London, BL, Add. 17114
source date: 6th or 7th century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
availability: Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/743, Add. 17,114, London, BL, Add. 17,114, BL Add MS 17114, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 68, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, LXVIII

[This manuscript contains: The four Gospels according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-61
title: The four Gospels according to the Peshitta version
Of the lessons many are rubricated in the text, and some have been subsequently noted on the margins.
The Ammonian sections and Eusebian canons are marked in the usual way, but only in the Gospel of S. Matthew; nor is the ordinary harmony, at the foot of the page, given in this manuscript. The larger sections have been noted throughout on the margins by a later hand.
  Foll. 1a-6
  title: Matthew
  The missing por¬tions are: ch. i. 1—xii. 36, xiii.21—xiv.33, xv.34—xxv.20, and xxvi. 36—xxvii. 54.
  Foll. 6a-17
  title: Mark
  Missing portions: ch. i. 34—ii. 20, iii.29—viii.27, ix.23—x. 11, and xv.21 to the end.
  Foll. 17a-48
  title: Luke
  Missing portions: ch. i. 1—iii. 5, xii.30—58, xvii.37—xviii.28, xix.19—xx. 2, and xxii. 48—xxiii. 12.
  Foll. 48a-61
  title: John
  Missing portions: ch. v. 10—vi. 57, vii.49—x. 32, and xv.4 to the end (with the exception of the small fragment which forms fol. 61).

Vellum, about 10 5/8 in. by 6 3/4, consisting of 61 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—3, 8, 16, and 58—61. Very few of the remaining quires are complete, nor does it appear how they were signed. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 33, 39, 40, 44, 53, and 55. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 30 to 40 lines.

Vellum

61 ff. 10 5/8 × 6 3/4

Very few of the remaining quires are complete, nor does it appear how they were signed.

- Some leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—3, 8, 16, and 58—61.

- Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll.1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 33, 39, 40, 44, 53, and 55.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 30 to 40 lines.

The writing is a small, Nestorian Estrangela of the 6th or 7th century.

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Written in Coptic.See additions.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- Syriac vowels and marks of punctuation have been added at a subsequent period, especially on fol. 5 and fol. 17 etc.

- The larger sections have been noted throughout on the margins by a later hand.

- On fol. 33 b a name is written in Coptic,ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁϥⲛⲓⲣ

6th or 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 LXVIII 1:45-46