London, BL, Add. 17140
source date: xith cent.
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/769, Add. 17,140, London, BL, Add. 17,140, BL Add MS 17140, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 429, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CCCCXXIX

[This manuscript contains: Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā. The Hymns of Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā, etc. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 20 items.]

Syriac

author: Severus
author: John bar Aphtūnāyā
title: The Hymns of Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā, etc
They are numbered, the last now extant being ܫܓ (303), and a letter is appended to each to indicate the tone (e.g. ܏ܟܕ, ܏ܟܒ, etc.).
  title: The Epiphany
  title: Lent
  title: The Miracles
  title: Palm Sunday
  title: The Passion
    title: Litanies on the holy Cross
    rubric: ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
  title: The Resurrection
    title: Various Litanies
    rubric: ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
  title: The Ascension
  title: Pentecost
  title: The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin, the Saints and Martyrs, and the Dead, hymns of repentance, and hymns for times of wrath and calamity
  Arranged according to the tones, with appropriate ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ.
    title: First Tone
    rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
    title: Fifth Tone
    rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܚܡܝܫܝܐ
    title: Second Tone
    rubric: ܐܝܟܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ
    title: Sixth Tone
    rubric: ܛܟܣ̣ܐ ܫܬܝܬܝܐ
    title: Third Tone
    rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
    title: Seventh tone
    rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܫܒܝܥܝܐ
    title: Fourth tone
    rubric: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ
    title: Eighth tone
    rubric: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܬܡܝܢܝܐ

Vellum, about 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 130 leaves, a few of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1 and 123. The quires, signed with letters, and by a later hand with Coptic arithmetical figures, may have been 18 or 20 in number; but ܐ, ܝܐ, ܝܗ , and all after ܝܙ are lost, and several of the others are imperfect. Leaves are wanting after foll. 8, 88, 108, 116, 122, and 123. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 20 to 26 lines.

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- Vellum, about 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 130 leaves, a few of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1 and 123. The quires, signed with letters, and by a later hand with Coptic arithmetical figures, may have been 18 or 20 in number; but ܐ, ܝܐ, ܝܗ , and all after ܝܙ are lost, and several of the others are imperfect. Leaves are wanting after foll. 8, 88, 108, 116, 122, and 123. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 20 to 26 lines.

This volume is written in a neat, regular hand of about the xith cent.

There are some interlaced ornaments in this manuscript

On fol. 15 a there is a drawing of a palm-branch.

- The scribe has left blank the second column of fol. 103 b, and written at the foot of the page

ܥܪܦܠܐ ܕܚ̈ܛܗܝ ܩ̇ܝܡܐ ܩܕܡ ܥܝ̈ܢܝ̣ ܘܡ̇ܚܫܟܐ ܠܝ. ܫܒܘܩܘ ܠܝ ܐܚ̈ܝ ..

11th 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 CCCCXXIX 1:345-346