Add. 17,205
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/867
Date:
6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 30 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Collected Lives
This manuscript contains: The martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus.; The martyrdom of George. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 3/8 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 30 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 2, 14, 15, 23—26, and 28. The quires are signed with arithmetical figures (fol. 15 a, ٢٢). Leaves are wanting at the beginning, and after foll. 1, 7, 22, 26, 27, and 28. There are from 20 to 25 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
The greater part of this volume (foll. 1—22) is written in a fine,
regular Estrangela of the vith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
The remainder (foll. 23—30) is in a less elegant and somewhat later
hand.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The martyrdom of Sergius and
Bacchus. [defective]
Title: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܒܟܘܣ
Title: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܒܟܘܣ
Note: See Add. 12,174, no. 49.
Item 2 (Fol. 23a): The martyrdom of George. [defective]
Subscription : ܫܠܡܬ ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܢܨܝܚܐ ܓܐܘܪܓܝܣ ܘܕܥܡܗ. ܕܐܣܗܕܘ ܘܐܬܟܠܠܘ
ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܕܕܝܢܐ (sic) ܡܠܟܐ
Note: See Add. 14,734, 177 a
.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
On fol. 30 a, at the foot of the page, a reader called
Sergius has recorded his name.
ܐܠܗܐ ܚܣܐ ܠܥܒܕܟ ܣܪܓܝܣ ܒܨܠܘܬ ܡܪܝ ܓܘܪܓܝܣ ܐܡܝܢ
Addition 2:
On fol. 30 b there is a short extract from a metrical discourse of
Jacob of Batnae on the raising of
Lazarus; and beneath it, in Coptic, the name
of one "Mercurius the sinner."
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