London, BL, Add. 14460
source date: A. Gr. 911
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/135, Add. 14,460, London, BL, Add. 14,460, BL Add MS 14460, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 76, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, LXXVI

[This manuscript contains: The four Gospels according to the Peshitta version, prefixed by a hymn or prayer. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1-104
title: The four Gospels according to the Peshitta version, prefixed by a hymn or prayer
See additions.
  Fol. 1a
  title: Seems, so far as it is legible, to be part of a hymn or prayer
  Foll. 1b-104a
  title: The four Gospels according to the Peshitta version
  See additions.
  The larger sections are marked on the margins.
    Foll. 1b-29
    title: Matthew
    The missing portion is ch. vii. 18—viii. 26.
    Foll. 29b-46
    title: Mark
    Foll. 46a-78
    title: Luke
    rubric: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܠܘܩܐܚܕܡܢ ܫܒܥܝܢܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ.
    Foll. 78a-104a
    title: John
    At the end of the subscription to the last Gospel, fol. 104 a, we have the doxology:ܫܘܒܚܐ ܡܢ ܟܠ ܥܠ ܟܠ ܠܡܪܝܐ ܟܠ ܡܫܡܠܐ ܟܠ ܒܫܘܡܠܝܗ ܐܡܝܢ.

Vellum, about 7 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 104 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1 —11, 28, 29, and 101 —104. The quires, 11 in number, are now signed with letters; what the original signatures were, if any, does not appear. A leaf is wanting after fol. 6. The number of lines in each page varies from 30 to 37. This manuscript is written in a small and beautiful Nestorian Estrangela, and dated A. Gr. 911, A.D. 600. Several pages have been re-touched by a modern hand, especially fol. 29a.

Vellum

104 ff. 7 1/2 × 4 7/8

The quires, 11 in number, are now signed with letters; what the original signatures were, if any, does not appear.

- Some leaves are slightly stained and torn, especially foll.1 —11, 28, 29, and 101 — 104.

- A leaf is wanting after fol. 6.

The number of lines in each page varies from 30 to 37.

This manuscript is written in a small and beautiful Nestorian Estrangela, and dated A. Gr. 911, A.D. 600. See additions.

A modern hand. Responsible for writing on fol. 1a . See additions also.

See additions.

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

- Lessons have been noted in many places by later hands.

- Several pages have been re-touched by a modern hand, especially fol. 29 a.

- Colophon

Under the doxology, there stands a note, partially effaced and torn, which states that the volume was written at Tel-Dīnawar in the district of Beth-Nūhadrā, [See Assemani, Bibl. Orient., t. iii. Pars 2, pag. DCCXLIII., art. Dinur, and pag. DCCLXIX., art. Nuhadra. He is mistaken in his identification of the latter with Nehardea] A. Gr. 911, A.D. 600, in the tenth year of the reign of Khusrau (Parwīz, Chosroes II, A.D. 591— 628). From this note we learn too that there was a Nestorian school or college at Dīnawar .

ܐܫܬܠܡ ܕܝܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܡـ[ܩܕܫܐ ܒ]ܫ[ܢܬ] ܬܫܥܡܐܐ ܘܚܕܥܣܪܐ ܒܕܝ̈ܘܢܝܐ. ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܒܕ . . . ܫܢܬ ܥܣܪ ܕܟܘܣܪܘ ܡܠܟ ܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܒܬܠܕܝܢܘ[ܪ]. ܕܒܐܬܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ. ܒܡܠܦܢܘܬܐ ܕܡ̈ـ . . ܘܕܚ̈ܠܝ ܠܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝ ܒܕܒܘ (؟) ܩܫܝܫܐ ܘܡـ . . . ܐܠܗ̈ܝܐ. ܘܡܪܝ ܚܒܝܒܝ ܡـ[ܩܪܝܢـ]ܐ. ܘ. . . ܩܫܝܫܐ ܡܗܓܝܢܐ. ܘܡܪܝ ܙܟܪܝܐ ܕ . . . ܕܐܣܟܘܠܐ. ܘܝܘܣܦ ܕܘܟܣ. ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܟܝܢܐ ܣܓܝܕܐ ܕܫ[ܪܝ]. . . ܘܫܠܡ ܥܡܢ ܒܡܪܚܡܢܘܬܗ ܒܪܝ . . . ܠܫܡܗ ܠܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ܀

ܣܪܛ ܕܝܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܬܪܝܢ ܡܐ . . . [ܕܟܝـ]ܪܝܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܐܟ̈ܣܢܝܐ. . . [ܘܚ]ܢܢ ܢܬܥܕܪ ܒܨܠܘ̈ܬܗܘܢ ܐܝܢ [ܘܐܡܝܢ.]

- The modern writing on fol. 106b is a statement of the number of ܦ̈ܬܓܡܐ or versicles in the four Gospels.

AG 911 AD 600 Tel-Dīnawar in the district of Beth-Nūhadrā

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 LXXVI 1:52-53