Syriac Bible of Paris
The Syriac Bible of Paris (
Bibliothèque Nationale, MS syr. 341) is an illuminated Bible written in Syriac. It dates to 6th or 7th century. It is believed to have been made in northern Mesopotamia. The manuscript has 246 extant folios
. Large sections of text and the accompanying illustrations are missing. The folios are 312 by 230 mm. For reasons of economy, the text is written in three columns.
The illumination consists of miniatures introducing each of the books of the Bible and set into one or two of the text columns. The miniature for the
Hellenistic heritage and a native Syriac tradition. Some of the miniatures, especially the miniature before Exodus, show stylistic similarities to the miniatures in the Rabbula Gospels
. Based on this it is unlikely that this manuscript was made much later than were the Rabula Gospels of 586.
The manuscript is assumed to have come from the episcopal library of
Bibliothèque Nationale
since 1909.
See also
References
- Calkins, Robert G. Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1983.
- Weitzmann, Kurt. Late Antique and Early Christian Book Illumination. New York, George Braziller, 1977.
- Papadaki-Oekland, Stella. Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts of the Book of Job. ISBN 978-2-503-53232-5
Further reading
- ISBN 9780870991790
External links
- Bibliothèque Nationale, MS syr. 341 - Complete scans of Syriac Bible of Paris on Gallica
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