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Add. 18,812

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1118
Description based on Wright CXXIX (83) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 55 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
Acts and the three Catholic Epistles, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version

Physical Description

Vellum, about 10 1/4 in. by 8 1/8, consisting of 55 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and soiled, especially the last. The quires, eight in number, are now signed with letters from ܝܘ to ܟܒ . What the original signatures were, does not appear. Leaves are wanting after foll. 46, 54, and 55. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 26 to 30 lines. This manuscript is written in a line, large Esṭrangĕlā, of the vith or viith cent., with the exception of foll. 1, 2, and 7, which are later restorations.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a line, large Esṭrangĕlā, of the 6th or 7th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): Acts and the three Catholic Epistles, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version [defective]
Note: Some of the lessons are rubricated in the text.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The Acts of the Apostles, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version [defective]
 
Title: ܦܪܟܣܝܣ ܕܬܪ̈ܥܣܪ ܫ̈ܠܝܚܐ ܛܘ̈ܒܢܐ
Note: The missing portion is ch.xxviii. 10-30.
Item 3 (Fol. 47a): The three Catholic Epistles, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version [defective]
Item 4 (Fol. 47a): The Epistle of S. James
 
Title: ܐܓܪܬܐ. ܕܝܥܩܘܒ. ܫܠܝܚܐ.
Item 5 (Fol. 51a): The first Epistle of S. Peter [defective]
 
Title: ܐܓܪܬܐ. ܕܦܛܪܘܣ. ܫܠܝܚܐ.
Note: The missing portion is ch. iv. 11-v.14.
Item 6 (Fol. 55a): The first Epistle of S. John [defective]
 
Title: ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ. ܫܠܝܚܐ
Note: ending with ch. ii. 16.

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1: The quires are now signed with letters from ܝܘ to ܟܒ.
Addition 2: Other lessons have been noted on the margins, or between the columns, by later hands.
Addition 3: Foll. 1, 2, and 7 are later restorations.

How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 18812” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1118.

Bibliography:

David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 18812.” In , edited by ., edited by D. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1118.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 18812

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  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban
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