Old Syriac version
Syriac Sinaiticus (Sinai Palimpsest)
late 4th century · Syriac · parchment (palimpsest)
Where found
St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai
Identified by Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson, 1892
Where it is now
St Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Syr. 30
Shelfmark Sinai Syr. 30
Sinai, Egypt
Found and held
The dark pin is the find-spot. The gold pin is the present holding. The dashed line connects them.
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Details
- Gregory-Aland
- Not recorded
- Size
- Not recorded
- Contents
- The four Gospels, with gaps; Old Syriac text, under a later life of women saints
- Record status
- unverified
Also known as SYR-S, Sinaitic Palimpsest, Syr s, Lewis Codex.
One of the two Old Syriac Gospel manuscripts, a window on Gospels in the Aramaic-speaking East. Mark ends at 16:8.