London, BL, Add. 17270
source date: ca. 9th 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/1098, Add. 17,270, London, BL, Add. 17,270, BL Add MS 17270, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 605, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCV

[This manuscript contains: Babaeus, Abraham bar Dāshendād. A Commentary on the two discourses ofMarcus the monkon the Spiritual Law. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 4 items.]

Syriac

foll. 1a-42
author: Babaeus
author: Abraham bar Dāshendād
title: A Commentary on the two discourses of Marcus the monk on the Spiritual Law
rubric: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܥܠ ܢܡܘܣܐ ܪܘܚܢܝܐ ܕܡܪܩܘܣ ܝܚܝܕܝܐ
This text is apparently either that of Babaeus, or that of Abraham bar Dāshendād, more probably the former.
Cf. Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. iii., pars 1, pp. 96 and 194
  foll. 1a-18a
  title: First discourse
  foll. 18a-38
  title: Second discourse
  foll. 38-42
  title: A survey of the general scope and arrangement of the two discourses, divided into several chapters

Vellum, about 9 ¾ in. by 6 3/4, consisting of 42 leaves, all more or less soiled, torn, and mutilated. The quires are signed with letters (fol. 21 a, ܝܐ), but their number is quite uncertain, not one being complete. There are from 30 to 33 lines in each page. This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of about the ixth cent.

Vellum

42 ff. 9 3/4 × 6 3/4

The quires are signed with letters (fol. 21 a, ܝܐ), but their number is quite uncertain, not one being complete.

- 42 leaves, all more or less soiled, torn, and mutilated.

There are from 30 to 33 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of about the ixth cent.

ca. 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 DCV 2:482