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8 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Christian writings, Jesus Christ, Non-canonical Gospels, Jacobites, Christianity, Homilies, and Prophets

MS. Huntington 199

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For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

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Title

8 works by 5 authors on the subjects of Christian writings, Jesus Christ, Non-canonical Gospels, Jacobites, Christianity, Homilies, and Prophets

Shelfmark

MS. Huntington 199

Language

Arabic

Contents

1. ff. i-viii, 71-90, 92-94v Author: Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987 Title: Kitāb al-Majāmīʻ
2. ff. 94v-125v Author: Anonymous Title: Commentary on Injīl al-ṭufūlīyah
3. ff. 126r-137v Author: Nūḥ, Ignatius, patriarch 1494-1509 Title: Amānat al-Yaʻāqibah alladhīn yusammūn al-Suryān
4. ff. 137v-173v Author: Nūḥ, Ignatius, patriarch 1494-1509 Title: Mīmar ʻalá al-amānah al-Suryānīyah
5. ff. 173v-185v Author: Nūḥ, Ignatius, patriarch 1494-1509 Title: Homily on the Annunciation [here ascribed to Yaʻqūb al-Baradāʻī ].
6. ff. 186r-194v Author: Isaac the Syrian Title: Homily on the B.V.M.
7. ff. 194v-205v Author: John Chrysostom, Saint, d. 407 Title: Homily on the B.V.M*. [Arabic.]
8. ff. 290r-292v Author: Anonymous Title: Commentary on Isaiahʼs vision of the Seraphim

Form

codex

Physical extent

31 ff. 21 ff. [Wanting ff. 100-110]. 12 ff. 37 ff. 13 ff. 9 ff. 12 ff. 3 ff.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Provenance

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Subject

Jesus Christ--Childhood

Non-canonical Gospels

Christian writings

Jacobites (Syrian Christians)

Christianity--Doctrines

Prophets

Homilies

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  • Anonymous
  • Huntington, Robert, d. 1701

  • Sāwīrus ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, Bishop of el-Ashmunein, fl. 955-987

  • Yaʻqūb al-Baradāʻī

  • John Chrysostom, Saint, -407

  • Ignatius Nuh Antiochia, Patriarch, d. 1509

  • Isaac, Bishop of Nineveh, active 7th century

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