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Add. 17,161

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/804
Description based on Wright DCXXXVII (2:505-506) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 43 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses ofJacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 23 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 12 3/8 in. by 9 3/4, consisting of 43 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—7, 16, 17, and 28. The quires, signed with letters, were originally at least 15 in number (ܝܕ, fol. 35 a); but several are altogether wanting, and of those that remain, only one is complete. There are lacunae after foll. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 15, 16, and 34. Each page is divided into 3 columns, of from 40 to 44 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a fine, regular Estrangělā of the vith cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Fragment of a discourse on the Ascension of Elijah(2 Kings, ch. ii. 1) [defective]
Note: Cf. Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 339, no. 226 (?).
Item 3 (Fol. 2a): Discourses on Elisha the prophet. [defective]
Item 4 (Fol. 2a): On Elisha making the bitter waters sweet (2 Kings, ch. ii. 19—22), [defective]
  Subscription (Fol. 2a):
Note: Only the conclusion remains, which, however, treats of the miracle narrated in 2 Kings, ch. iv. 1-7.
Item 5 (Fol. 2b): On Elisha and the king of Moab (2 Kings, ch. iii. 26, 27) [defective]
 
Title:
  Incipit:
Item 6 (Fol. 4a): A fragment of a discourse on Elisha and the Shunammite (2 Kings, ch. iv. 8). [defective]
Note: See Assemani, p. 335, no. 219.
Item 7 (Fol. 5a): A fragment of a discourse on the Resurrection of our Lord. [defective]
Note: See Assemani, p. 326, no. 175.
Item 8 (Fol. 7a): Discourses on Daniel the prophet and his companions. [defective]
Note: The fifth discourse is wanting.
Item 9 (Fol. 7a): A fragment of the first discourse (ch. ii.).
Item 10 (Fol. 8a): The second discourse [defective]
 
Title:
Note: See Assemani, p. 339, no. 223 (?).
Item 11 (Fol. 11a): The third discourse (ch. iv.), [defective]
 
Title:
  Incipit:
Item 12 (Fol. 16a): The fourth discourse (ch. v.) [defective]
 
Title:
  Incipit:
Item 13 (Fol. 17a): On the five Loaves and the two Fishes [defective]
 
Title:
Note: See Assemani, p. 320, no. 112.
Item 14 (Fol. 21b): Discourses on Lent [defective]
Note: See Assemani p. 315, no. 69
Item 15 (Fol. 21b): The first discourse [defective]
 
Title:
Item 16 (Fol. 25a): The second discourse [defective]
 
Title:
Item 17 (Fol. 28b): The third discourse
 
Title:
Item 18 (Fol. 31b): Discourses against the Jews [defective]
 
Title:
Note: See Assemani, p. 321, no. 127
Item 19 (Fol. 31b): The first discourse
Item 20 (Fol. 34b): The second discourse [defective]
Item 21 (Fol. 35a): The third discourse
Item 22 (Fol. 38a): The fourth discourse
Item 23 (Fol. 41a): The fifth discourse [defective]

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