Add. 18,812
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1118
Date:
6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 55 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament
This manuscript contains: Acts and the three Catholic Epistles, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.
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 Estrangela, 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 Estrangela, 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 Peshitta version [defective]
Note: Some of the lessons are rubricated in the text.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The Acts of the Apostles, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Title: ܦܪܟܣܝܣ ܕܬܪ̈ܥܣܪ ܫ̈ܠܝܚܐ ܛܘ̈ܒܢܐ
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 Peshitta version [defective]
Item 4 (Fol. 47a): The Epistle of S. James
Title: ܐܓܪܬܐ. ܕܝܥܩܘܒ. ܫܠܝܚܐ
Title: ܐܓܪܬܐ. ܕܝܥܩܘܒ. ܫܠܝܚܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 51a): The first Epistle of S. Peter [defective]
Title: ܐܓܪܬܐ. ܕܦܛܪܘܣ. ܫܠܝܚܐ
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
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.
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