London, BL, Add. 14509
source date: xith cent
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/203, Add. 14,509, London, BL, Add. 14,509, BL Add MS 14509, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 325, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CCCXXV

[This manuscript contains: A collection of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, comprising many hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ, ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ , ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ , ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ , ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܒܣ̈ܡܐ , etc.) and prayers, ascribed to Ephraim and Jacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 17 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-71
title: A collection of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, comprising many hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ, ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ , ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ , ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ , ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܒܣ̈ܡܐ , etc.) and prayers, ascribed to Ephraim and Jacob of Batnae
  Foll. 1a-3
  title: The Dedication of the Church
  In the madrāshē on fol. 1, Bardesanes, Manes, Arius, Theodore (of Mopsuestia), Diodorus (of Tarsus), Barsaumā, Narses, Julian (of Halicarnassus), Eutyches, Marcion, Leo, and Nestorius, are cursed as heretics, their names being inverted in writing; whilst Ignatius, Athanasius, Basil, Gregory (Nazianzen), John (Chrysostom), Cyril, Dioscorus, Severus, Ephraim, Jacob (of Batnae), and Philoxenus, are lauded as orthodox teachers
  Foll. 3a-6
  title: The Annunciation of the Virgin
  rubric: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
  Foll. 6b-9
  title: The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܡܐܙܠܬܐ. ܕܡܫܬܡܠܐ ܒܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܣܘܒܪܐ
  rubric: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
  Foll. 9a-12
  title: The Nativity of S. John the Baptist
  rubric: ܕܡܫܬ݁ܡܠܐ ܒܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܕܡܐܙܠܬܐ
  rubric: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
  Foll. 12b-14
  title: The Revelation of S. Joseph
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܓܠܝܢܗ ܕܝܘܣܦ
  Foll. 14a-26
  author: Ephrem
  title: The Nativity of our Lord
  rubric: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܒܨ̈ܘܝܐ
  rubric: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
  Foll. 26a-30
  title: The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin
  Foll. 30a-34
  title: The Massacre of the Innocents
  Foll. 34a-48b
  title: The Epiphany
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܬܪܝܢܐ
  rubric: ܟܣܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
  rubric: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܡܝ̈ܕܐ
  Foll. 48b-55
  title: The Commemoration of S. John the Baptist
  rubric: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
  Foll. 55a-63
  title: The Presentation in the Temple
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܡܥܠܬܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܕܠܗܝܟܠܐ
  rubric: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ
  Foll. 63a-65
  title: The Forty Martyrs
  Foll. 66a-66
  title: The Commemoration of any Saint
  Foll. 66b-68
  title: The Commemoration of the Teachers
  rubric: ܕܡ̈ܠܦܢܐ ܓܘܢܐܝܬ. ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
  Foll. 68a-71
  title: The Commemoration of Severus of Antioch
  rubric: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܣܐܘܪܐ
  Foll. 71a-71
  title: Part of a madrāshā on the Resurrection of the Dead

Vellum, about 12 1/8 in. by 8 7/8, consisting of 71 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 16 in number, but ܐ is now lost, and of the rest only ܝܐ and ܝܒ are complete. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 31 to 48 lines.

Vellum

71 ff. 12 1/8 × 8 7/8

The quires, signed with letters, were originally 16 in number.

- Of the 16 original quires, ܐ is now lost, and of the rest only ܝܐ and ܝܒ are complete.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 31 to 48 lines.

It is written in a small, regular character, of about the xith cent.

Some leaves of this manuscript have been hound as part of Add. 17,216 [...] .

11th century

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 CCCXXV 1:271-272