Arabic manuscripts
Sinai
13th Century
Source: Sarris, Nikolas, 'Binding or Rebinding at St Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai'
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The manuscripts represent Arabic theological content, including lectionaries and New Testament texts (p. 345). Scribal activity at Sinai dates back to the fourth century, with prominent early scribes like Hosios Nilos and John Climacus (p. 341).
Original Recipe Text
The manuscripts represent Arabic theological content, including lectionaries and New Testament texts (p. 345). Scribal activity at Sinai dates back to the fourth century, with prominent early scribes like Hosios Nilos and John Climacus (p. 341).
Evidence
"Interestingly, both groups include bindings only of Arabic manuscripts, containing lectionaries, canons, Sayings of the Fathers and New Testament"
Remarks
Ink use is documented through donation inscriptions (e.g., by Iohanna, archbishop of Sinai) and ownership notes from monks who cared for personal manuscripts (p. 344, 347). Bookbinders also left notes referring to the repair of books as early as the fifteenth century (p. 342).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
palaeographic analysis
visual identification
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionSinai
Approx. Year1250
Source Information
AuthorSarris, Nikolas, 'Binding or Rebinding at St Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai'
Collectionmonastery of St Catherine in Sinai, Egypt
Language
N/A
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