London, BL, Add. 14553
source date: vith or viith 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/284, Add. 14,553, London, BL, Add. 14,553, BL Add MS 14553, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 618, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCXVIII

[This manuscript contains: Cyril of Alexandria. Part of the treatise of Cyril of Alexandria on Worship in Spirit and in Truth, viz. books i.-v. and a portion of the tenth book. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1-123
author: Cyril of Alexandria
title: Part of the treatise of Cyril of Alexandria on Worship in Spirit and in Truth, viz. books i.-v. and a portion of the tenth book
rubric: ܕܬܫܡܫܬܐ ܕܪܘܚ
  Foll. 1-122b
  title: Part of the treatise of Cyril of Alexandria on Worship in Spirit and in Truth, viz. books i.-v.
  incipit: ܦܠܕ. ܫܦܝܪ ܐܡ̇ܪ ܐܢܬ
  The incipit corresponds to the Greek, ΓΑΛΛ. Εὖ λέγεις, ed. Aubert, t. i., p. 6 B. The portions missing are:p. 7 B-p. 8 C;p. 19 A-p. 21C;p. 27 B-p. 29 D;p. 30 D -p. 31 E;p. 35 B-p. 36 B;p. 78 E- p. 79 E; and p. 101 B-p. 103 E.
  Fol. 123
  title: A portion of the tenth book of this treatise, evidently written by the same scribe as the rest of the volume
  Cf. Opera, ed. Aubert, t. i., p. 369 C-p. 370 D

Vellum, about 10 in. by 6 1/2, consisting of 123 leaves, a few of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 3 and 122. The quires are 14 in number, but several of them are imperfect, leaves being missing at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 9, 14, 15, 18, 53 and 69. They were originally signed with both letters and arithmetical figures (e.g. fol. 47, ܙ; fol. 56, ܚ), but a later hand has marked them with letters only. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 32 to 36 lines.

Vellum

123 ff. 10 × 6 1/2

The quires are 14 in number, originally signed with both letters and arithmetical figures (e.g. fol.47, ܙ; fol.56, ܚ).

- A few of the leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.1, 3 and 122.

- Several of the quires are imperfect, leaves being missing at the beginning, as well as after foll.1, 9, 14, 15, 18, 53 and 69.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 32 to 36 lines.

This volume is written in a good, regular Estrangělā of the vith or viith cent.

See additions.

See additions.

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

- A later hand has marked the quires with letters only.

- The colophon, fol. 122b, has been most carefully erased, without anything being written in its place but the words,ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ, in a more recent hand.

6th or 7th 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 DCXVIII 2:489-490