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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 (1:276) 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
This manuscript contains: Portions of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, including madrashe, canons, etc. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 12 items.

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 Z̄akhē 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

Additions

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

Add. 18,820, foll. 17–55

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1133
Description based on Wright CCCXXIII (1:269-270) 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
This manuscript contains: Anthems, madrāshē, and canons for various occasions. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 23 items.

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- 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: 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-saumā of Mar'ash, 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.

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 18820” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1131.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 18820.” 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/1131.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 18820

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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
  • William Wright, David A. Michelson, Robert Aydin, Emma Claire Geitner, and Justin Arnwine, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 18820”

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  • Created by Emma Claire Geitner
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Justin Arnwine
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  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by Lindsay Ruth
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Form and material support designations edited by Claire Chen
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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