London, BL, Add. 12180
source date: VIth or VIIth 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/79, Add. 12,180, London, BL, Add. 12,180, BL Add MS 12180, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 592, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DXCII

[This manuscript contains: John Chrysostom. Thirty homilies of John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 4 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-172
author: John Chrysostom
title: Thirty homilies of John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
The homilies are preceded, as in Add. 14,564, by an index of the homilies, fol.1b, and a summary of the contents of the Epistle, fol.3b.
  Foll. 1b-3
  title: Index of the Homilies
  Fol. 3b
  title: Summary of the contents of the Epistle
  Foll. 4a-169b
  title: Thirty homilies of John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

Vellum, about 11 1/2 in. by 7 1/4, consisting of 172 leaves, many of which are much stained by water,and one (fol. 8) mutilated. The quires, 18 in number, are signed with letters, whilst thetenth has also the arithmetical figure(%). Each page is divided into two columns, of from 37 to 43 lines. This manuscript is written in an elegant Estrangělā of thevithor viithcent.

Vellum

172 ff. 11 1/2 × 7 1/4

The quires, 18 in number, are signed with letters, whilst the tenth has also the arithmetical figure ()

- Many of the leaves are much stained by water, and one (fol. 8) mutilated.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 37 to 43 lines.

This manuscript is written in an elegant Estrangela of the VIth or VIIth cent. See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

[N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.]

- On fol. 169b, after the doxology, there is a note stating that the book belonged to the congregation of monks dwelling in the valley of Castra (?), having been purchased when Julian was their abbat, and Job and John his δευτεράριος and τριτευτής.

ܗܢܐ ܟܬܒܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ̣ ܕܟܢܘܫܝܐ ܕܝܚ̈ܝܕܝܐ ܕܥܡܪܝܢ ܒܢܚܠܐ ܕܩܣܛܪܐ. ܕܐܙܕܒܢ ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܪ̈ܚܡܝ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܠܝܢܐ ܪܝܫܕܝܪܐ ܘܡܪܝ ܐܝܘܒ ܬܢܝܢܗ ܘܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܬܠܝܬܝܗ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܫܩ̇ܠ ܠܗ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܏ܘܫ.

The words ܘܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܬܠܝܬܝܗ have been washed out as much as possible, but are still legible.

- The remaining leaves contain a prose homily, ascribed to Jacob of Batnae, teaching that we should not be neglectful of nor despise our sins. The writing is cursive, of the viiith or ixth cent. It begins, fol. 169 b:

ܙܕܩ ܠܢ. ܕܢܚܫ ܝܘܡ ܡܢ ܝܘܡ. ܕܢܘܠ̣ܐ ܕܚ̈ܝ̣ܝܢ ܙܥ̣ܪ ܠܡܬܓܕܕܘ. ܘܗܐ. ܪܗܝܒܝܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܢܪ̈ܗܛܘܢ ܠܢ ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ. ܘܨܒܝܐ ܬܪܥܝܬܢ ܪܚܡܬ ܥܠܡܐ. ܕܬܩ̇ܝܠ ܪܗܛܐ ܥܠ ܫܦܝܪ̈ܐ. ܚ̇ܫܐ ܗ̣ܘ ܓܝܪ ܪܒܐ ܗܢܐ̣. ܕܝܘܡ̈ܬܢ ܪܗܛܝܢ ܠܒܣܬܪܗܘܢ̇ ܘܚ̈ܛܗܝܢ ܠܩܕܡ̈ܝܗܘܢ. ܏ܘܫ.

- On fol. 1a there is a note, stating that this was one of the 250 volumes brought to the convent of S. Mary Deipara by the abbat Moses of Nisibis, A. Gr. 1243, A.D. 932.

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 DXCII 2:474-475