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Add. 14,442

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/106
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Add. 14,442, foll. 1–46

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/107
Description based on Wright XLVIII ()
(multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex
Wright's Subject Classification: Old Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
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.

Physical Description

This manuscript part is itself a composite codicological unit composed of two or more additional parts. See the individual parts for a more complete physical description.

Add. 14,442, fol. 1

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1501
Description based on Wright XLVIII (29) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: Date unknown
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
A fly-leaf, with the word ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 3/4 in. by 5 3/8, and a fly-leaf for

  • Add. 14,442, , fol: foll. 1-46.
    • .

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The word ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ is written in large open letters
    Hand 2 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Decoration (Illustration): A rudely drawn portrait of a saint
    Decoration (Illustration):

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 1a): A fly-leaf, with the word ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ [defective]

    Additions

    Addition 1 (Fol. 1b): Some almost effaced lines of modern writing beneath the portrait of a saint.

    Add. 14,442, foll. 2–46

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1506
    Description based on Wright XLVIII (28-29) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 7th century
    Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 45 leaves.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Old Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
    The book of Genesis, translated from the Septuagint

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 3/4 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 45 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 3 — 6, 9, 10, 17 — 21, 35, and 46. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 13 in number, but several are now lost, and only ܝـ, ܓ, and ܝܒ, are complete. Leaves are wanting after foll. 2, 6, 8, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33, and 45. Each page has from 22 to 28 lines.

    Hand 1 (sole, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular Esṭrangĕlā of the viith cent.
    Hand 2 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Many Greek vocables are written in not inelegant characters.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 3 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 2a): The book of Genesis, translated from the SeptuagintSee Monumenta Sacra et Profana opera Collegii Doctorum Bibl. Ambros., tom. i. fasc. i. Prolegomena in editionem versionis Syriacae ex textu LXX., p. iii . “ Paulus Episcopus Monophysita Telae Mauslath, aliorum fortasse opera adjutus, jussu Athanasii Patriarchae Monophysitae Antiocheni vertit LXX. in Syriacum annis 616-7 Chr., fortasse etiam sequentibus, in urbe Alexandriae.” Most of the books of this version have already been edited by Norberg , Bugati , Middledorpf , and Rördam ; and an edition of the whole is now being printed by Dr. Ceriani of Milan in the work cited above. He has given a minute description of this manuscript of the book of Genesis in tom. ii. fasc. ii. p. xvii., etc. See also his memoir, Le Edizioni e i Maoscritti etc., p. 19 . [defective]
      Editor: Paul, bishop of Tellā or Constantina
    Notes:
    Item 2 (Fol. 2a): Summary of contents [defective]
     
    Title:     ܩ̈ܦܠܐܐ ܕܒܪܝܬܐ
    Notes:
    Item 3 (Fol. 9a): The book of Genesis, translated from the Septuagint [defective]
      Editor: Paul, bishop of Tellā or Constantina   Subscription : ܫܠܡ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܒܪܝܬܐ̣. ܐܝܟ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ ܕܫܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܪ̈ܝܢ.
    Note: The following passages of the text are missing: ch. i. 1—iv. 8, ix. 24— xvi. 2, xvi. 12 — xx. 1, xx. 13 — xxxi. 53, xxxii. 12 — xxxvi. 2, xl. 18 — xliii. 1, and xlvii. 16—1. 17. The lessons are rubricated in the text, the end of each being indicated by ܫ. In the ܩ̈ܦܠܐܐ they are noted on the margins. The text exhibits the critical marks of the Hexapla of Origen; and the margins contain the various readings of Aquila (ܐ), Symmachus (ܣ), and Theodotion (ܬ); glosses upon some words (e.g. foll. 24 a, 25 a, 27 b, 29 a, 30 a, etc.); and a good many Greek vocables, written in not inelegant characters. The tetragrammaton is expressed by ܦܝܦܝ.

    Add. 14,442, foll. 47–65

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/108
    Description based on Wright XXIII (15) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 6th or 7th century
    Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 19 leaves.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Old Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
    Part of the first book of Samuel, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 1/4 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 19 leaves (

  • Add. 14,442, , fol: fol. 47—65.
    • ) one of which (fol. 55) is much stained. Leaves are wanting after fol. 54 and at the end. Each page has from 19 to 21 lines.

    Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a fine, regular Esṭrangělā of the vith or viith cent.
    Hand 2 (minor, West Syriac script): A few Greek vowels have been added by a later hand on foll. 48 b and 49 a (ܽ ܳ ܶ ܰ).See additions.
    Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Decoration (Rubrication):

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 47): Part of the first book of Samuel, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version [defective]
     
    Title:     ܢܒܝܘܬܗ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ      
    Title:     ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܫܡܘܐܝܠ
    Notes:
    • The missing portions of the text are: ch. ii. 29—xvii. 57, and ch. xx. 34 to the end.
    • See additions

    Additions

    N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
    Addition x (Fol. 48a): On fol. 48a there is a note, recording that this book belonged to the brothers Matthew, Abraham and Theodore of Tagrīt: ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܡܬܝ ܘܐܒܪܗܡ ܘܬܐܕܪܘܣ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܬܓܪ̈ܝܬܢܝܐ. ܙܒܢܘܗܝ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܚܝ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܘܕܟܠ ܕܦܓܥ ܒܗ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܠܚܐ ܠܥܘܕܢܗ̈ܘܢ (sic) ܡܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ. ܢܗܘܐ ܚܪܡ ܡܢ ܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ. ܘܫܘܝܬ ܒܐܘܣܝܐ ܐܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ.
    Addition 3 (Fol. 48a): Just above this, there is another note, stating that in the year 1517 of the Greeks, A.D. 1206, twelve brethren from Syria entered the convent of S. Mary Deipara: ܒܫܢܬ ܐ̄ ܘܚܡܫܡܐܐ ܘܝܙ̄ ܕܝܘܢܝ̈ܐ ܒܢܝܣ̇ܢ ܝܪܚܐ ܥܠܢܢ ܠܕܝܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܛܝ ܬܪ̈ܥܣܪ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܕܡܢ ܣܘܪܝܐ.
    Addition 4 (Fol. 48a): Of the lessons, some are rubricated in the text, and others are marked by a later hand on the margin.

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