1567.1568 A. D.

Plate XCIV

PLATE XCIV

15 67- 1568 A. D.l

Berlin, Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Syr. 20 (Sachau 236), fo1. 141V.2
A Hymnal for the Feast Days and Holy Days of the Whole Year. 3
Vellum; 44 cm. X 32 cm.; 292 leaves; two columns; 33 lines to the
column; columns and top and bottom lines ruled with lead; ink pale black;
Estrangela. The scribe's name was
or
The passage reproduced in the plate is taken from a hymn appointed for
Monday in Holy Week. This hymn has apparently not been published.
An. Graecorum 18 79. The month and the day of the month are not given.
For a description of this codex see E. Sachau, Ope cit., I, pp. 66 ff.
S For the contents of the work see E. Sachau, Ope cit., I, pp. 66 ff.
4 He calls himself
on fo1. 259V. The name of the place where the
manuscript was written is not given, but the codex came from
Professor
Sachau says: "Durch diese unverdachtigen Angaben erfahren wir die fur die syrische
Palaographie sehr bemerkenswerthe Thatsache, dass in den Schluchten des 'fur..
sich das Pergament als Schreibmaterial und die Estrangelo-Schrift urn mehrere
Jahrhunderte langer erhalten haben als in den Ebenen Mesopotamiens und Syriens."
See E. Sachau, Ope cit., I, pp. 74 f. The present writer has seen some excellent specimens of Estrangela writing executed by the monks of the Syrian Orthodox Convent
of St. Mark in Jerusalem.
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Berlin, Preussische Staatsbibliothek

Cod. Syr. 20 (Sachau 236), folio 141 v.