London, BL, Add. 14656
source date: 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/424, Add. 14,656, London, BL, Add. 14,656, BL Add MS 14656, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 811, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCXI

[This manuscript contains: Ephrem. A discourse in heptasyllabic metre on the Acts of S. Andrew the Apostle; Jacob of Batnae. A discourse on expatriation ascribed to Jacob of Batnae; Ephrem. A funeral discourse on Strangers; Serapion. The life of Macarius the Great, written by his disciple Serapion; A prayer; .... In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.]

Syriac

author: Ephrem
title: A discourse in heptasyllabic metre on the Acts of S. Andrew the Apostle
Imperfect at the beginning.
Probably that ascribed to Ephraim. See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 148.
rubric: ܐܢܕܪܐܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ

author: Jacob of Batnae
title: A discourse on expatriation ascribed to Jacob of Batnae
Imperfect at the end
rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܡܪܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܥܠ ܐܟܣ̇ܢ
incipit: ܒܚܕ ܡܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ ܒܫܘ̈ܩܝ ܥܠܡܐ ܟܕ ܪܕܐ ܗܘܝܬ. ܩ ܐܘ̈ܠܝܬܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܝܢ ܚ̈ܫܐ ܢܦܠܝ ܒ̈ܐܕܢܝ ܗܦܟܬ ܘܚܙܝܬ ܠܚܕ ܡܣܟܢܐ ܘܢܘܟܪܝ ܐܬܪܐ. ܕܪܡ̣ܐ ܘܫ̣ܕܐ ܟܕ ܡܬܛ̇ܪܦ ܡܢ ܟܘܪܗܢܐ

author: Ephrem
title: A funeral discourse on Strangers
rubric: ܥܠ ܐܟܣ̈ܢܝܐ
Very imperfect.
See Add. 14,630, fol. 13 b.

author: Serapion
title: The life of Macarius the Great, written by his disciple Serapion
rubric: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܐܒܐ ܡܩܪܝ ܐܒܐ ܕܕܝ̈ܪܝܐ ܕܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ
See Add. 14,732, fol. 54 b.

title: A prayer
incipit: ܨܠܘܬܐ܀ ܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ. ܐܢܬ ܗܘ ܡܥܕܪܢܝ. ܒ̈ܐܝܕܝܟ ܐܝܬܝ. ܏ܘܫ

title: The history of Martinianus
rubric: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܐܒܐ ܢܨܝܚܐ ܡܪܝ ܛܝܢܝܢܐ
See Add. 14,645, no. 15.

title: An extract from the history of Maximus and Domitius
rubric: ܦܣܘܩܐ ܡܢ ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ ܡܟܣܝܡܘܣ ܘܕܝܡܛܝܘܣ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܒ̈ܢܝ ܡܠܟܐ ܘܠܢܛܝܘܣ ܡܗܝܡܢܐ
See Add. 14,732, fol. 74 b.
Imperfect at the end.

Vellum, about 6 5/8 in. by 5 1/8, consisting of 83 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—5, 18, 54, and 56. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 18 in number, but the first nine are lost, and the next two are imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 6 and 14. There are from 16 to 24 lines in each page.

83 ff.

- Vellum, about 6 5/8 in. by 5 1/8, consisting of 83 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—5, 18, 54, and 56. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 18 in number, but the first nine are lost, and the next two are imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 6 and 14. There are from 16 to 24 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written by two scribes, the first portion, foll. 1—60, being in a good, regular character of the xth cent.

This manuscript is written by two scribes, the second, foll. 61—83, being in a less elegant hand, of perhaps nearly the same date as the first.

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 DCCCXI 2:819