Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page / Artist Unknown, Syria

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Accession Number: 1987/1.195.3
Title: Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page
Artist: Artist Unknown, Syria
Artist Nationality: Syrian
Medium and Support: ink and color on glazed paper
Object Creation Date: late 13th century
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton B. Freudenheim in memory of Otto F. Ege
Inscription: Syriac script (22 old Semitic letters), Nestorian style
Dimensions: 22 cm x 17.6 cm (8 11/16 in. x 6 15/16 in.)
Century: Late 13th century
Primary Keywords: calligraphy; christianity; death; manuscripts
Secondary Keywords: how we live; religion; religions; rites of passage; text-based art
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 911 x 1467
File Size: 116 KB
Record: 1987/1.195.3
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In public portfolios: Art of interest to Judaic Studies (500); Death and dying (500); Grief and mourning rituals (178); Introduction to manuscripts and early print (148); Type, Calligraphy (36)

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Full citation: "Prayer Book of Service for the Dead, manuscript page; Artist Unknown, Syria." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1987-sl-1.195.3/1987_1.195.3.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.