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# The Cranganore colophon (1301) (Colophon of Vat. sir. 22)

Colophon of a manuscript of the Pauline epistles copied in 1301 by the deacon Zachariah in the royal city of Shenglē (Kodungallur, Cranganore) under Jacob, metropolitan of India — the oldest dated Syriac manuscript written in India.

- **Language:** Syriac
- **Date:** 1301 CE
- **Author:** [Zachariah](https://indike.org/pramana/person/zacharias-cranganore)
- **Place:** Kodungallur (Cranganore)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

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