London, BL, Add. 14652
source date: vith cent.
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/420, Add. 14,652, London, BL, Add. 14,652, BL Add MS 14652, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 731, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCXXXI

[This manuscript contains: The Book of Women; The life of Rabūlas, bishop of Edessa. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 10 items.]

Syriac

title: The Book of Women
rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢ̈ܫܐ
Compare Add. 14,447, above, no. CLVI.
  title: The book of Ruth
  rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܐܪܥܘܬ
  explicit: ܘܐܝܟ ܠܝܐ ܗܠܝ̣ܢ [ch. iv. 11.]
  title: The book of Esther
  rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܐܣܬܝܪ
  incipit: ܠܡܥܠ [ch. i. 12.]
  title: The book of Susanna
  rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܫܘܫܢ
  title: The book of Judith
  rubric: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܝܬ
  Imperfect, the missing portion being ch. xv. 8—ch. xvi. 2 (3).
  title: The history of Thecla, the disciple of S. Paul
  rubric: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܬܩܠܐ ܬܠܡܝܕܬܗ ܕܦܘܠܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ
  See Add. 12,174, no. 76.

title: The life of Rabūlas, bishop of Edessa
rubric: ܢܨܚ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܕܡܪܝ ܪܒܘܠܐ ܐܦܣܩܦܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܒܪܝܟܬܐ
See Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri etc. Opera Selecta, p. 159.
To it are appended some of his writings
  author: Rabūlas, bishop of Edessa
  title: Orders to priests and monks dwelling in the country
  rubric: ܦܘ̈ܩܕܢܐ ܘܙܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܘܒ̈ܢܝ ܩ̇ܝܡܐ ܕܒܩܘܪ̈ܝܐ
  See Overbeck, p. 215.
  author: Rabūlas, bishop of Edessa
  title: Orders to monks
  rubric: ܙܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܡܛܠ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ
  See Overbeck, p. 212.
  author: Rabūlas, bishop of Edessa
  title: A sermon preached in the church at Constantinople before the whole people
  rubric: ܬܘܪܓܡܐ ܕܡܠܠ ܡܪܝ ܪܒܘܠܐ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ ܒܥܕܬܐ ܕܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܦܘܠܝܣ ܩܕܡ ܥܡܐ ܟܠܗ
  Imperfect at the end.
  See Overbeck, p. 239.

Vellum, about 8 1/2 in. by 5 1/4, consisting of 138 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 22, 50—52, 67, 107, 118—125, 128, 130, 135, 137, and 138. The quires, now 15 in number, are signed with both letters and arithmetical figures. They are also numbered with Arabic words, and the pages are marked with Coptic numerals. Leaves are wanting at the end, and after foll. 7, 59, and 65. Each page has from 19 to 28 lines.

138 ff.

- Vellum, about 8 1/2 in. by 5 1/4, consisting of 138 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 22, 50—52, 67, 107, 118—125, 128, 130, 135, 137, and 138. The quires, now 15 in number, are signed with both letters and arithmetical figures. They are also numbered with Arabic words, and the pages are marked with Coptic numerals. Leaves are wanting at the end, and after foll. 7, 59, and 65. Each page has from 19 to 28 lines.

The writing is a fine, regular Esṭrangělā of the vith cent.

Greek vowels have been occasionally added by a later hand (%ܰ, ܶ, ܺ, , or % , , and %; e.g. ܠܩܛܐ, ܫܰܚܬܻܝܬܐ, ܐܪܥܘܬ, ܨܗܰܝ̇ܬܝ, ܢ̣ܕ).

- On fol. 1 a there is a note, the first two lines of which have been almost completely effaced. The third line contains the name of an abbess Maryam, or Mary, who may have been the owner of the book.

ܐܬܬܣܝܡܬ . . . ܩܫܝܫܐ . . . ܐ ܩܫܝܫܬܐ ܡܪܝܡ ܪܝܫܬ ܕܝܪܐ ܡܢ ܙܝܢܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܕܕܝܠܗ̣ ܟܠ ܕܫܩܠ ܠܗ ܐܝܟ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܐܘ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܡܢܗ ܘܟܝܑܡ ܥܠܗ (sic) ܬܚܝܬ ܚܪܡܐ ܕܟܗܢܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܠ ܕܩܪܐ ܢܨܠ[ـܐ] ܥܠܗܝ (sic) ܡܛܠ ܡܪܢ ܒܗܝܡܢ ܘܫܠܡ.

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 DCCXXXI 2:651-652