Kraft, Kaspar, died 1556 Contributor Moses, Mardenus Creator Postel, Guillaume, 1510-1581 Contributor Widmanstetter, Johann Albrecht, 1506?-1557 Creator text text xx monographic place of publication not identified] Michael Zimmermann 1555 lat syr

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1 online resource. The first printing of the Syriac New Testament appeared thanks to the patronage of Ferdinand I, to whom a long preface is dedicated to begin the book. Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter (1506-1557) and Moses of Mardin, on whose handwriting the Syriac type for the book was based, were the forces behind the work. This Syriac type was produced by Kaspar Kraft under the direction of the French Orientalist Guillaume Postel (1510-1581). This edition of the New Testament has James, 1 Peter, and 1 John, but not the other General Epistles or Revelation. Several woodcuts with Hapsburg motifs and Syriac and Latin inscriptions ornament the book, and facing the beginning of the Gospel of John is a unique woodcut of the crucifixion and the Kabbalistic Sephirot. The book had a liturgical aim, as is reflected in the table in Syriac and Latin of lectionary readings that concludes the work. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 330 leaves : illustrations ; 21 centimeters. Original resource at: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Content in Latin and Syriac. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1555 Bible Bible. New Testament Liturgies Syriac language Woodcuts Austria Vienna 225 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.9917 2021666826 DLC 210507 20250607105719.0 22055868 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng