Origin
Tikrit, Syria, 13th century (1204/1205)
Physical description
Format: Non digital + Digital, reformatted digital
- Script: Two hands: the main text is in the hand of the scribe Mattai; the revisions are in the hand of Johannan, the Sinner. A scribe by the same name copied, also in 1204/5, a the text in Ms. 7184 Rich. of British Museum.
- Collation: 33 quires, all but the last quinions: I: 10 (ff. 1-10); II: 10 (ff. 11-20); III: 10 (ff. 21-30); IV: 10 (ff. 31-40); V: 10 (ff. 41-50); VI: 10 (ff. 51-60); VII: 10 (ff. 61-70); VIII: 10 (ff. 71-80); IX: 10 (ff. 81-90); X: 10 (ff. 91-100); XI: 10 (ff. 101-110); XII: 10 (ff. 111-120); XIII: 10 (ff. 121-130); XIV: 10 (ff. 131-140); XV: 10 (ff. 141-150); XVI: 10 (ff. 151-160); XVII: 10 (ff. 161-170); XVIII: 10 (ff. 171-180); XIX: 10 (ff. 181-190); XX: 10 (ff. 191-200); XXI: 10 (ff. 201-210); XXII: 10 (ff. 211-220); XXIII: 10 (ff. 221-230); XXIV: 10 (ff. 231-240); XXV: 10 (ff. 241-250); XXVI: 10 (ff. 251-260); XXVII: 10 (ff. 261-270); XXVIII: 10 (ff. 271-280); XXIX: 10 (ff. 281-290); XXX: 10 (ff. 291-300); XXXI: 10 (ff. 301-310); XXXII: 10 (ff. 311-320, ff. 312 and 319 are added); XXXIII: 6 (ff. 321-326). Decorated quire signatures in Estrangelo lettering in the lower margin of first and last page of quire.
- Foliation: The manuscript is foliated in upper left corner of pages 1-326; there is another, "Western", foliation visible for the last time at f. 40v (287), in pencil in upper right corner of pages.
- Columns: 1
- Lines: 21-23
Abstract
Notes
Literature
Bengtsson, Per Å.: Translation techniques in two Syro-Arabic versions of Ruth Studia Orientalia Lundensia. Nova series Stockholm, 2003, p. 14. 3.
Bengtsson, Per Å.: Masoretic Peshitta MSS of Ruth . Unpublished article (Lund, s.d.).
Book binding
Binding: Blind-tooled brown goatskin binding, 20th century. Size: 350 x 255 x 90 mm.
Brown goatskin binding over millboard, worn. Rounded spine. Tight back with four raised bands. Edges cut, defect and black from burning. Plain single flyleaves and pastedowns of paper. All along sewing on four raised cords laced through the boards. Textblock damp-stained and with large restorations.
The covers are blind-tooled with a large frame made of triple fillets containing a repeated tendril of vine and corner compartments with flowers. The central panel is stamped with a repeated four-petal flower on a diced background, the top and bottom compartments of the panel have lozenge ornaments. The back is blind-tooled with blind fillets next to the bands and a central flower in each compartment.
Decoration
Decorated full page crosses on ff. 1r , 1v , 2r ; full page decorative medallions in table of contents on ff. 2v and 3r , decorated quire signature on f. 10v . All of these decorations belong to the additions of the 18th century. Decorated quire signatures on f. 11r ; f. 1r : cross (205 x 165 mm) in red, green and yellow; f. 1v : cross within a double frame with text (225 x 160 mm) in red, green, yellow and blue; f. 2r : cross within a double frame with text (230 x 138 mm) in red, green, yellow and blue; f. 2v : frame (255 x 167 mm); f. 3r : frame (258 x 185 mm); ff. 11r , 20v , 21r , 30v , 31r , 40v , 41r , 50v , 51r , 60v , 61r , 70v (in red only), 71r , 80v , 81r , 90v , 91r , 100v , 101r , 110v , 111r , 120v , 121r , 130v , 131r , 140v , 141r , 150v , 151r , 160v , 161r , 170v , 171r , 180v , 181r , 190v , 191r , 200v , 201r , 210v , 211r , 220v , 221r , 230v , 231r , 240v , 241r , 250v , 251r , 260v , 261r , 270v , 271r , 280v , 281r , 290v , 291r , 300v , 301r , 310v , 311r , 320v , 321r (red only); quire signatures with numbers in red, green, and yellow surrounded on four sides by intertwining decorations in the form of crosses, bars or vines in red, green, and yellow with black dots, symmetrically designed on the pages facing each other (with the exception of f. 10v which has a simpler design; f. 324v ; circular diagram compartmented in red ink with brown outer contour; ff. 325r , 325v ; rectangular diagrams in red ink; f. 326r : rectangular diagram in red ink from the added portion.
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Location
Lund University LibraryHelgonabackenBox 3
221 00 Lund
St. Laurentius Digital Manuscript Library
- Shelfmark: Medeltidshandskrift 58
- Previous shelfmark: [Österl. litt.] Masora
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-13284 (nbn)
Identifiers (local)
alvin-record:13284 (alvin)
Licensing of the work
Public Domain Mark (No Known Copyright)