Excerpt from Descriptive List of Syriac and Karshuni Mss; In the British Museum Acquired Since 1873 Or 2311. A large portion of the fourth part of the Illustrations of the Book of Paradise (probably composed by the monk 'anan beginning in the middle of section 46, and ending near the begin ning of section 261. (see Wright's Catalogue, p. 1078, 001. The writing is often blurred, and many leaves are damaged. Paper, foll. 168 (with two columns to a page). Large A bold regular hand of the Xiith Century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.