03-09-2008, 08:14 PM
I have two simple questions about the Khabouris manuscript. Maybe someone could help me.
1/ On page 11 of Khabouris there is an additional string of letters in the bottom left hand corner of the page. It runs perpendicular to the Gospel text (and it doesn't look Aramaic to me).
My question is: Is it a part of the original manuscript, later addition or some sort of a library or owner's labeling?
For scanned image of that page of Khabouris see for example <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dukhrana.com/khabouris/files/Khabouris%20Matthew.pdf">http://dukhrana.com/khabouris/files/Kha ... atthew.pdf</a><!-- m --> or <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://whyagain.com/KhaburisKhaboris/sm_Kha_011.jpg">http://whyagain.com/KhaburisKhaboris/sm_Kha_011.jpg</a><!-- m -->
2/ In the text there is a lot of red dotted symbols looking like braids or infinity symbols. What are they used for? One of them can be seen in the last line of page 11.
If this and similar facts about manuscript's content are explained in some book a pointer to that would be appreciated.
Shlama,
Jerzy
P.S. I'm posting this question in the General section of the forum because couldn't find a better place for it. Maybe forum admins could create a separate section for questions about Aramaic language, manuscripts, dictionaries, grammars, learning aids etc.? There seems to be more and more threads about those subjects in General.
1/ On page 11 of Khabouris there is an additional string of letters in the bottom left hand corner of the page. It runs perpendicular to the Gospel text (and it doesn't look Aramaic to me).
My question is: Is it a part of the original manuscript, later addition or some sort of a library or owner's labeling?
For scanned image of that page of Khabouris see for example <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dukhrana.com/khabouris/files/Khabouris%20Matthew.pdf">http://dukhrana.com/khabouris/files/Kha ... atthew.pdf</a><!-- m --> or <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://whyagain.com/KhaburisKhaboris/sm_Kha_011.jpg">http://whyagain.com/KhaburisKhaboris/sm_Kha_011.jpg</a><!-- m -->
2/ In the text there is a lot of red dotted symbols looking like braids or infinity symbols. What are they used for? One of them can be seen in the last line of page 11.
If this and similar facts about manuscript's content are explained in some book a pointer to that would be appreciated.
Shlama,
Jerzy
P.S. I'm posting this question in the General section of the forum because couldn't find a better place for it. Maybe forum admins could create a separate section for questions about Aramaic language, manuscripts, dictionaries, grammars, learning aids etc.? There seems to be more and more threads about those subjects in General.