London, BL, Add. 14568
source date: 910
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/301, Add. 14,568, London, BL, Add. 14,568, BL Add MS 14568, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 531, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXXXI

[This manuscript contains: . In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-50b
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  Foll. 1a-49b
  author: Athanasius of Alexandria
  title: The commentary of Athanasius of Alexandria on the Psalms
  rubric: ܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܩܕܝܩܐ ܐܬܢܣܝܘܣ
  ܫܠܡ ܡܐܐ ܘܚ̈ܡܫܝܢ ܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܢܒܝܐ ܘܦܘܫ̈ܩܝܗܘܢ. ܕܦܫܩ ܐܢܘܢ ܛܘܒܢܐ ܐܬܢܣܝܘܣ ܪܫܐ ܕܐܦܣܩ̈ܦܐ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ܀
  The Syriac text is often much shorter than the Greek. The following are the Psalms that remain, most of them being more or less imperfect: xvii., xxi.—xxv., xxxiv., xxxv., xxxix.—xli., xlvii., xlviii., lvii., lviii., lxvii., lxviii., lxx.—lxxii., lxxiv.—lxxvi., lxxxviii., xciii., c.—cviii., ex. —cxvi., cxviii., cxlviii.—cl.
  Cf. Expositiones in Psalmos, Opera, ed. 1698, t. i., p. 1009 etc.; Migne, Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Series Graeca, t. xxvii., col. 59 etc.
  Fol. 50
  title: The apocryphal Psalm cli., without any commentary
  ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܐܚܪܝܬܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ܀ ܕܦܫܩ ܛܘܒܢܐ ܐܬܢܣܝܘܣ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ ܪܒܬܐ܀

Vellum, about 10 1/8 in. by 6 7/8 , consisting of 50 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 18— 21, 30, 38, 39, 44, 45, and 48—50. The quires are signed with letters, but only one of them (ܝܛ fol. 30) is complete, leaves being wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 39, 42, 46, and 47. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 27 to 32 lines.

Vellum

50 ff. 10 1/8 × 6 1/8

The quires are signed with letters, but only one of them (ܝܛ fol. 30) is complete.

- Many of the leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 18— 21, 30, 38, 39, 44, 45, and 48—50.

- Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 20, 21, 23, 24, 27, 39, 42, 46, and 47.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 27 to 32 lines.

The writing is a good, regular Estrangela.See additions.

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- Colophon Ownership Inscription

On fol. 50 b there is a note, which, besides being stained and torn, has twice suffered alteration and erasure. Of the original writing we can read, in the first and second lines, the words:

ܒܟܣܐ . . . ܫܢܬ ܬܫܥܡܐܐ ܘܥܣܪ ܙܒܝܢ . . .

and below:

ܡܢ ܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ . . . ܕܝܠܗܘܢ ܥܒܕܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܟܬܒܐ . . . ܩܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܠܩܕܝܫܐ

which show that the book was purchased by, and in all likelihood written for, certain persons in the year 910, A.D. 599.

- The next owner was a priest, whose name is now effaced, for in the fourth line we read, in a different hand, the words (sic)

ܢܟܦܐ ܘܪܚܝܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ

- The third possessor was Isaac bar Abraham bar Dīnārā of Tagrīt, from whose hands the manuscript passed into the library of the convent of S. Mary Deipara, A.D.932:

ܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܠܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܪ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܒܪ ܕܝܢܪܐ . . . ܬܓܪܬܢܝܐ ܕܩܢܝܗܝ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ [ܕܝܠܗ] ܟܠ ܡܢ ܕܫܩܠ ܠܗ ܏ܘܫ [ܐܝܬܘ].

AD 599 AG 910

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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 DXXXI 2:405-406