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Add. 17,260

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1073
Description based on Wright DXXI (1:397-398) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 12th or 13th century
East Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Paper Codex, 246 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Funeral Services
This manuscript contains: The Funeral Service for all ranks. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 33 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 5 3/8 in. by 4 1/8, consisting of 246 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—3, 67, 176, 177, and 224—246. The quires, signed with letters, are 24 in number, but the volume is slightly imperfect at the end. There are from 14 to 20 lines in each page. The last few pages are so much mutilated that their contents cannot be stated with certainty.

Hand 1 (major, East Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular, Nestorian hand of the xiith or xiiith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Foll. 1—22, 120, 121, 145, 166, 167, 189, 190, 231, 232, 234, 235, and 242— 246 are somewhat later additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): The Funeral Service for all ranks. [defective]
Notes:
  • The title, fol. 1 b, is unfortunately too much torn and effaced to admit of transcription, but we can perceive in it the name of the ܕܝܪܐ ܕܥܠܝܬܐ, dedicated to Mār Gabriel and Mār Abraham, at Mosul. [See Badger’s Nestorians, vol. ii. P. 17, note.]
  • The last few pages are so much mutilated that their contents cannot be stated with certainty.
Item 2 (Fol. 1): For catholics, metropolitans, bishops, priests, deacons, and monks.
Note: ܫܠܡܸ ܒܥܘܕܪܢ ܡܪܢ ܛܟ̈ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܬܘܠܝܩ̈ܐ ܘܡܝܛܪܦܘ̈ܠܝܛܐ ܘܐ̈܏ܦܝ ܘܩܫܝ̈ܫܐ ܘܡܫܡ̈ܫܢܐ ܘܝܚ̈ܝܕܝܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 17a): Ten ܡܘ̈ܬܒܐ, cathismata or sessions.
Item 4 (Fol. 17a): The First.
Item 5 (Fol. 24b): Second.
Item 6 (Fol. 31b): Third.
Item 7 (Fol. 41a): Fourth.
Item 8 (Fol. 45a): Fifth.
Item 9 (Fol. 50a): Sixth.
Item 10 (Fol. 54a): Seventh.
Item 11 (Fol. 58b): Eighth.
Item 12 (Fol. 64a): Ninth.
Item 13 (Fol. 68b): Tenth.
Item 14 (Fol. 101b): Twelve ܩ̈ܠܐ or hymns.
Item 15 (Fol. 101b): The first.
Item 16 (Fol. 104a): Second.
Item 17 (Fol. 109a): Third.
Item 18 (Fol. 132a): Fourth.
Item 19 (Fol. 154a): Fifth.
Item 20 (Fol. 154a): The scribe has omitted to mark the commencement of the sixth hymn.
Item 21 (Fol. 174a): Seventh.
Item 22 (Fol. 179a): Eighth.
Item 23 (Fol. 183a): Ninth.
Item 24 (Fol. 187b): Tenth.
Item 25 (Fol. 191a): Eleventh.
Item 26 (Fol. 194b): Twelfth.
Item 27 (Fol. 203a): For religious (women) who are virgins.
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܒ̈ܢܬ ܩܝܵܡܐ ܒܬܘ̈ܠܬܐ
Item 28 (Fol. 204a): For religious (women) who have been married.
 
Title:
ܪܘܫܡܐ ܕܒ̈ܢܬ ܩܝܵܡܐ ܒܥ̈ܝܠܬܐ
Item 29 (Fol. 204b): For lay persons.
 
Title:
ܪܘܫܡܐ ܕܥܘܦܝܐ ܕܒ̈ܢܝ ܥ̇ܠܡܐ
Item 30 (Fol. 204b): For children.
 
Title:
ܪܘܫܡܐ ܕܥܠ ܛ̈ܠܝܐ
Item 31 (Fol. 205b): Consolatory addresses, for all ranks; merely brief indications.
 
Title:
ܒܘ̈ܝܐܐ
Item 32 (Fol. 207b): Madrāshē for all ranks.
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܥܠ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܘܪ̈ܫܝ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ ܘܟܠܢܫ
  Subscription : ܫܠܡܸܘ ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠ ܬܓܡ̈ܝܢ ܕܗ̇ܘܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܫܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܠܬܐ
Note: They are 73 in number, according to the subscription.
Item 33 (Fol. 224a): Lessons, for all ranks.
 
Title:
ܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17260” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1073.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17260.” In A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1073.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 17260

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  • David A. Michelson, general editor, Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal
  • , editor, A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library
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  • Created by Jessica Pagan
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Lindsay Ruth
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by William L. Potter
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Locus information for manuscript items added by Ziyan Zhang
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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