London, BL, Add. 17210
source date: the beginning of the ninth century.
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/872, Add. 17,211, London, BL, Add. 17,211, BL Add MS 17211

[This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.]

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1466, Add. 17,211, London, BL, Add. 17,211, BL Add MS 17211, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 687 C, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCLXXXVII. C

[This manuscript contains: Severus of Antioch. The first half of the second book of the treatise of Severus of Antioch against Joannes Grammaticus of Caesarea. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 21 items.]

Syriac

author: Severus of Antioch
title: The first half of the second book of the treatise of Severus of Antioch against Joannes Grammaticus of Caesarea
ܫܠ̣ܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܣܐܘܪܐ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܓܪܡܛܝܩܘܣ܀
See Add. 12,157.
The principal authorities cited are: Alexander of Mabūg, Add. 17,210, foll. 25 b, 29 a, 58 a; Ambrose of Milan, Add. 17,210, foll. 54 b, 60 a (a forgery); Andrew of Samosata, Add. 17,210, foll. 20 a, 24 b, 29 b; Athanasius, Add. 17,210, foll. 10 b, 15 a, 40 b, 47 a, 49 a, 59 a (a forgery); Basil; Cyril of Alexandria; Diodorus, Add. 17,210, foll. 2 b, 35 a and b; Gregory Nazianzen; John Chrysostom; Julius of Rome, Add. 17,210, foll. 16 a, 23 b, 51 b, 55 b, Add. 17,211, fol. 20 b; Leo of Rome, Add. 17,210, foll. 4 a, 24 a, 34 a, 47 b, Add. 17,211, foll. 12 a, 26 a, 33 b, 38 a; Macedonius of Constantinople, Add. 17,210, fol. 42 b; Nestorius, Add. 17,210, foll. 11 b, 21 b, 23 a, 25 b, 30 a, 44 a, 45 b, 52 a and b, 53 a and b, 57 a, Add. 17,211, foll. 4 a, 6 a, 27 a, 28 b, 30 a and b, 33 a, 34 a, 37 a, 38 a and b; Theodore of Mopsuestia, Add. 17,210, foll. 2 a, 23 b; Theodoret, Add. 17,210, foll. 13 b, 25 b, 26 b, 44 a, 55 b, Add. 17,211, foll. 10 a and b, 17 b, 20 a and b, 22 a, 23 a and b, 24 a, 26 b, 29 b, 33 a, 36 a, 38 a and b, 46 b; Theodotus of Ancyra, Add. 17,210, foll. 27 a and b, 28 b.
Citations from orthodox writers are usually indicated by the marginal mark %, from heterodox by %. Double citations occur, marked %. The same distinction may be found in some other manuscripts.
It is divided into 21 chapters, the titles of which may now be found at the following places.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 47 a
  title: Chap. ii.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 15 b
  title: Chap. iii.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 3 b
  title: Chap. iv.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 23 a
  title: Chap. v.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 20 a
  title: Chap. vi.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 40 b
  title: Chap. vii.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 32 a
  title: Chap. viii.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 3 a
  title: Chap. ix.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 48 b
  title: Chap. x.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 33 b
  title: Chap. xi.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 1 b
  title: Chap. xii.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 43 b
  title: Chap. xiii.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 29 a
  title: Chap. xiv.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 56 a
  title: Chap. xv.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 25 b
  title: Chap. xvi.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 51 b
  title: Chap. xvii.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 16 a
  title: Chap. xviii.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 27 a
  title: Chap. xix.
  Add. 17,210, fol. 32 a
  title: Chap. xx.
  Add. 17,211, fol. 52 a
  title: Chap. xxi.

Vellum, about 9 3/8 in. by 6, consisting of 223 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 23 in number, but the greater part of the first has been lost. Of these the first ten, and the last, are bound up in Add. 17,211; the remaining twelve in Add. 17,210. There are from 19 to 25 lines in each page.

Vellum

223 ff.

- Vellum, about 9 3/8 in. by 6, consisting of 223 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 23 in number, but the greater part of the first has been lost. Of these the first ten, and the last, are bound up in Add. 17,211; the remaining twelve in Add. 17,210. There are from 19 to 25 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand, of the beginning of the ninth century.

See additions

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

- Add. 17,211, fol. 53 a

In Add. 17,211, fol. 53 a, lower half, there is a note, stating that this hook was written by one Simeon, a recluse of the convent of Mār Simeon of Kartamīn, for Daniel, periodeutes of the district of Amid

ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܒܪܝܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܘܣܥܘܪܐ ܕܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܐܡܕܝܐ. ܕܐܬܚܦܛ ܘܩܢܝܗܝ ܡܛܠܘܠ ܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܢܦܫܗ ܘܕܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܩܪܒܝܢ ܨܐܕܘܗ̇ܝ̇. ܕܗ̣ܘ ܢܝܫܐ ܕܪܚܡܬ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ ܩܢ̣ܝܢ܇ ܘܨܒ̇ܝܢ ܕܢܐܬܪܘܢ ܚܝ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܒܫܪܪܐ ܕܡܢܗ. ܣܪܛܗ ܕܝܢ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܨܝܪܐ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܘܚܒܝܫܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܥܘܡܪܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܩܪܬܡܝܢ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܫܐܠ ܠܗ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܐܘ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܡܢܗ܆ ܏ܘܫ.

