London, BL, Add. 14625
source date: 10th century
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/365, Add. 14,625, London, BL, Add. 14,625, BL Add MS 14625, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 681, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCLXXXI

[This manuscript contains: Philoxenus of Mabug. The Discourses of Philoxenus of Mabug on Christian Life and Character. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 12 items.]

Syriac

foll. 1-144
author: Philoxenus of Mabug
title: The Discourses of Philoxenus of Mabug on Christian Life and Character
  Foll.1-2
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: A single leaf from Discourse 2
  foll. 2a-8a
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 4
  Imperfect at the beginning.
  foll. 8b-21
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 5
  Imperfect at the end.
  foll. 21a-32
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 6
  Imperfect at the beginning.
  foll. 32a-43
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 7
  foll. 43a-54a
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 8
  foll. 54b-75a
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 9
  foll 75b-98
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 10
  foll. 98a-122a
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 11
  foll. 122b-135
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 12
  Imperfect at the end.
  foll. 135a-144
  author: Philoxenus of Mabug
  title: Discourse 13
  Imperfect at the beginning and elsewhere.

Vellum, about 11 3/4 in. by 9, consisting of 144 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 132—137, and 144. The quires, signed with both Greek (Coptic) and Syriac letters, were originally 21 in number, but of the first three only a single leaf remains, and there are lacunae of greater or less extent after foll. 20, 60, 131, 134, 135, 137, 143, and 144. From the commencement as far as fol. 121, the pages are numbered by the hand of the scribe, the verso of each leaf being marked with its appropriate letter or letters. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 29 to 34 lines.

Vellum

144 ff. 11 3/4 × 9

From the commencement as far as fol. 121, the pages are numbered by the hand of the scribe, the verso of each leaf being marked with its appropriate letter or letters

the quires signed with both Greek (Coptic) and Syriac letters were originally 21 in number but of the first three only a single leaf remains

- Of 144 leaves, some are much stained and torn, especially 1, 132-137, and 144; there are lacunae of greater or less extent after foll. 20, 60, 131, 134, 135, 137, 143, and 144

Each page is divided into two columns of from 29 to 34 lines

This volume is written in a good, regular hand of about the xth cent.

This manuscript is remarkable for the ornaments and illuminations at the commencement of each discourse as well as at the top of the first and last leaves of each quire. They are executed in the Coptic style, so that the manuscript must be of Egyptian origin, and was probably written in the Nitrian desert.

10th century Nitrian desert

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 DCLXXXI 2: 532