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Syriac Gospels, British Library, Add. 7170 

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Syriac Gospel from the Jazirah region, c.1220 CE. Ms. Additional 7170, British Library

"Unfortunately, the colophon of BL Add. 7170 has not survived. Nevertheless, a scribal note informs us that the manuscript was written and decorated at the time of Patriarch John and Maphrian Ignatius, who may be identified as John XIV (1208-1220) and Ignatius III David (1215-1222), respectively. This suggests that the manuscript was finished sometime between the years 1215 and 1220. Whereas the origin of the Vatican lectionary has been more or less established – discussion limited to the question of whether the illustrations were executed at Deir Mar Mattai itself or in a workshop in nearby Mosul –, the origin and recipient of the one in the British Library has been debated. Buchthal attributed BL Add. 7170 to Deir Mar Mattai on the basis of its stylistic and iconographic analogies with the Vatican lectionary." [1]