London, BL, Add. 14570
source date: A. Gr. 1243
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/303, Add. 14,570, London, BL, Add. 14,570, BL Add MS 14570, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 533, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXXXIII

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

Syriac

Foll. 1a-52
author: Ephrem
title: Discourses of Ephraim
rubric: ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܕܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܡܓܒ̈ܝܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
  Foll. 1a-21
  author: Ephrem
  title: The first discourse to Hypatius, against false doctrines.
  rubric: ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܝܘ̈ܠܦܢܐ ܛܥ̈ܝܐ
  incipit: ܐܦܪܝܡ ܠܗܦܛܝܣ ܐܚܝ ܒܡܪܢ ܫܠܡ
  ܫܠ̣ܡ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܝܘ̈ܠܦܢܐ ܢܟ̈ܝܠܐ.
  See Add. 14,574, fol. 1 b, and Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri etc. Opera Selecta, p. 21.
  Cf. Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri etc. Opera Selecta, p. 21.
  Foll. 22a-52
  author: Ephrem
  title: On our Lord
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܢ
  incipit: ܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܩܪܒܬ݀ ܠܦܘܡ̈ܐ ܡ̈ܓܕܦܢܐ̣. ܘܥܒܕܬ ܐܢܘܢ ܟܢܪ̈ܐ ܡܫܒ̈ܚܢܐ. ܡܛܘܠ ܗܢܐ ܢܬܠܘܢ ܟܠܘ ܦܘܡ̈ܝܢ ܫܘܒܚܐ̣. ܠܗ̇ܘ ܕܟܠ̣ܐ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܡܐܡܪ ܓܘܕܦܐ. ܘ ܘ .

Vellum, about 9 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 52 leaves, two of which, foll. 15 and 45, are slightly torn. The quires are 7 in number, the last of which is imperfect, a leaf being wanting after fol. 45. What the original signatures were, is not apparent; at a comparatively recent period, they have been signed with letters from ܝܕ to ܟ. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 28 to 35 lines.

Vellum

52 ff. 9 × 5 3/8

The quires are 7 in number

- Two of the leaves, foll.15 and 45, are slightly torn.

- The last of the quires is imperfect, a leaf being wanting after fol.45.

- What the original signatures of the quires were, is not apparent.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 28 to 35 lines.

This volume is written in a small, elegant Estrangela of the vth or vith cent.

See additions.

See additions.

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

- At a comparatively recent period, the quires have been signed with letters from ܝܕ to ܟ.

- On fol. 1 a there is a note, stating that this was one of the 250 volumes, brought to the convent of S. Mary Deipara by the abbat Moses of Nisibis, A. Gr. 1243, A.D. 932.

5th or 6th 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 DXXXIII 2:406-407