A SELECTION OF TEN SYRIAC KARSHUNI DOCUMENTS Possibly...
A SELECTION OF TEN SYRIAC KARSHUNI DOCUMENTS
Possibly Syria or Jerusalem, late 18th - 19th century
Arabic documents in Syriac script known as karshuni or garshuni, ten loose folios on cream white paper, seven folios in vertical document format, three smaller in size, the script in black ink, four folios marked with ownership seals, one undecipherable, another folio dated 1886 with large circular seal in red ink in the centre of the page with a standing figure wearing a clerical cloak and holding a staff and a scroll, of different sizes, the largest folio 35.5cm x 22.2cm.
Inscriptions on the seals:
Ash'iya al-Qams 99
The Servant 'Abdallah Ghazal Huri 18(4?)2
The Servant (Saheb?) al-Noor
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A SELECTION OF TEN SYRIAC KARSHUNI DOCUMENTS
Possibly Syria or Jerusalem, late 18th - 19th century
Arabic documents in Syriac script known as karshuni or garshuni, ten loose folios on cream white paper, seven folios in vertical document format, three smaller in size, the script in black ink, four folios marked with ownership seals, one undecipherable, another folio dated 1886 with large circular seal in red ink in the centre of the page with a standing figure wearing a clerical cloak and holding a staff and a scroll, of different sizes, the largest folio 35.5cm x 22.2cm.
Inscriptions on the seals:
Ash'iya al-Qams 99
The Servant 'Abdallah Ghazal Huri 18(4?)2
The Servant (Saheb?) al-Noor
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