14 Manuscripts From Kanīsat Mār Jirjis Have Been Added To Reading Room

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14 manuscripts from Kanīsat Mār Jirjis have been added to Reading Room

Posted: 2021-08-31

The collection of the Greek Orthodox Church of Mār Jirjis in Bishmizzīn, Lebanon, includes 14 manuscripts, now fully active in Reading Room. It represents an example of how a village church could locally provide its needs of liturgical manuscripts. Manuscripts of this church were copied by locals of the church or in the nearby monastery of al-Balamand. View now

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