- Add. 17,211, fol.49a

In the same manuscript, on fol. 49 a, lower half, there is a note in a different hand, informing us that the book belonged to Daniel, bishop of Edessa , who acquired it whilst he was periodeutes of the district of Amid (see the previous note)

ܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܣܐܘܪܐ̣. ܕܚܣܝܐ ܘܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܕܢܝܐܝ݊ܠ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ . . ܕܩܢܗ̇ ܡܢ ܙܝܢܬܐ ܕܐܠܗ̣. ܟܕ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ ܣܥܘܪܐ ܒܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܕܐܡܕ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ. ܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܘܕܟܠ ܕ[ܩܪ]ܐ ܒܗ̇. ܐܠܐ ܬܚܝܬ ܡܠܬܐ ܘܚܪܡܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܓܢܒ̇ ܠܗ̇ ܐܘ ܡܛܫܐ ܐܘ ܡܫܓܢܐ ܠܗ̇ ܡܢܗ ܒܚܝ̈ܘܗܝ܇ ܐܘ ܦܣܩ̇ ܐܘ ܠܚ̇ܐ ܐܘ ܓܪܕ ܥܘܗܕܢܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܢܗ̇ ܠܥܠܡ. ܏ܘܫ.

- Add. 17,211, fol.49a

A third note, on the same page, in another hand, records that the said Daniel bequeathed it at his death to the convent of Mār Silas at Sarūg.

ܒܫܘܠܡ ܚܝ̈ܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܐܘܪܬܗ̇ ܠܥܘܡܪܐ ܗܢܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܪܝ ܫܝܠܐ ܕܒܣܪܘܓ. ܡܛܠ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܘܕܥܢܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ. ܡܪܝܐ ܢܚ̣ܢܗ ܒܝܘܡ ܕܝܢ̣ܐ ܐܡܝܢ. ܏ܘܫ.

Dr. Cureton has shown, in the preface to his edition of the fragments of the Iliad, pp. viii. and ix., that this Daniel must have been bishop of Edessa somewhere between A.D. 768, when Elias of Kartamīn was elected to that see, and A.D. 825, when Theodosius became bishop. [In Add. 12, 181, fol. 102 a, there is mentioned a Daniel, bishop of Edessa, A.D. 669; but this manuscript cannot be of such antiquity.]

Of the subsequent history of the volume we know nothing; though Dr. Cureton has very plausibly conjectured that it was one of the 250 manuscripts, which were conveyed by Moses of Nisibis to the convent of S. Mary Deipara, A.D. 932.

early 9th century The convent of Mār Simeon of Kartamīn

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 DCLXXXVII. C 2: 549-550

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1463, Add. 17,210, lower text, London, BL, Add. 17,210, lower text, BL Add MS 17210, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 687 A, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCLXXXVII. A

[This manuscript contains: Homer. Portions of the Iliad of Homer. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 13 items.]

Greek

author: Homer
title: Portions of the Iliad of Homer
Those fragments have been edited, with a minute description of the manuscript and facsimiles of several pages, by the Rev. Dr. Cureton, and published by order of the Trustees of the British Museum, A.D. 1851. See also "Philologus, Zoitschrift fur das klassische Alterthum," 1855, pp. 145, 193, 313, 375.
  Fol.1 a
  title: Book xii., vv. 273—471
  Fol.4 a
  title: Book xiii., vv. 133—205; 333—398; 465— 530; 663—728; 797—837.
  Fol.9 b
  title: Book xiv., vv. 1—20 ; 156—419.
  Fol. 14 a
  title: Book xv., vv. 158—223 ;| 356—421; 491— 557
  Fol. 17 a
  title: Book xvi., w. 199—264; 331—397; 664 —731; 798—862
  Fol.21 a
  title: Book xviii., w. 93—358; 426—492
  Fol.26 a
  title: Book xix., vv. 136—268; 335—424
  Fol.29 a
  title: Book xx., vv. 1—172; 306—503
  Fol.35 a
  title: Book xxi., vv. 1—397; 465—611
  Fol.43 a
  title: Book xxii., vv. 1—113 ; 181—378
  Fol.48 a
  title: Book xxiii., w. 57—323; 457—589; 656 —788; 856—897
  Fol.56 b - fol. 59
  title: Book xxiv., vv. 1—20; 285—483

Vellum, about 12 in. by 9 3/8, consisting of 60 leaves, some of which are much stained and soiled, as well as slightly torn. There are 33 lines in each full page.

