London, BL, Add. 17143
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/772, Add. 17,143, London, BL, Add. 17,143, BL Add MS 17143, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 546, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXLVI

[This manuscript contains: Basil of Caesarea. Part of the works of Basil of Caesarea. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 8 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1-49
author: Basil of Caesarea
title: Part of the works of Basil of Caesarea
Whether fol. 49 really belongs to this volume is doubtful; it is so much stained and soiled, that the writing upon it is no longer legible. See additions.
  Foll. 1a-12
  author: Basil of Caesarea
  title: The homiliæ in Hexaêmeron, or homilies on the Six Days of Creation
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܫܬܬ ܝܘܡ̈ܐ
  See Opera, Paris, 1839, t. i. p. 1; Migne, Patrol. Gr., t. xxix., col. 1.
    Foll. 1a-1b
    author: Basil of Caesarea
    title: A small portion of hom. vii.
    Foll. 1b-7
    author: Basil of Caesarea
    title: Hom. viii.
    Foll. 7a-12
    author: Basil of Caesarea
    title: Hom. ix.
    Slightly imperfect at the end.
  Foll. 12a-44a
  author: Basil of Caesarea
  title: The treatise on the Holy Spirit
  ܫܠܡ. ܡܐܡܪܐ. ܕܥܠ. ܫܘܡܠܝܗ̇. ܕܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ.
  It is slightly imperfect at the beginning and towards the end. The title is mutilated.
  See Opera, Paris, 1839, t. iii. p. 1; Migne, Patrol. Gr., t. xxxii., col. 67.
  Foll. 44a-46
  author: Basil of Caesarea
  title: The first discourse on Faith
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ. ܩܕܡܝܐ. ܕܥܠ ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ
  See Opera, Paris, 1839, t. ii. p. 182; Migne, Patrol. Gr., t. xxxi., col. 463.
  Foll. 46b-48b
  author: Basil of Caesarea
  title: The second discourse on Faith
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ. ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ. ܕܥܠ. ܗܝܡܢܘܬܐ.
  Slightly imperfect at the end.
  See Opera, Paris, 1839, t. ii. p. 867; Migne, Patrol. Gr., t. xxxi., col. 1487.

Vellum, about 12 3/8 in. by 9 5/8, consisting of 49 leaves, all of which are more or less stained with oil, and some of them much torn, especially foll. 1, 12, 13, and 41—44. The original signatures of the quires are no longer apparent. The volume is imperfect both at the beginning and the end. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 40 to 48 lines.

Vellum

49 ff. 12 3/8 × 9 5/8

The original signatures of the quires are no longer apparent.

- All of the leaves are more or less stained with oil.

- Some of the leaves are much torn, especially foll.1, 12, 13, and 41—44.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 40 to 48 lines.

It is written in a small, regular, elegant Estrangela, probably of the vth cent.

See additions.

- Whether fol. 49 really belongs to this volume is doubtful; it is so much stained and soiled, that the writing upon it is no longer legible.

5th 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 DXLVI 2:416