Add. 14,442
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/106
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Add. 14,442, foll. 1–46
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/107
Description based on Wright XLVIII ()
(multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex
Wright's Subject Classification:
Old Testament
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Physical Description
This manuscript part is itself a composite codicological unit composed of two or more additional parts. See the individual parts for a more complete physical description.
Add. 14,442, foll. 47–65
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/108
Date:
6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 19 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Old Testament
This manuscript contains: Part of the first book of Samuel, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 1/4 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 19 leaves (Add. 14,442, fol. 47—65) one of which (fol. 55) is much stained. Leaves are wanting after fol. 54 and at the end. Each page has from 19 to 21 lines. This manuscript is written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith or viith cent. A few Greek vowels have been added by a later hand on fol. 48band 49a(%).
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This manuscript is written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith or viith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, West Syriac script):
A few Greek vowels have been added by a later hand.See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See below.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See below.
Decoration (Rubrication):
Contents
This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.
Item 1 (Fol. 47): Part of the first book of Samuel, according to the Peshitta version. [defective]
Title: ܢܒܝܘܬܗ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Title: ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Title: ܢܒܝܘܬܗ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Title: ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Notes:
- The missing portions of the text are: ch. ii. 29—xvii. 57, and ch. xx. 34 to the end.
- Of the lessons, some are rubricated in the text, and others are marked by a later hand on the margin.
Additions
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 48b):
A few Greek vowels have been added by a later hand on fol. 48b and 49a.
Addition 2 (Fol. 48a):
On fol. 48a there is a note, recording that this book belonged to the brothers Matthew, Abraham and Theodore of Tagrīt:
ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܡܬܝ ܘܐܒܪܗܡ ܘܬܐܕܪܘܣ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܬܓܪ̈ܝܬܢܝܐ. ܙܒܢܘܗܝ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܚܝܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܘܟܠ ܕܦܓܥ ܒܗ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܠܚܐ ܠܥܘܕܢܗ̈ܘܢ (sic)
ܡܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ. ܢܗܘܐ ܚܪܡ ܡܢ ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ. ܘܫܘܝܬ ܒܐܘܣܝܐ ܐܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ.
Addition 3 (Fol. 48a):
Just above this, there is another note, stating that in the year 1517 of the Greeks, A.D. 1206, twelve brethren from Syria entered the convent of S. Mary Deipara:
ܒܫܢܬ ܐ̄ ܘܚܡܫܡܐܐ ܘܝܙ̄ ܕܝܘܢܝ̈ܐ ܒܢܝܣ̇ܢ ܝܪܚܐ ܥܠܢܢ ܠܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܛܝ ܬܪ̈ܥܣܪ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܕܡܢ ܣܘܪܝܐ.
Addition 4 (Fol. 48a):
Of the lessons, some are rubricated in the text, and others are marked by a later hand on the margin.
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