

Country |
Turkey
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City |
Mardin
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Repository | Mar Hirmiz Keldani Kilisesi |
Shelfmark | 56 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 232 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 14th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Bibles |
Notes |
Formerly Mardin 89; 12.4. Fol. 119v and 127r blank |
HMML Proj. Num. |
CCM 00056 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/132235 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized in collaboration with Centre Numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux (CNMO), Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq; Cataloged by Adam McCollum |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2012/08/21 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 232 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Pastedowns at beginning and end are leaves from early Syriac manuscripts; one of these contains a fragment of Gregory of Nazianzus' Funebris in laudem Caesarii fratris |
Binding Dimensions | 28 x 20 x 8 cm |
Provenance |
Copied at the Monastery of Mercurius in Egypt |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning; water damage near top and sides with some obscuring of text, from fol. 206; fol. 222r-223r damaged |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-232v |
Century(ies) | 14th century |
Year Range | 1345 |
Date Precise | 1345 December |
Native Date Precise | Kiyahk 1062 AM; Sha‘bān 746 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 15 lines per page |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date from colophon on fol. 231v; incomplete tables in East Syriac Garshuni, much later than the main text, fol. 1v-4r; list of the divisions of each biblical book in another hand, fol. 232r |

Item Location | fol. 5r-11r |
Title | On Paul and Timothy |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Location | fol. 11v-143r |
Title | Epistles of Paul |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Epistles of Paul
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | من بولس عبد يسوع المسيح الرسول المدعو المفرد للبشر |
Item Location | fol. 143v-170r |
Title | Epistles |
Title NS | السبع رسايل القثاليقون للتلاميد الاطهار |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Epistles
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | من يعقوب عبد الله والرب يسوع المسيح الى القبايل ال |
Item Notes |
I John begins at verse 2:7 |
Item Location | fol. 170v-230v |
Title | Acts of the Apostles |
Title NS | كتاب الابركسيس الذي هو اخبار الرسل مند صعود ربنا يسوع المسيح |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Acts
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | قد كتبت كتابا اولا يا تآؤفيلا في جميع الامور |

Country |
Turkey
![]() |
City |
Mardin
![]() |
Repository | Mar Hirmiz Keldani Kilisesi |
Shelfmark | 56 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 232 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 14th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Bibles |
Notes |
Formerly Mardin 89; 12.4. Fol. 119v and 127r blank |
HMML Proj. Num. |
CCM 00056 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/132235 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | Digitized in collaboration with Centre Numérique des Manuscrits Orientaux (CNMO), Ankawa, Erbil, Iraq; Cataloged by Adam McCollum |
Surrogate Format | Digital |
Capture Date | 2012/08/21 |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 232 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Binding |
Pastedowns at beginning and end are leaves from early Syriac manuscripts; one of these contains a fragment of Gregory of Nazianzus' Funebris in laudem Caesarii fratris |
Binding Dimensions | 28 x 20 x 8 cm |
Provenance |
Copied at the Monastery of Mercurius in Egypt |
Condition Notes |
Imperfect: wanting leaves at beginning; water damage near top and sides with some obscuring of text, from fol. 206; fol. 222r-223r damaged |
Type | Manuscript |
Part Location | fol. 1r-232v |
Century(ies) | 14th century |
Year Range | 1345 |
Date Precise | 1345 December |
Native Date Precise | Kiyahk 1062 AM; Sha‘bān 746 AH |
Support | Paper |
Page Layout | 1 column, 15 lines per page |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Date from colophon on fol. 231v; incomplete tables in East Syriac Garshuni, much later than the main text, fol. 1v-4r; list of the divisions of each biblical book in another hand, fol. 232r |
Item Location | fol. 5r-11r |
Title | On Paul and Timothy |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Item Location | fol. 11v-143r |
Title | Epistles of Paul |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Epistles of Paul
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | من بولس عبد يسوع المسيح الرسول المدعو المفرد للبشر |
Item Location | fol. 143v-170r |
Title | Epistles |
Title NS | السبع رسايل القثاليقون للتلاميد الاطهار |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Epistles
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Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | من يعقوب عبد الله والرب يسوع المسيح الى القبايل ال |
Item Notes |
I John begins at verse 2:7 |
Item Location | fol. 170v-230v |
Title | Acts of the Apostles |
Title NS | كتاب الابركسيس الذي هو اخبار الرسل مند صعود ربنا يسوع المسيح |
Uniform Title |
Bible. Acts
![]() |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | قد كتبت كتابا اولا يا تآؤفيلا في جميع الامور |
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