Add. 17,237
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1022
Date:
13th or 14th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 118 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Choral Books; Service-books
Services for the following occasions; viz.
Physical Description
Paper, 10 in. by 6 3/4, consisting of 118 leaves, some of which are much torn, especially foll. 36, 112, 113, 117, and 118. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 35 in number; but there now remain only ܒ-ܝܒ and ܠܒ-ܠܗ, and even some of these are very imperfect, since leaves are wanting after foll. 8, 18, 26, 108, 109, 111, and 114. There are from 16 to 18 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This volume is written in a good, regular hand of the xiiith
or xivth
cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Services for the following occasions; viz. [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The Resurrection [defective]
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܝܡܬܗ ܕܦܪܘܩܢ
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܝܡܬܗ ܕܦܪܘܩܢ
Note: Consisting chiefly of Greek canons, arranged in eight parts.
Item 3 (Fol. 1a): First order [defective]
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 11a): Second order [defective]
Item 5 (Fol. 26a): Third order [defective]
Item 6 (Fol. 39a): Fourth order
Item 7 (Fol. 52b): Fifth order
Item 8 (Fol. 67a): Sixth order
Item 9 (Fol. 77b): Seventh order
Item 10 (Fol. 89b): Eighth order
Item 11 (Fol. 105b): New (or Low) Sunday [defective]
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܚ̣ܕܬܐ
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܚ̣ܕܬܐ
Item 12 (Fol. 107a): The Commemoration of Mār Zākhē or
Nicolaus
[defective]
Title: ܡܪܝ ܙܟ݁ܐ or ܡܪܝ ܢܝܩܘܠܐܘܣ
Title: ܡܪܝ ܙܟ݁ܐ or ܡܪܝ ܢܝܩܘܠܐܘܣ
Item 13 (Fol. 109a): Another order of the Resurrection, apparently
exclusively Syrian [defective]
Note: It is also divided into eight parts, but is very imperfect.
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 116a):
On foll. 116 a and 118 b there are some fragments of hymns, in different
hands.
Addition 2 (Fol. 117b):
Foll. 117 b contains part of a canon for the Commemoration of the blessed
Virgin on the 15th of Iyār:
ܬܘܒ ܩܢܘܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܝ̇ܠܕܬ݀ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝܡ ܕܡܫܬܡܠܐ ܒܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܐܝܪ
ܐܝܟܘܣ ܬܡܝܢܝܐ.
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