London, BL, Add. 14630
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/374, Add. 14,630, London, BL, Add. 14,630, BL Add MS 14630

[This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.]

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/375, Add. 14,630, foll. 1–27, London, BL, Add. 14,630, foll. 1–27, BL Add MS 14630, foll. 1-27, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 810, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCX

[This manuscript contains: Palladius. Anecdotes of the Egyptian Fathers from the work of Palladius; Ephraim. Metrical discourses of Ephraim; Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 10 items.]

Syriac

foll. 1a-12b
author: Palladius
title: Anecdotes of the Egyptian Fathers from the work of Palladius
Imperfect

foll. 13a-15
author: Ephraim
title: Metrical discourses of Ephraim
  foll. 13a-13
  author: Ephraim
  title: A fragment
  explicit: ܒܝܘܡ ܦܘܪܥܢܐ ܠܦܘܪܥܢܐ
  foll. 13b-15
  author: Ephraim
  title: A funeral discourse on strangers
  rubric: ܥܠ ܐܟܣ̈ܢܝܐ
  incipit: ܟܡܐ ܚܢܝܓܐ ܫܢܬܗ ܕܡܘܬܟ̣. ܘܡܪܝܪ ܝܘܡܗ ܕܥܘܢܕܢܟ. ܏ܘܫ.
  Imperfect

15b-27b
author: Jacob of Batnae
title: Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae
  fol. 15b
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: A funeral discourse
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠ ܬܓܡ̈ܝܢ
  incipit: ܓܕܝܢܝ ܒܬܪܟ ܡܚܐ ܡ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܐܪܕܐ ܥܡܟ
  Only the first two or three lines remain.
  Cf. Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 313, no. 44, serm. iv.
  foll. 16a-19
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On S. Matthew's Gospel, ch. xiii. 44
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܐܡ̣ܪ ܡܪܢ. ܕܕܡܝܐ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܠܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܡܛܝܐ (sic) ܒܩܪܝܬܐ
  Imperfect at the beginning.
  Cf. Assemani, p. 320, no. 109.
  foll. 19b-25b
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On the love of money
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܪܚܡ̣ܬ݀ ܟܣܦܐ
  Imperfect at the end.
  Cf. Assemani, p. 320, no. 114.
  foll. 26a-26b
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: A fragment from the conclusion of a discourse on the End of the World and the last Judgment.
  foll. 27a-27b
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: An extract from the discourse on the Rich Man and Lazarus
  rubric: ܡܢ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܗ ܥܠ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܘܠܥܙܪ
  Imperfect.

Vellum about 7 7/8 in. by 6, consisting of 27 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 11, 12, and 15—17. The quires are signed with letters, but only two of them are complete, ܛ and ܝܙ. A later hand has marked them with Greek letters, Θ and ΙΖ. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 25. There are from 19 to 23 lines in each page. This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xth cent.

Vellum.

27 ff. 7 7/8 × 6

The quires are signed with letters, but only two of them are complete,ܛ and ܝܙ. A later hand has marked them with Greek letters,Θ and ΙΖ.

- 27 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 11, 12, and 15—17. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 25.

There are from 19 to 23 lines in each page.

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

The quires are signed with letters, but only two of them are complete,ܛ and ܝܙ.

A later hand has marked them with Greek letters,Θ and ΙΖ.

10th 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 DCCCX 2:818-819

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/376, Add. 14,630, fol. 28, London, BL, Add. 14,630, fol. 28, BL Add MS 14630, fol. 28, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 648, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCXLVIII

[This manuscript contains: Jacob of Batnae. Part of a discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Ascension of our Lord. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

foll. 28a-28b
author: Jacob of Batnae
title: Part of a discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Ascension of our Lord

A vellum leaf, much stained and torn, written in a good, regular Estrangela of the viith cent.

Vellum

1 f.

- A vellum leaf, much stained and torn.

Written in a good, regular Estrangela of the viith cent.

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 DCXLVIII 2:512

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/377, Add. 14,630, foll. 29–41, London, BL, Add. 14,630, foll. 29–41, BL Add MS 14630, foll. 29-41, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 603, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCIII

[This manuscript contains: John Chrysostom, John IV, patriarch of Constantinople. The discourse ofJohn Chrysostomon Virginity and Repentance. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

foll. 29a-41b
author: John Chrysostom
author: John IV, patriarch of Constantinople
title: The discourse of John Chrysostom on Virginity and Repentance
rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܐܢܝܣ ܕܥܠ ܒܬ܏ܘܠ ܘܬܝܒܘܬܐ ܘܡܪܬܝܢܘܬܐ
See below.
The text is rather of John IV, called ὁ Νηστευτής(Jejunator, or the Faster), patriarch of Constantinople, A.D. 582—595
Imperfect at the beginning.
Cf. Le Quien, Or. Christ., t. i., col. 226; the Works of Chrysostom, ed. Saville, t. vii., p. 641.

Vellum, about 8 3/8 in. by 6 1/8, consisting of 13 leaves (Add. 14,630, foll. 29—41), all slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 29—32, 38, and 41. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 33 to 38 lines. This manuscript is written in a neat hand of the ixth cent.

Vellum.

13 ff. 8 3/8 × 6 1/8

13 leaves, all slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 29 —32, 38, and 41.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 33 to 38 lines.

This manuscript is written in a neat hand of the ixth cent.

- Colophon

A note at the end, in the handwriting of the scribe, states that the manuscript was written for the monk Joseph, of the place called "little Baddāyā,"ܒ̇ܕܝܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, near Harrān

9th 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 DCIII 2:481