London, BL, Add. 14540
source date: xivth or xvth cent.
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/267, Add. 14,540, London, BL, Add. 14,540, BL Add MS 14540, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 628, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCXXVIII

[This manuscript contains: Dionysius the Areopagite, Phocas of Edessa. The works of Dionysius the Areopagite, with the notes of Phocas of Edessa. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 8 items.]

Syriac

foll. 1a-60b
author: Dionysius the Areopagite
author: Phocas of Edessa
title: The works of Dionysius the Areopagite, with the notes of Phocas of Edessa
  foll. 1a-4b
  author: Dionysius the Areopagite
  title: De Caelesti Hierarchia
  incipit: ܡܨܥܝܘܬܐ ܡܬܓܡܪܝܢ ܘܡܛܠܗܕܐ ܐܦ ܡܢ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܢܬܐ ܟܗܢܝܬܐ ܕܝܠܢ: ܗܘ̈ܢܐ ܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܩܕܡܝ̈ܐ̣. ܚܝ̈ܠܐ ܓܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܡܢܗܪ̈ܢܐ ܘܡܕܟܝ̈ܢܐ ܡܫܬܡܗܝ̇ܢ. ܕܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܕܡܬܚܬܝܢ ܡܢܗܘܢ̣. ܏ܘܫ
  Of this we have here only a part of capp. viii., ix. and x.; the whole of capp. xi. and xii.; part of cap. xiii.; the whole of cap. xiv.; and a part of cap. xv. The incipit corresponds to the Greek Διὸ καὶ πρὸς τῆς ἡμῶν ἱερατικῆς παραδόσεως τελεστικαὶ καὶ φωτουργοὶ καὶ καθαρτικαὶ δυνάμεις, οἱ πρῶτοι νόες ὀνομάζονται κ.τ.λ.
  Cf. Opera, ed. 1755-6, t. i., p. 74 C.
  foll. 5a-7b
  author: Dionysius the Areopagite
  title: De Ecclesiastica Hierarchia
  incipit: ܒܥ̈ܝܢܐ ܠܐ ܚܫ̈ܢܝܬܐ̣. ܡܬܪܚܩ ܡ̇ܢ ܡܢ ܚ̈ܙܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܬܨܡ̈ܚܢܐ ܕܠܐ ܝܕܥܬܐ.
  The incipit corresponds to the Greek ὀφθαλμοῖς ἐπισκοπἡσας• τῶν ὐλαμπῶν μὲν ἀποφοιτήσει τῆς ἀγνωσίας μυχῶν• κ.τ.λ. We have here only parts of capp. ii. and iii.
  Cf. Opera, t. i., p. 171 C.
  foll. 8a-44
  author: Dionysius the Areopagite
  title: De Divinis Nominibus
  incipit: ܠܟܠܗ̇ ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܚܝܠܐ ܡܢܗܪܢܐ ܐܝܟ ܪܝܫܬ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܡܥܠܝܬ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܟ̇ܢܫ̣ ܒܗ̣. ܏ܘܫ
  The incipit corresponds to the Greek words of cap. iv πᾶσαν τῆς φωτιστικῆς δυνάμεως τὴν κυρείαν, ὡς ἀρχίφωτος καὶ ὑπέρφωτος, ἐν ἑαυτῇ συλλαβουσα.
  Cf. Opera, t. i., p. 359 B.
  foll. 44b-47b
  author: Dionysius the Areopagite
  title: De Mystica Theologia
  foll. 48a-60
  author: Dionysius the Areopagite
  title: The Epistles
  fol. 60b
  title: The doxology
  fol. 60b
  title: A table of contents
  See below.
  Followed by the concluding note of Phocas.

Vellum, about 12 ¾ in. by 9 1/8, consisting of 60 leaves, several of which are much stained and soiled, especially foll. 5 and 8. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 14 in number, but the first 8 are either lost or very imperfect, leaves being wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 33 to 38 lines.

Vellum

60 ff. 12 3/4 × 9 1/8

The quires, signed with letters, were originally 14 in number, but the first 8 are either lost or very imperfect.

- 60 leaves, several of which are much stained and soiled, especially foll. 5 and 8. Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 33 to 38 lines.

This volume is written in a good, regular hand of the ixth cent., the notes being in a smaller character than the text.

On the margin of fol. 5 b, there is a recipe in Arabic for the manufacture of ink.See additions

There is also some Arabic writing, of comparatively modern date, on the lower margin of fol. 58 a. See additions

[N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.]

- Concluding note of Phocas

- On the margin of fol. 5 b, there is a recipe in Arabic for the manufacture of ink, apparently of the xivth or xvth cent.

- There is also some Arabic writing, of comparatively modern date, on the lower margin of fol. 58 a.

9th 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 DCXXVIII 2:499-500