London, BL, Add. 17207
source date: viiith or ixth 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/869, Add. 17,207, London, BL, Add. 17,207, BL Add MS 17207, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 453, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CCCCLIII

[This manuscript contains: Hymns and discourses for various festivals and other occasions; but the present contents are as follow. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 13 items.]

Syriac

title: Hymns and discourses for various festivals and other occasions; but the present contents are as follow.
  Foll. 1a-1
  title: Hymns of Praise.
  rubric: ܬܫܒ̈ܚܬܐ
  The patriarch Severus of Antioch is mentioned as the author of several of them, but his name has been everywhere erased, yet not so as to be wholly illegible.
  Foll.2a-4
  title: Prosphorici.
  rubric: ܦܪ̈ܘܣܦܘܪܝܩܘܢ
  Jacob of Batnae, ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܣܪܘܓܝܐ, is named as the author of one of them, fol. 4 a.
  Foll. 4a-4
  title: Stanzas to be chanted by the priests on breaking the consecrated bread.
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܪ̈ܡܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܡܐ ܕܩܨ̇ܝܢ ܦܪܝܣܬܐ: ܘܣ̈ܠܩܝܢ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܒܬܪܗܘܢ
  Foll. 4a-4
  title: Verses to be chanted in the church by the Psaltae, before the introduction of the holy Eucharist.
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܡܘܠܝܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܩܕܡ ܕܢܥܠܘܢ ܪ̈ܐܙܐ ܐܠܗ̈ܝܐ ܕܪ̈ܡܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ ܦܣ̈ܠܛܘ
  Foll. 4b-4
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: Prose homily of Jacob of Batnae on the Nativity of our Lord.
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܬܘܪܓܡܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ̣ ܕܥܠ ܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܒܣܪ
  See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 304, no. 8, and Zingerle, Sechs Homilien, p. 1.
  Foll. 5a-10
  title: Hymns for Palm Sunday, some of which are by Severus.
  rubric: ܩ̈ܠܐ ܕܐܘܫ̈ܥܢܐ
  Foll. 11a-14
  title: Hymns for Good Friday, some of which are by Severus.
  Foll. 15a-15
  title: Short chants before the reading of the lessons from Scripture.
  rubric: ܙܘܡܪ̈ܐ
  Foll. 16a-16
  title: ܙܘܡܪ̈ܐ to be chanted at funeral services, before the reading of the Scriptures:
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܙܘܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܠܘܝܐ ܩܕܡ ܟܬ̈ܒܐ
  Foll. 16b-24
  author: Ephraim
  title: Order of the Funeral Service by Ephraim.
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܠܘܝܐ̣ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
  It consists chiefly of hymns, mostly alphabetical, ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܕܥ̈ܢܝܕܐ. Owing to a lacuna after fol. 24, the nineteenth of these and the last are imperfect.
  Foll. 25a-25
  author: Theophilus of Alexandria
  title: Discourse of Theophilus of Alexandria on the Separation of the Soul from the Body.
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܬܐܘܦܝܠܘܣ܆ ܥܠ ܦܘܪܫܢܐ ܕܢܦܫܐ ܡܢ ܦܓܪܐ
  incipit: ܠܐ ܛܥܝܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܐ̈ܚܝ܇ ܏ܘܫ
  Foll. 25b-25
  title: A consolatory discourse for the Dead.
  rubric: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢܝܕ̈ܐ
  incipit: ܚܒܝ̈ܒܝ̣. ܡܦܣܝܢܢ ܕܩܫܝܐ ܗ̇ܝ ܟܪܝܘܬܐ ܕܚܒ̈ܝܒܝܗܘܢ ܕܒܢܝ̈ܢܫܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ. ܏ܘܫ.

Vellum, about 8 7/8 in. by 5 3/4, consisting of 27 leaves, a few of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 11—14, 26, and 27. The quires, signed with letters, were originally at least 9 in number (ܛ, fol. 27 a), but only one of them (ܙ) is now complete, leaves being wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 4, 10, 14, 24, 25, and 26. Each page is divided into two columns of from 31 to 60 lines.

27 ff.

- Vellum, about 8 7/8 in. by 5 3/4, consisting of 27 leaves, a few of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 11—14, 26, and 27. The quires, signed with letters, were originally at least 9 in number (ܛ, fol. 27 a), but only one of them (ܙ) is now complete, leaves being wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 4, 10, 14, 24, 25, and 26. Each page is divided into two columns of from 31 to 60 lines.

This volume is written in a small, neat hand of the viiith or ixth cent.

See additions.

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

- The original writing on fol. 14 has been in great part erased, and a ܡܕܪܫܐ ܕܚܫܐ, or Passion - hymn, substituted, in the metre of Jacob.

܆ܫܘܒܚܐ ܢܙܡܪ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܫܗ ܕܝܚܕܝܐ (sic)ܕܠܣܛܢܐ ܙܟܐ ܒܨܠܝܒܗ ܘܥܕܝ (sic)ܒܙܬܐ ܡܢ ܒܝܬ ܐܝܕܘܗܝ ܘܦܪܩܗ ܠܥܠܡܐ ܒܨܠܝܒܘܬܗ ܡܢ ܫܘܠܛܢܗ

- The original writing on foll. 26 and 27 has been carefully erased, and these leaves now contain short hymns of Ephraim and Jacob of Batnae, fol. 26, for the Resurrection, New (or Low) Sunday, the Ascension, fol. 27, the Epiphany, the Commemoration of S. Simeon the Aged, and Lent, in a hand of the xth or xith cent.

8th or 9th 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 CCCCLIII 1:365-366