London, BL, Add. 14552
source date: viith or viiith 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/283, Add. 14,552, London, BL, Add. 14,552, BL Add MS 14552, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 612, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCXII

[This manuscript contains: Cyril of Alexandria. Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of St. Luke. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1b-150
author: Cyril of Alexandria
title: Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of St. Luke
  Foll. 1b-3b
  title: An index prefixed to the volume
  rubric: ܗܠܝܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܓܡܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܕܠܘܩܐ܀
  Foll. 4b-150
  author: Cyril of Alexandria
  title: The second part of the Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of St. Luke, viz.homilies lxxxi.-clvi
  rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܕܠܘܩܐ̣. ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܩܘܪܝܠܘܣ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܐ̈ܦܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ.
  Of these, however,homilies xcvii., cxiii.-cxvi., and cliv.-clvi., are entirely lost; whilst homilies lxxxii., xcvi., xcviii., cxii., cxxvii., and cliii., are more or less incomplete. These homilies of Cyril have been carefully edited from this manuscript and Add. 14,551 [...] , by the Rev. Dr. Payne Smith, Oxford, 1858; and the same scholar has published an English translation in two volumes, Oxford, 1859.

Vellum, about 11 1/2 in. by 7 1/4, consisting of 150 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 17, 26, 43, 44, 54, 61, 63 and 94. The quires, signed with letters, must originally have been 18 or 19 in number; but the last two or three are lost, and several of the others are imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 6, 7, 39, 73 and 94. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 36 to 44 lines.

Vellum

150 ff. 11 1/2 × 7 1/4

The quires, signed with letters, must originally have been 18 or 19 in number.

- Some of the leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.17, 26, 43, 44, 54, 61, 63 and 94.

- The last two or three quires are lost, and several of the others are imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll.6, 7, 39, 73 and 94.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 36 to 44 lines.

This volume is written in a fine, flowing hand of the viith or viiith cent. See additions.

See additions.

- According to the note on the margin of fol. 1b, a volume of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus was once bound with this manuscript:

ܬܫ̈ܥܝ̣ܬܐ ܕܐܩܠܣܝ̣ܣܛܝܩܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܝܣܩܦܐ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ ܡܕܝܢ̣ܬܐ

- On the blank page, fol. 4a, the monk and priest John, the son of Eugene, the son of John, from the province of Nisibis, residing in the convent of S. Mary Deipara, A. Gr. 1823, A.D. 1512, has written as follows:

ܟܕ ܐܝܟ ܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܕܪ̈ܟܢܐ ܕܐܠܗܢ ܣܓܝܕ ܫܡܗ ܘܐܝܟ ܟܪܘܟܝܐ ܡܲܘܙܠܬܢܝܐ ܐܬܛܝܒ̇ܬ ܐܢ̇ܐ ܏ܝܘܚ ܚܲܛܝܐ ܒܫܡ ܕܝܪܝܐ ܘ܏ܩܫܝ. ܒܥܒ̇ܕܐ ܣ̇ܓܝ̣ ܡܲܒܥܰܕ ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܫܡܐ. ܒܪ ܐܘܓܝܢ ܡـ[ـܢܚ]ـܐ ܒܪ ܏ܩܫܝ ܏ܝܘܚ ܡܲܰܕܢܚܝܐ ܡܢ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܡܒܪܟܬܐ ܡـ . . . ـܐ ܕܒܐܘܚܕܢܐ ܕܡܕܝܢ̣ܬ݀ ܬܚܘ̈ܡܐ ܢܨܝܒܝܢ. ܘܟܕ ܐܬܛ̇ܝ̣ܒܬ ܒܕܝܪܐ ܕܝܠܢ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܷܐܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܝܛܝ ܘܩܪܝ̇ܬ ܒܗܢܐ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܫܪ̈ܒܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ ܘܫܪܡ̇ܬ ܗܪܟܐ ܥܘܗܕܢܐ ܕܝܠܝ ܕܢܗܘ̣ܐ ܠܝ ܠܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܕܨܠܘܬܐ ܕܟܒܪ ܢܬܚܢܢ ܐܢ̣ܐ ܘܟܠ ܕܠ̇ܚܐ ܠܗܢܐ ܡܚܲܝܒܐ ܗܘ ܒܙܢܐ ܕܓܢܒܘܬܐ ܡܬܚܲܝܒ ܗܠܝܢ ܫܢܬ ܏ܐܦܟܓ ܠܝܘܢ ܘܠܐܠܗܐ ܏ܫܘ ܐܡܝܢ.

7th or 8th 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 DCXII 2:485-486