Huntington MS 6 (abbreviated Hunt. 6) is a Mandaic manuscript of the

Ginza Rabba The Ginza Rabba ( myz, ࡂࡉࡍࡆࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, translit=Ginzā Rbā, lit=Great Treasury), Ginza Rba, or Sidra Rabba ( myz, ࡎࡉࡃࡓࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, translit=Sidrā Rbā, lit=Great Book), and formerly the Codex Nasaraeus, is the longest ...

currently held at the

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, Oxford. It was acquired by

Robert Huntington Robert Huntington (1637–1701) was an English churchman, orientalist and manuscript collector. He was Provost of Trinity College Dublin and Bishop of Raphoe. Life He was second son of the Rev. Robert Huntington, curate of Deerhurst in Glouceste ...

in the 17th century. The contents of the manuscript remain unpublished. Its colophons have been studied in detail by

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (born Jorunn Jacobsen in 1944 in Norway) is an American religious studies scholar and historian of religion known for her work on Mandaeism and Gnosticism. She was a former Professor of Religion at Bowdoin College. She is kn ...

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Huntington MS 6 is a large leatherbound

codex The codex (plural codices ) was the historical ancestor of the modern book. Instead of being composed of sheets of paper, it used sheets of vellum, papyrus, or other materials. The term ''codex'' is often used for ancient manuscript books, with ...

with 536 pages that measures approximately 12 by 16 by 3 inches. Many of the pages have been stained by water and contain holes. It was copied by Adam Paraš, son of Zihrun in

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in 1615. Unlike most other

codices, the

Right Ginza The Right Ginza is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the Left Ginza. Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (2007 ...

and

Left Ginza The Left Ginza is one of the two parts of the Ginza Rabba, the longest and the most important holy scripture of Mandaeism. The other part of the Ginza Rabba is the Right Ginza. Summaries of each book (or tractate), based mostly on Häberl (200 ...

are not bound upside down to each other, so there is no need to flip the book when one switches from the Right to Left Ginza or vice versa.

References

{{Mandaeism footer Mandaic manuscripts 17th-century manuscripts Bodleian Library collection Ginza Rabba 1615 books

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