Plate XCIV1567.1568 A. D.

PLATE XCIV

1567-1568 A. D.lBerlin, Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. Syr. 20 (Sachau 236), fo1. 141V.2

A Hymnal for the Feast Days and Holy Days of the Whole Year. 3

Vellum; 44 cm. X 32 cm.; 292 leaves; two columns; 33 lines to thecolumn; columns and top and bottom lines ruled with lead; ink pale black;Estrangela. The scribe's name was or

The passage reproduced in the plate is taken from a hymn appointed forMonday in Holy Week. This hymn has apparently not been published.

1 An. Graecorum 1879. The month and the day of the month are not given.2 For a description of this codex see E. Sachau, Ope cit., I, pp. 66 ff.S For the contents of the work see E. Sachau, Ope cit., I, pp. 66 ff.4 He calls himself on fo1. 259V. The name of the place where the

manuscript was written is not given, but the codex came from ProfessorSachau says: "Durch diese unverdachtigen Angaben erfahren wir die fur die syrischePalaographie sehr bemerkenswerthe Thatsache, dass in den Schluchten des 'fur..

sich das Pergament als Schreibmaterial und die Estrangelo-Schrift urn mehrereJahrhunderte langer erhalten haben als in den Ebenen Mesopotamiens und Syriens."See E. Sachau, Ope cit., I, pp. 74 f. The present writer has seen some excellent speci-mens of Estrangela writing executed by the monks of the Syrian Orthodox Conventof St. Mark in Jerusalem.

Berlin, Preussische StaatsbibliothekCod. Syr. 20 (Sachau 236), folio 141v.