London, BL, Add. 14638
source date: ixth or xth 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/400, Add. 14,638, London, BL, Add. 14,638, BL Add MS 14638

[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.]

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/401, Add. 14,638, foll. 1–18, upper text, London, BL, Add. 14,638, foll. 1–18, upper text, BL Add MS 14638, foll. 1-18, upper text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 523, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXXIII

[This manuscript contains: Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead; Short ejaculatory prayers on various occasions, for the whole people and for individuals; Consolatory phrases. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 14 items.]

Syriac

title: Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead
rubric: ܒܘ̈ܝܐܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ
  title: For the clergy, monks, and men of rank
  rubric: ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܠܝܪ̈ܝܩܘ ܘܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܐܢܫܐ ܡܝܩܪ̈ܐ
  title: For old men
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܣܒ̈ܐ
  title: For children
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܛܠܝ̈ܐ
  title: Another
  rubric: ܐܚܪܢܐ
  title: For any person
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
  title: For a priest
  rubric: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܕܡܛܠ ܟܗܢܐ
  title: For deacons
  rubric: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܫܡ̈ܫܢܐ
  title: For monks
  rubric: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ
  title: For virgins
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܒܬܘ̈ܠܐ ܘܒܬܘ̈ܠܬܐ
  title: For children
  rubric: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܛ̈ܠܝܐ
  title: For any person
  rubric: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ

title: Short ejaculatory prayers on various occasions, for the whole people and for individuals

title: Consolatory phrases
rubric: ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܒܘܝܐܐ
Left unfinished by the scribe.

Vellum, about 6 3/4 in. by 4 3/4, consisting of 18 leaves, several of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 11—13 and 18. The number of lines in each page varies from 26 to 37. This manuscript is palimpsest; cf. the lower text.

18 ff.

- Vellum, about 6 3/4 in. by 4 3/4, consisting of 18 leaves, several of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 11—13 and 18. The number of lines in each page varies from 26 to 37. This manuscript is palimpsest; cf. the lower text.

The first two pages are written in Estrangela, of the ixth or xth cent.

The remainding pages (foll. 3-18) are in a more cursive character, also of the ixth or xth cent.

9th or 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 DXXIII 1:398-399

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1478, Add. 14,638, foll. 1–18, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,638, foll. 1–18, lower text, BL Add MS 14638, foll. 1-18, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 523, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXXIII

[This manuscript contains: Portions of a Greek Lectionary from the Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

title: Portions of a Greek Lectionary from the Gospels
rubric: ܒܘ̈ܝܐܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ

This manuscript is palimpsest; cf. the upper text. Some of the rubrics are still quite legible; for example, foll. 1 a, 4 b, 6 b, 7 a, 8 b, 11 a, and 13 b. The text can be read with considerable ease in most places, but particularly on foll. 1 a and 18 b, which have been left blank by the Syrian scribe.

18 ff.

- This manuscript is palimpsest; cf. the upper text. Some of the rubrics are still quite legible; for example, foll. 1 a, 4 b, 6 b, 7 a, 8 b, 11 a, and 13 b. The text can be read with considerable ease in most places, but particularly on foll. 1 a and 18 b, which have been left blank by the Syrian scribe.

Viiith cent., written in rather elegant, slanting uncials, with larger initial letters and with accents.

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 DXXIII 1:399

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/402, Add. 14,638, foll. 19–26, London, BL, Add. 14,638, foll. 19–26, BL Add MS 14638, foll. 19-26, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 524, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXXIV

[This manuscript contains: Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 8 items.]

Syriac

title: Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead
  title: For any person
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
  Imperfect at the beginning.
  title: Another
  rubric: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
  title: Another
  rubric: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
  title: A prayer
  rubric: ܨܠܘܬܐ ܕܥܢ̈ܝܕܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܣܕܪܐ
  title: Short addresses on the Commemoration of Saints and Martyrs
  title: Address of the priest at a commemoration
  rubric: ܡܠܬܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܥܠ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ
  title: Consolatory discourse for a priest
  rubric: ܒܘܝܝܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܗܢܐ
  Imperfect at the end.

Eight vellum leaves, 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, with from 18 to 28 lines in each page (Add. 14,638, foll. 19—26).

8 ff.

- Eight vellum leaves, 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, with from 18 to 28 lines in each page (Add. 14,638, foll. 19—26).

The writing is good and regular, of about the xth cent.

The character employed on fol. 23 b, etc., is more cursive than that of the previous pages.

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 DXXIV 1:399