New Manuscripts at Semitic Museum

The Semitic Museum has recently acquired a collection of about 125 Syriac manuscripts. Although some are modern copies on paper, others are old manuscripts on parchment and vellum. These manuscripts go back to the twelfth century and even to the Bible. The collection was made by Professor J. Rendel Harris of England, one of the foremost scholars in Syriac studies.

Some time ago the Museum acquired the Syriac manuscripts from the library of the late Professor Isaac Hall of New York. Professor Hall was probably the best-known American scholar in Syriac.