60 ff.

- Vellum, about 12 in. by 9 3/8, consisting of 60 leaves, some of which are much stained and soiled, as well as slightly torn. There are 33 lines in each full page.

This manuscript is written in regular uncials of middle size, frequently becoming smaller at the end of a line. It seems to be of the vth cent. The accents appear to have been added by the scribe, and not by the later corrector.

A later corrector.

- Fol. 60 was one of the fly-leaves of the volume. On the recto we read the words ΥΓΙΕΝΟΝ ΧΡΩ, with some others that are no longer distinctly legible

- On the verso of fol. 60 we read, ΥΓΙΕΝΟΝΧΡΩΚΥΡΙⲤΧΟΛΑⲤΤΙ

5th 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 DCLXXXVII. A 2:548

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1567, Add. 17,211, lower text, London, BL, Add. 17,211, lower text, BL Add MS 17211, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 687 B, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCLXXXVII. B

[This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.] [The division of this manuscript into codicological units differs from that of Wright's catalogue. Some parts of this manuscript may not have been differentiated by Wright.]

Vellum, about 12 1/8 in. by 9 3/8, consisting of 53 leaves, and made up of parts of two manuscripts: foll. 1-48 [...] and foll. 49-53 [...] .

Vellum

53 ff.

- Vellum, about 12 1/8 in. by 9 3/8, consisting of 53 leaves, and made up of parts of two manuscripts: foll. 1-48 [...] and foll. 49-53 [...] .

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1464, Add. 17,211, foll. 1–48, lower text, London, BL, Add. 17,211, foll. 1–48, lower text, BL Add MS 17211, foll. 1-48, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 687 B, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCLXXXVII. B

[This manuscript contains: The κεφάλαια; Large portions of the Gospel of S. Luke. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.] [The division of this manuscript into codicological units differs from that of Wright's catalogue. Some parts of this manuscript may not have been differentiated by Wright.]

Greek

Fol. 1 a
title: The κεφάλαια
rubric: κεφάλαια

Fol. 4 a
title: Large portions of the Gospel of S. Luke
The Ammonian sections are marked on the margins, but without the addition of the Eusebian canons.
These fragments have been edited, with a minute description of the manuscript and a facsimile of a portion of fol. 4 b, by Tischendorf in his Monumenta Sacra Inedita, Nova Collectio, vol. ii., Leipzig, 1857. For some account of the leaves which have been added to the volume since that time (foll. 2, 11, and 14), see the Journal of Sacred Literature, 4th Series, vol. iv. (1864), p. 466.

Foll. 1—48. Forty-eight leaves, some of which are much stained and soiled, and not a few more or less torn, especially foll. 2, 11, and 14. Each page is divided into two columns of 25 lines.

Vellum

48 ff.

- Foll. 1—48. Forty-eight leaves, some of which are much stained and soiled, and not a few more or less torn, especially foll. 2, 11, and 14. Each page is divided into two columns of 25 lines.

This manuscript is written in large uncials, frequently becoming smaller at the end of a line. It seems to be of the vith cent.

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 DCLXXXVII. B 2: 548

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1465, Add. 17,111, foll. 49–53, lower text, London, BL, Add. 17,111, foll. 49–53, lower text, BL Add MS 172111, foll. 49-53, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 687 B, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCLXXXVII. B

[This manuscript contains: Euclid. Portions of the Elements of Euclid, comprising propositions from Books x. and xiii. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.] [The division of this manuscript into codicological units differs from that of Wright's catalogue. Some parts of this manuscript may not have been differentiated by Wright.]

Greek

Foll. 49-53
author: Euclid
title: Portions of the Elements of Euclid, comprising propositions from Books x. and xiii
  Fol. 49
  title: Book x., propp. 32 and 33
  Fol. 51
  title: Book x., ropp. 80 and 81
  rubric: πα
  These are, in Gregory's edition, Oxon. 1703, propp. 81 and 82.
  Fol. 52
  title: Book x., propp. 112 and 113
  rubric: ρυγ
  In Gregory, propp. 113 and 114.
  Fol. 53
  title: Book xiii., prop. 19
  rubric: ιθ
  In Gregory, prop. 14.

Fol. 49—53. Five leaves, about 11 1/4 in. by 8 5/8, all of which are more or less stained and soiled. The lower half of fol. 50 has been torn away, its place being supplied by part of one of the blank fly-leaves. Each page is divided into two columns, and in each full column there are 31 lines.

Vellum

5 ff.

- Fol. 49—53. Five leaves, about 11 1/4 in. by 8 5/8, all of which are more or less stained and soiled. The lower half of fol. 50 has been torn away, its place being supplied by part of one of the blank fly-leaves. Each page is divided into two columns, and in each full column there are 31 lines.

These leaves are written in regular, but small-sized, slanting uncials, of the end of the viith or beginning of the viiith cent.

late 7th or early 8th 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 DCLXXXVII. B 2: 548-549