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Add. 14,461

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/136
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Add. 14,461, foll. 1–107

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/137
Description based on Wright XCIV (1:65-66) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 107 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 9 in. by 5 3/4, consisting of 107 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 8 and 9. The quires, signed with letters, are 11 in number. A leaf is wanting after fol. 9. Each page has from 24 to 26 lines. This manuscript is written in a small, regular Estrangela of the vith cent., with the exception of foll. 58—67, which are in a more current hand of the ixth or xth cent.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a small, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Foll.58—67, which are in a more current hand of the ixth or xth cent.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Contents

This manuscript contains 3 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 1b): The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Note: The lessons are rubricated in the text.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): S. Matthew [defective]
Note: The only portion missing is ch. vi. 3—20.
Item 3 (Fol. 65b): S. Mark

Additions

N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 104b): One or two lessons are marked on the margins by a later hand, e.g. fol. 104b.
Addition 2 (Fol. 107b): On fol. 107b, between the subscription of the Gospel of S. Mark and the doxology, there was a rubric of two lines, which has been carefully erased.
Addition 3 (Fol. 1a): Of the writing on fol. 1a but little is now distinctly legible, which is to be regretted, as it seems to be a nearly contemporary notice of the taking of Damascus by the Arabs,A.D. 634-5. The two most important passages read as follows.Line 8—12: . . . ܘܒܟܢܘܢ ܚܪܝ ܫܩܠ ܡܠܬܐ ܠܚܝ̈ܝܗܘܢ . . . ܘܩ̈ܘܪܝܣ ܣ̈ܓܝܬܐ ܐܚܪܒ ܒܩܛܠܐ ܡܢ . . . ܘܥܡܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܬܩܛܠ ܘܫܒܝܬܐ . . . ܡܢ ܓܠܝܢܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܒܝܬ . . . . . .ܘܗܢܘܢ ܛܝ̈ܝܐ ܫܪܘ ܒܓܒ [ܝܬܐ]. . . Line 17—24.: . . . ܘܒܥܣܪܐ . . . ܥܪܩ ܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ ܡܢ ܓܒ ܕܡܣܩܘܣ . . . ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܠܦܐ ܥܣܪܐ. ܟܠܗ ܦ . . (between the lines)ܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ . . ܬܐ ܐܬܘ. ܒܥܣܪܝܢ ܒܐܒ ܒܫܢܬ ܬܫ. . . . . ܢ ܘܫܒܥ ܐܬܟܢܫ ܒܓܒܝܬܐ. . . ܕܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ ܘܥܡܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܬܩ[ܛܠ]. . . . . ܒܫܢܬ ܬܫܥܡܐ ܘܐ . . . The place called here ܓܒܝܬܐ, ( as it is known to the Arab historians). See Abulfedae Annales Muslemici, ed. Reiske andAdler, t. i. p. 223.The date in lines 20—21 should probably be read: ܒܫܢܬ ܬܫܥܡܐܐ ܘܐܪܒܥܝܢ "in the year 947," which, deducting 312, gives A.D. 635.

Add. 14,461, foll. 108–212

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/138
Description based on Wright CII (1:68) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 105 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The last two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 9 in. by 5 ¾ , consisting of 105 leaves (Add. 14,461, foll. 108 —212), some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 128, 196, 207, and 210 —212. The quires, signed with letters (from ܝܒonwards), are 11 in number. Leaves are wanting at the end, and also after foll. 206 and 211. There are from 24 to 27 lines in each page. This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the ixthor xthcent., but has been unskillfully retouched in many places..

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the ixth or xth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript has been unskillfully retouched in many places.See additions.

Contents

This manuscript contains 3 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 108a): The last two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Note: The lessons are rubricated in the text.
Item 2 (Fol. 108a): S. Luke
Item 3 (Fol. 169a): S. John [defective]
Note: Missing portions : ch. xvi. 16—xvii. 4, xvii. 11—13; xix. 19— xxi. 8, and xxi. 18 to the end.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 168b): At the end of the Gospel of S. Luke, fol. 168b, the following words are written over an erasure, alluding to the unskillful retouching of many of the pages. ܐܝܟܢ ܙܕܩ ܠܡ̇ܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܦ̣ܣ ܒܟܬܝܒܬܐ̣. ܕܢܡܪܚ ܘܢܣܪܘܚ ܠܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܗܢܐ. ܚܠܦ ܕܢܢܗܪܗ ܣ̇ܪܚܗ. The culprit of the unskillful retouching was an Arab, as some of his corrections have the wordappended; e.g. foll.163, 199b.

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William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/136.

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William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/136.

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