Aramaic Old Testament Paris Syr. 341 Manuscript

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Syriac Manuscript 341 (Paris Syr. 341) is located at the Paris National Library. It is referred to as 8a1 in the Leiden Peshitta Institute Edition of the Aramaic Old Testament. This extremely beautiful illuminated Syriac (Eastern Aramaic) manuscript, written in Estrangela script and containing the entire Aramaic Old Testament or Peshitta Tanakh, dates to the seventh or eight century C.E.

Syriac Manuscript 341 (Paris Syr. 341) includes all the books of the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible and Wisdom (of Solomon), Letter of Jeremiah, Baruch, Bel and the Dragon, Susanna, Judith, Sirach, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, Odes, Prayer of Manasseh and Letter of Baruch.

An illuminated page (folio 8r) from Paris Syr. 341, showing a picture of Moses before Pharaoh at the beginning of the book of Exodus, is shown below.

An illuminated page (folio 46r) from Paris Syr. 341, showing a picture of Job, is shown below.
 

The Syriac text of Paris Syr. 341 is written in the Estrangela script. The manuscript has many corrections.

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