London, BL, Add. 17205
source date: vith 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/867, Add. 17,205, London, BL, Add. 17,205, BL Add MS 17205, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 938, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCCXXXVIII

[This manuscript contains: The martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus.; The martyrdom of George. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-22
title: The martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus.
rubric: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܒܟܘܣ
See Add. 12,174 [...], no. 49.

Foll. 23a-30
title: The martyrdom of George.
ܫܠܡܬ ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܢܨܝܚܐ ܓܐܘܪܓܝܣ ܘܕܥܡܗ. ܕܐܣܗܕܘ ܘܐܬܟܠܠܘ ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܕܕܝܢܐ (sic) ܡܠܟܐ
See Add. 14,734 [...], 177 a .

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.

30 ff.

- 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, %). 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.

The greater part of this volume (foll. 1—22) is written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.

The remainder (foll. 23—30) is in a less elegant and somewhat later hand.

See additions.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- 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

- 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."

6th 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 DCCCCXXXVIII 3:1087