London, BL, Add. 14573
source date: vith 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/306, Add. 14,573, London, BL, Add. 14,573, BL Add MS 14573, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 540, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXL

[This manuscript contains: Metrical discourses of Ephraim. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1-28
author: Ephrem
title: Metrical discourses of Ephraim
rubric: [ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ] [ܕܡܪܝ]ܐܦܪܝܡ ܛܘܒܢܐ
  Foll. 3b-20b
  author: Ephrem
  title: On Nineveh and Jonah
  rubric: ܩܕܡܝܐ[ܕܥܠ ܢܝܢܘ]ܐ ܘܝܘܢܢ
  ܫܠܡ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܢܝܢܘܐ ܘܝܘܢܢ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ.
  Slightly imperfect at the beginning.
  Cf. Opera, t. ii. p. 359, etc.; Bibl. Orient., t. i. p. 140, no. 3.
  Foll. 21a-28
  author: Ephrem
  title: Two parænetic discourses
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
    Foll. 21a-26
    title: Part of Two parænetic discourses
    author: Ephrem
    incipit: ܟܐܒܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܐ̇ܠܨ ܠܝ. ܛܟܣܐ ܕܐܫܬܘܩ ܦܩ̇ܕ ܠܝ
    Imperfect.
    Foll. 26b-28
    title: Part of Two parænetic discourses
    author: Ephrem
    rubric: ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ
    incipit: .ܐܝܢܐ ܕܪܫ̇ܐ ܙܕܩ̇ ܗܘ. ܕܢܗܘܐ ܪܡ ܡܢ ܡܪܫܘܬܐ
    Imperfect.
    Cf. Opera, t. iii. p. 654, etc.; Bibl. Orient., t. i. p. 147, no. 19.

Vellum, about 9 1/8 in. by 7, consisting of 28 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—5, 9, 12 and 23. The quires are now only 4 in number, of which the 3d and 4th are very imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 22, 26 and 28. What the original signatures were, is not apparent; later hands have marked the quires with letters, and with arithmetical figures, and one reader has numbered the pages with Coptic ciphers (on the verso at the top). Each page is divided into two columns, of from 28 to 33 lines.

Vellum

28 ff. 9 1/8 × 7

The quires are now only 4 in number. What the original signatures were, is not apparent.

- Some of the leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—5, 9, 12 and 23.

- Of the quires the 3d and 4th are very imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 22, 26 and 28.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 28 to 33 lines.

The writing is a good, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.

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[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.] [N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.]

- Later hands have marked the quires with letters.

- Later hands have marked the quires with arithmetical figures.

- One reader has numbered the pages with Coptic ciphers (on the verso at the top).

- A few Greek vowels have been added by a later hand.

- On fol. 3 a there are the remains of a note, showing that this was one of the 250 volumes, procured for the convent of S. Mary Deipara by the abbat Moses of Nisibis, A. Gr. 1243, A.D. 932.

- The torn leaf fol. 2 seems to contain fragments of a hymn, of later date.

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 DXL 2:413-414