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Rish ̇Keryan. The lessons, from the Old and New Testament, for Sundays and the principal festivals., Well-printed Maronite lectionary, produced at the Monastery of St Anthony of Qozhaya (Kuzhaya, Kushaya), in Lebanon's Kadisha Valley. The monastery's Syriac press, imported from Tuscany in 1610, was the first printing press in the Middle East. International auction records list not a single copy of any work from this press. - Engr. armorial bookplate of the Miniscalchi Library on pastedown. Exceedingly rare; OCLC lists a single copy of this work (British Library)., Main Heritage Shelves General, BS2638 .B53 1841, Book, Item-ID: i16862703, BIB-ID: 1509763, In Karshuni (Arabic with Syriac letters) |
