Syriac prayers and incantations : manuscript

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Description

Title
Syriac prayers and incantations : manuscript
Published / Created
18th.
Publication Place
Place not identified
Abstract

A collection of Syriac prayers, incantations, amulets, and magical formulas, intended to provide protection in times of trouble. Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century

Description
In Syriac.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: "B-šem Māran kātebnā ktibtā d-núṭar bnaynāšā. Qadmāyat ḥarmā B da-ṣlútā. Qadīš. Qadīš. Qadíš. Māryā Ālāhā ḥayeltānā da-mlén šmāyā u-ʼarʻa men tešbḥāteh, men ítúteh u-men hedrā d-zíweh ..."
Secundo folio: ṣebyānāk aykānā ba-shmāyā ʼof b-ʼarʻā.
8 x 11 cm; written surface: 6 x 9 cm; 14 lines per page.
Binding: In dark brown leather.
In clear East Syriac script, in black ink, on paper; headings in red; includes colored drawings of Biblical figures, angels, demons, saints (some local), plants, birds, animals (wild and domestic), snakes, insects, and weapons (daggers, swords, bows, etc., including pistols); the last leaf is inverted.
On a typewritten insert: "Syriac astrology and magic, manuscript text and incantations. n.p.n.d."
At the head of folio 1a (in pencil): "Hartford Seminary Syriac 3."
Inside the front and back cover are pasted leaves from two different manuscripts.
On the back cover: "Syriac astrology and magic."
On the spine: "S383. Sy83."
Colophon: No colophon. The codex ends (folio 41b) with a colored drawing of animals and birds.
Provenance
Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Extent
1 volume (41 leaves) ; 11 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Syriac, Modern

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Hartford Seminary Syriac MSS 3

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Texts
Manuscripts, Syriac 18th century
Syriac manuscripts
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Amulets
Animals
Birds
Incantations
Insects
Plants
Syriac language
Weapons
Subjects
Amulets > Early works to 1800
Animals > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Birds > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Incantations > Early works to 1800
Insects > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Plants > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Syriac language > Texts > Early works to 1800
Weapons > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
18th century
Syriac manuscripts

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Citation
Syriac prayers and incantations. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
15945332
Object ID (OID)
32184089

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