The main reference for dating Syriac manuscripts and the standard in the field. This Album conveniently brings together two hundred facsimiles, each representing a page of a dated Syriac manuscript.

Contenu

Foreword (page 7) Preface (page 21) Introduction (page 29)

1. Writing Materials (page 31)
1. Pens (page 36)
1. Ink (page 38)
1. Mode of Writing (page 39)
1. Columns (page 41)
1. Ruling (page 42)
1. Colophon (page 45)
1. Dating (page 46)
1. Miniatures (page 48)
1. Quires (page 50)
1. Styles of Writing (page 52)
1. Observations on the Forms of Certain Letters (page 58)
1. Seyame, the Single Point (page 68)
1. Punctuation (page 70)
1. Gershuni (page 70)
1. Periods in the History of Syriac Handwriting (page 72) Plates (page 77) List of plates (page 79)
Plate 50 (page 181)
Plate 100 (page 281)
Plate 150 (page 381)
Plate 200 (page 481) Indexes (page 483)
Index 1 (page 485)
Index 2 (page 488)
Index 3 (page 494)
Index 4 (page 495)
Index 5 (page 502)
Index 6 (page 505)
Index 7 (page 507)
Index 8 (page 508)
Index 9 (page 510)
Index 10 (page 512)
Index 11 (page 515)
Index 12 (page 516)