels. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1687] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667650/.

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Zacharia From Cyprus Scribe. (1687) The Four Gospels. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667650/.

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Zacharia From Cyprus Scribe. The Four Gospels. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1687] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667650/>.