London, BL, Add. 18820
source date: end of the xiith cent.
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
availability: Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1131, Add. 18,820, London, BL, Add. 18,820, BL Add MS 18820

[This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.]

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1132, Add. 18,820, foll. 1–16, London, BL, Add. 18,820, foll. 1–16, BL Add MS 18820, foll. 1-16, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 332, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CCCXXXII

[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.]

Syriac

title: Portions of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, including madrashe, canons, etc.
  title: The Dedication of the Church
  rubric: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܘܿܕܬ ܥܕܬܐ
  title: The Annunciation of Zacharias
  title: The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth
  title: The Nativity of S. John the Baptist
  title: The Nativity of our Lord, and the Commemoration of the blessed Virgin Mary
  title: The Commemoration of Jacob of Batnae
  title: Of Barbara and Juliana
  rubric: ܕܒܪܒܪܐ ܘܝܘܠܝܐܢܐ
  title: Of Z̄akhē or Nicolaus, bishop of Myra
  rubric: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܢܨܝܚܐ ܡܪܝ ܙܟ̇ܐ ܐܦܝ܏ܣܩܘܼ ܕܡܘܪܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
  title: Of Behnām
  title: Of Romanus
  title: Of Mār Gabriel

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.

16 ff.

- 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.

Foll. 1—14 are written in a good, regular hand of about the end of the xiith cent.

Foll. 15 and 16 are in a different hand, and perhaps somewhat later.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

late 12th 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 CCCXXXII 1:276

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1133, Add. 18,820, foll. 17–55, London, BL, Add. 18,820, foll. 17–55, BL Add MS 18820, foll. 17-55, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 323, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CCCXXIII

[This manuscript contains: Anthems, madrāshē, and canons for various occasions. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 23 items.]

Syriac

title: Anthems, madrāshē, and canons for various occasions
  title: The Nativity of our Lord
  title: The Nativity of our Lord
  title: The Epiphany
  title: The several Sundays in Lent
  title: The Ascension of our Lord
  title: Pentecost
  title: The Commemoration of S. Peter and S. John the Apostles
  title: Of Barbara and Juliana
  title: Of Basil and Gregory
  title: Of Barbara and Juliana
  title: Of Basil and Gregory
  title: Of Bar-ṣaumā
  title: Of Simeon Stylites
  title: Of Domitius
  rubric: ܡܪܝ ܕܝܡܛ
  title: The Dedication of the Church
  rubric: ܕܚܘܕܬ ܥܕܬܐ
  title: The Annunciation of Zacharias
  title: The Commemoration of Priests
  title: The Commemoration of any one Saint
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ
  title: The Commemoration of any one Saint
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ
  title: The Transfiguration of our Lord
  title: The Commemoration of any one Saint
  rubric: ܕܥܠ ܚܕ ܩܢܘܡܐ
  title: The Transfiguration of our Lord

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. 235 .

39 ff.

- 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 were written by different hands, during the xith and xiith centuries.

See additions.

See binding description.

- 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:

- Of a note on fol. 55 b only a very few words are legible.

11th or 12th 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 CCCXXIII 1:269-270