Thomas the Apostle
Heritage, Manuscripts, Syriac - Saturday, April 7, 2012 0:02 - 3 Comments
MS Vatican Syriac 22 & MS Vatican Syriac 17: Syriac Manuscripts copied in South India
1. Introduction
There are many documents available from 14th century onwards which gives precise
MS Vatican Syriac 22, the oldest known Syriac MS from India, contains a lectionary of the Pauline Epistles according to the Peshitta version. It was copied in 1301 AD ( 1612 A Gr) in Estrangelo Script at Cranganore, South India by a deacon named Zakharya bar Joseph bar Zakharya at the Church dedicated to Mar Quriaqos .
MS Vatican Syriac 17 was completed on 6th March 1510 AD (1821 A Gr) and copied by Mar Jacob “ Bishop of Hindo”, who arrived in South India in 1504 AD. According to the colophon, this was copied in the blessed and famous place Cranganore, South India at the Church of Saint Thomas. It contains the complete Estrangelo Script New testament. This is the oldest extant locally copied New Testament in India.
1. MS Vatican Syriac 22
| Folios | Dimension | Lines | Columns | Language | Copied by | Copied at |
| 94 | 35 ½ X 24 ½ cms | 22 | 2 | Estrangelo Script | Zakharya bar Joseph bar Zakharya | Church of Mar Quriaqos, Cranganore, South India |
a) About the MSS
This MS is a volume of 94 folios, of these 1 folio is from a rebound of 16th century. According to the colophon of the MS Vatican Syriac 22, this was copied on 1301 AD in Cranganore ( 1612 A Gr) at the Church dedicated to Mar Quriaqos . This MS is written in Estrangelo Script by a very young decon named Zakharya bar Joseph bar Zakharya who was just 14 at the time of writing. This is the oldest known Syriac MS copied in India. Though from the manuscripts it is evident that the scribe Zakharya knows Syriac very well, Zakharya is very apologetic about his knowledge of Syriac in the MS.1
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