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The Fortune from the manuscript Chansonnier cordiforme de Montchenu, Recueil de chansons italiennes et françaises, c. 1470–1480

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Luke 21:12b-26a, Curetonian Syriac manuscript, early 5th century. There are only two surviving manuscripts of the Vetus Syra, the Old Syriac translation of the bible that predates the later Peshitta. One of these manuscripts is the Curetonian manuscript, academically called the Codex Nitriensis Curetonianus, dating to the 5th century. The British Library holds most of its folio's, with a few more residing in Berlin. Back in the day, the artefact was found in the Convent of St. Mary Deipara (photo 2), at the time a Syriac monastery in the Natron Valley of Egypt. It was then shipped to England where it ended up under the care of the British Library.

The manuscript itself reveals little about its origins. There is an interesting side note, however, from the 10th century which appears on the recto of the first folio which is completely blank:

"This book belonged to the monk Habibai, who presented it to the holy monastery of the Church of the Deipara belonging to the Syrians in the desert of Scete, that God, abounding in mercy and compassion, for the sake of whose glorious Name he separated and gave this spiritual treasure, might pardon his faults and forgive his shortcomings and number him among His own elect in the day that His mercy cometh to life, by the prayers of all the circle of the Saints. Amen, amen ! “Son of the Living God, have pity in the hour of Thy judgement on the sinner that wrote this. Amen!"