London, BL, Add. 14561
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/292, Add. 14,561, London, BL, Add. 14,561, BL Add MS 14561, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 586, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DLXXXVI

[This manuscript contains: John Chrysostom. The Commentary of John Chrysostom on the Gospel of S. John, homm. homilies i.-xliii. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-161a
author: John Chrysostom
title: The Commentary of John Chrysostom on the Gospel of S. John,homilies i.-xliii.
incipit: ܡܬܥܠܐ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ
ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܒܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܦܘܠܝܣ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܠܬܐ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܘܢܓܠܣܛܐ܀
Of these, homm. i., ii.,xxix., and xxxv. are imperfect; whilst homilies xxx.-xxxiv. are wanting. The incipit corresponds with the Greek ἀλλ' ἀνωτέρω πάντων ἑστάναι τῶν βιωτικῶν κ.τ.λ., Opera, t. viii., p. 2, line 29;Migne, Patrol. Gr., t. lix., col. 25, line 29. The first lacuna extends from t. viii., p. 12, line 44, to p. 14, line 18; and the second, from p. 190, line 9, to p. 236, line 5.

Vellum, about 10 1/4 in. by 6 5/8, consisting of 161 leaves, two of which, foll. 6 and 7, are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, are now 17 in number. One leaf is wanting at the beginning, two leaves after fol. 6, and several quires after fol. 116. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 35 to 43 lines.

Vellum

161 ff. 10 1/4 × 6 5/8

The quires, signed with letters, are now 17 in number.

- Two of the leaves, foll.6 and 7, are much stained and torn.

- One leaf is wanting at the beginning, two leaves after fol.6, and several quires after fol.116.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 35 to 43 lines.

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

See additions.

- Doxology

This is followed by the usual doxology, under which there is a note, in a more cursive character, of which the first two lines have been erased. The remainder contains one of the ordinary anathemas:

……….ܐܠܐ ܟܠ ܕܫ̇ܩܠ ܠܗ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܐܘ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܡܢܗ: ܘܟܐܡ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܘܠܐ ܡܦܢܐ ܠܗ ܠܡܪܘܗܝ̣. ܬܬܣܝܡ ܡܢܬܗ ܥܡ ܕܢ̈ܣܒܝ ܒܐ̈ܦܐ. ܘܢܬܚܫܒ ܥܡ [ܩ̈ܛܠܝ] ܐܠܗܐ.

- On fol. 161b there is an extract, in a hand of the xth cent., from the funeral sermon of Gregory Nazianzen on his brother Caesarius :

ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܡܡܠܠ ܐܠܗ̈ܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܒـ[ـܘܪܬܗ] ܕܩܣܪܝܘܣ ܐܚܘܗܝ.

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 DLXXXVI 2:469