- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
- Title:
- Robert Garrett Collection of Samaritan Manuscripts
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8910jv32z
- Dates:
- 1200s-1903
- Size:
- 3 boxes, 5 items, and 116 items
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scahsvm): Box 1-4
Abstract
This collection contains 52 manuscripts written in the Samaritan alphabet, a writing system used by the Samaritans for religious writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, and occasionally Arabic. Contents include fragments from the Samaritan Pentateuch and liturgical pieces.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
This collection contains 52 manuscripts written in the Samaritan alphabet, a writing system used by the Samaritans for religious writings in Hebrew, Aramaic, and occasionally Arabic. Contents include fragments from the Samaritan Pentateuch and liturgical pieces.
- Arrangement
Organized by medium. Box 1 contains manuscripts written on paper; boxes 2-4 contain manuscripts written on parchment; box 5 contains photocopies of selected fragments. Collection was originally numbered and described by Professor Abraham Tal of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: nos. 1-4 are bound volumes; nos. 6-48 are parchment fragments; nos. 5 (originally misidentified as parchment), 49-51 are paper fragments. No. 52 is an unbound codex which was found stored with the Robert Garrett Collection of Syriac Manuscripts and added to the Samaritan collection in 2011.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
Robert Garrett (1875-1961) was an American banker and philanthropist. Garrett (Princeton class of 1897) was also an Olympic athlete, Princeton Charter Trustee, and a collector.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift; 1942 .
- Custodial History
Previously owned by Robert Garrett (1875-1961), Princeton Class of 1897.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
During 2022, restrictions on this collection were lifted as part of a restrictions review project.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. No further duplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Special Collections Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Robert Garrett Collection of Samaritan Manuscripts; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/8910jv32z
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scahsvm): Box 1-4
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Nos. 5-8, 20-28, 41-51 available as photocopies.
- Subject Terms:
- Samaritan literature.
- Genre Terms:
- Manuscripts, Samaritan.
Parchment.
