London, BL, Add. 14448
source date: 13th century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/120, Add. 14,448, London, BL, Add. 14,448, BL Add MS 14448, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 64, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, LXIV

[This manuscript contains: The New Testament, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 21 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-209b
title: The New Testament, according to the Peshitta version
.ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܚܕ ܟܝܢܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܥܒܝܕ ܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ. ܕܟܝܪܝܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܕܡܫܝܚܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܚܢܢ ܢܬܥܕܪ ܒܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܐܝܢ ܘܐܡܢ (SIC). ܫܘܒܫܚܐ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܕܥܠ ܚܝܠܗ ܫܪܝܢ ܘܒܥܘܕܪܢܗ ܫܠܡܢ.
See additions.
Total number of sections in the whole New Testament, 165.
  Foll. 1a-116
  title: The four Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
    Foll. 1a-31
    title: The Gospel of S. Matthew, according to the Peshitta version
    In 22 sections.
    The portions missing are: ch. i. 1—ii. 13, iii.14—v. 24, and viii.26— ix. 19.
    Foll. 31a-51
    title: The Gospel of S. Mark, according to the Peshitta version
    In 13 sections.
    Foll. 51b-87
    title: The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version
    In 23 sections.
    Foll. 87b-116
    title: The Gospel of S. John, according to the Peshitta version
    In 20 sections.
  Foll. 116a-153
  title: The Acts of the Apostles, according to the Peshitta version
  To which are added:
  Total number of sections, 32.
    Foll. 153b-164
    title: Three Catholic Epistles, according to the Peshitta version
      Foll. 153b-157
      title: The Epistle of S. James, according to the Peshitta version
      Foll. 157a=160
      title: The first Epistle of S. Peter, according to the Peshitta version
      Foll. 160b-164
      title: The first Epistle of S. John, according to the Peshitta version
  Foll. 164a-209b
  title: The fourteen Epistles of Paul, according to the Peshitta version
  Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, and 1 Timothy are lost.
  Number of sections in the Pauline epistles, 55.
    Foll. 164a-177
    title: Romans, according to the Peshitta version
    Foll. 177b-191
    title: 1 Corinthians, according to the Peshitta version
    Foll. 191a-195
    title: 2 Corinthians, according to the Peshitta version
    Ending with ch. 6:15.
    Foll. 195a-196
    title: Galatians, according to the Peshitta version
    Beginning with ch. 4:22.
    Fol. 196b
    title: Ephesians, according to the Peshitta version
    Ending with ch. 1:17.
    Foll. 197a-199
    title: 2 Timothy, according to the Peshitta version
    Beginning with ch. 1:4.
    Foll. 199a-201
    title: Titus, according to the Peshitta version
    Foll. 201a-201b
    title: Philemon, according to the Peshitta version
    Foll. 201b-209b
    title: Hebrews, according to the Peshitta version
    From ch. 7:4-9:21 is missing.

Vellum, about 9 1/8 in. by 5 7/8, consistingof 209 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—5, 152 and 209. The quires, originally 25 in number, were signed with letters, but have been subsequently re-numbered, though incorrectly, with Coptic arithmetical figures and Arabic letters. Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 5, 194, 196 and 204. Each page has from 26 to 32 lines. The writing is a small, elegant, Nestorian Estrangela, with numerous vowel-points and other marks, though many of these (as also a very few Greek vowels) have been added at a later period. The date seems to be A. Gr. 1012, A.H. 80, A.D. 699-700. Fol. 64 is a restoration, on paper, of the xiiith cent.

Vellum

209 ff. 9 1/8 × 5 7/8

The quires, originally 25 in number, were signed with letters, but have been subsequently re-numbered, though incorrectly, with Coptic arithmetical figures and Arabic letters.

- Some leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—5, 152 and 209

- Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll.1, 5, 194, 196 and 204.

- Fol. 64 is a restoration, on paper, of the 13th century.

Each page has from 26 to 32 lines.

The writing is a small, elegant, Nestorian Estrangela, with numerous vowel-points and other marks.

See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- Quires have been renumbered, though incorrectly with Coptic arithmetical figures and Arabic letters.

- Many vowel points (as also a very few Greek vowels) have been added at a later period

- On the margins of some pages there are notes, in a later hand, referring chiefly to matters of pronunciation and accentuation, similar to those in Add. 12,138 [...] .

- Colophon

The date, about which there is a slight difficulty, is given as follows:

ܐܫܬܸܪܝܬ ܕܝܢ ܚܕܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܒܪܫܗ ܕܐܝܠܘܢ(sic) ܀ ܘܐܫܬܠܡܬ ܟܕ ܢܦܝܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܫܒܛ ܥܣܪܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ܀ ܒܫܢܬ ܐܠܦܐ ܘܬܪ . . . ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ ܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ. ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܒܕ̈ܛܝܝܐ ܬܡـ. . . ܢ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܪܘܢ܀ ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ. . . ܥܠܝ̈ܐ

"This New (Testament) was begun on the first of Ilūn (Ilūl), and finished when ten days of Shěbāt were passed; in the year 1012, according to the well-known era of the Greeks, which is, according to that of the Arabs,80; under the rule of the house of Marwān, in the days of …. [the Ishma]elites."

Neither the mīm in the word ܬܡـ . . . ܢ , nor the rīsh in ܘܬܪ, is perfectly certain; but still there can be little doubt that the book was written in the reign of 'Abdu ‘l-Malik ibn Marwān, for A. H. 80=A. D. 699-700=A. Gr. 1011-12.

AG 1012 AH 80 AD 699-700

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 LXIV 1:41-42