Ancient Manuscript Review 118 : Antique Aramaic Syriac Estrangela Christian Manuscript Pastedown

This is an unexpected and rare finding. I first spotted this leaf pasted in the inner cover of a Syriac manuscript. The script was so peculiar and totally different than the script written in the manuscript. After doing some research and googling, this script is called Estrangela. It was much earlier and older script compared to Serto script which is used in the manuscript itself.. The pastedown could be taken from an older manuscript and could be earlier than 10th century.

I welcome anyone who has any knowledge of this script & manuscript to shed some lights.

Codicology

Title Page : Nil

Content    : Unknown

Date         : 6th-10th Century CE

Copyist    : Anonymous

Patron      : Nil

Origin      : Diyerbakir, Turkey

Place acquired : Istanbul

Illuminations : Nil

Calligraphy : Syriac Estrangela

Number of lines :14 lines per page

Inks          : Main text in black with some words in red

Punctuation: Diacritical marks in black

Frame       :  Nil

History of Manuscript : It was originally a pastedown of inner cover of a Syriac gospel manuscript

Number of folios : 1 f

Support of writing : light yellowish vellum

Gatherings : N/A

Catchwords :Nil

Dimensions : 15.5 cm x 22.0 cm

Binding   : Nil

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Purchased Price : USD

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