Robert Garrett Collection of Samaritan Manuscripts, 1200s-1903

Creator
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]
Format
Manuscript
Language
  • Multiple languages
  • Hebrew
  • Samaritan Aramaic
Description
  • 3 boxes
  • 5 items
  • 116 items

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Archival. Special Collections Use Only C0744.06 (Garrett Samaritan) Browse related items Request

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    Subject(s)
    Getty AAT genre
    Compiled/​Created
    1200s-1903
    Restrictions note
    This collection is open for research use, except for the "Bible. Pentateuch. Exodus, 1806" volume which is in very poor condition.
    Summary note
    This collection contains 52 manuscripts written in the Samaritan alphabet, a writing system used by the Samaritans for religious writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, and occasionally Arabic. Contents include fragments from the Samaritan Pentateuch and liturgical pieces.
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