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Add. 18,820

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1131
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Add. 18,820, foll. 1–16

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1132
Description based on Wright CCCXXXII (276) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: late 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Other, 16 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Portions of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, including madrashe, canons, etc.

Physical Description

Sixteen vellum leaves, about 22 in. by 15 7/8, nearly all of which are more or less stained and torn, some of them being mere fragments. Each page is divided into two columns, a full column containing 45 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): Foll. 1—14 are written in a good, regular hand of about the end of the xiith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Foll. 15 and 16 are in a different hand, and perhaps somewhat later.

Contents

This manuscript contains 12 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. 1a): Portions of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, including madrashe, canons, etc. [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The Dedication of the Church
 
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܘܿܕܬ ܥܕܬܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 1a): The Annunciation of Zacharias
Item 4 (Fol. 3a): The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth
Item 5 (Fol. 4a): The Nativity of S. John the Baptist
Item 6 (Fol. 5a): The Nativity of our Lord, and the Commemoration of the blessed Virgin Mary
Item 7 (Fol. 11a): The Commemoration of Jacob of Batnae
Item 8 (Fol. 12a): Of Barbara and Juliana
 
Title: ܕܒܪܒܪܐ ܘܝܘܠܝܐܢܐ
Item 9 (Fol. 12b): Of Zākhē or Nicolaus, bishop of Myra
 
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܢܨܝܚܐ ܡܪܝ ܙܟ̇ܐ ܐܦܝ܏ܣܩܘܼ ܕܡܘܪܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 13a): Of Behnām
Item 11 (Fol. 14a): Of Romanus
Item 12 (Fol. 15a): Of Mār Gabriel

Add. 18,820, foll. 17–55

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1133
Description based on Wright CCCXXIII (269-270) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 11th or 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Other, 39 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Anthems, madrāshē, and canons for various occasions

Physical Description

Thirty-nine vellum leaves, many of which are much stained and torn (Add. 18,820, foll. 17—55). Each page is divided into two columns. These leaves ought to have been bound with

  • Add. 12,146
    • ,
  • Add. 12,147
    • ,
  • Add. 12,148
    • , and
  • Add. 12,149
    • , as they merely contain supplemental services, such as are found here and there in those volumes. Fol. 54 b, for example, is in the same handwriting as
  • Add. 12,146, , fol: 235.

    • Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): These leaves were written by different hands, during the xith and xiith centuries.
    Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See binding description.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 23 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. 17a): Anthems, madrāshē, and canons for various occasions [defective]
    Item 2 (Fol. 17a): The Nativity of our Lord [defective]
    Item 3 (Fol. 21a): The Nativity of our Lord [defective]
    Item 4 (Fol. 24b): The Epiphany [defective]
    Item 5 (Fol. 25a): The several Sundays in Lent [defective]
    Item 6 (Fol. 36a): The Ascension of our Lord
    Item 7 (Fol. 36a): Pentecost
    Item 8 (Fol. 37a): The Commemoration of S. Peter and S. John the Apostles [defective]
    Item 9 (Fol. 38a): Of Barbara and Juliana
    Item 10 (Fol. 39a): Of Basil and Gregory
    Item 11 (Fol. 42a): Of Barbara and Juliana
    Item 12 (Fol. 43a): Of Basil and Gregory
    Item 13 (Fol. 46a): Of Bar-ṣaumā
    Item 14 (Fol. 46b): Of Simeon Stylites
    Item 15 (Fol. 48a): Of Domitius
     
    Title:     ܡܪܝ ܕܝܡܛ
    Item 16 (Fol. 50a): The Dedication of the Church
     
    Title:     ܕܚܘܕܬ ܥܕܬܐ
    Item 17 (Fol. 51b): The Annunciation of Zacharias [defective]
    Item 18 (Fol. 52a): The Commemoration of Priests [defective]
    Item 19 (Fol. 53b): The Commemoration of any one Saint [defective]
     
    Title:     ܕܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ
    Item 20 (Fol. 54a): The Commemoration of any one Saint [defective]
     
    Title:     ܕܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ
    Item 21 (Fol. 54b): The Transfiguration of our Lord
    Item 22 (Fol. 55a): The Commemoration of any one Saint [defective]
     
    Title:     ܕܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ
    Item 23 (Fol. 55b): The Transfiguration of our Lord

    Additions

    Addition 1 (Fol. 26b): Notes on foll. 26 b and 41 b inform us that some of these services were written in the year 1432, A.D. 1121, by the priest Bar-ṣaumā of Marʿash , at the expense of the deacon Rabban Isaac of Bagdād. ܟܬ݂ܒ ܠܗܠܝܢ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܒܗܢܐ ܟܘܪܣܐ ܘܒܗ̇ܘ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܚܒܪܗ ܒܪܨܘܡܐ ܒܨܝܪܐ ܘܠܐ ܚܫܚܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ [ܘ]ܒܩ̈܏ܫܝ ܕܡܬܝܕܥ ܡܪܥܫܝܐ. ܒܚܦܝܛܘܬܐ ܘܫܩܠܛܥܢܐ ܕܪܒܢ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܡܫܡܫܢܐ ܕܡܢ ܒܓܕܕ. ܟܠ ܕܩ̇ܪܐ ܢܨ̇ܠܐ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܏ܘܫ. ܣܪܛ ܒܪܨܘܡܐ ܚܛܝܐ ܒܫܢܬ ܐܠܦ: ܘܬܠܒ:
    Addition 2 (Fol. 55b): Of a note on fol. 55 b only a very few words are legible.

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