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Egerton 681

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1151
Description based on Wright CCXLVIII (190-194) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: AD 1206—07 / AG 1518 / AH 603
Origin: Convent of Beth-'Abē
East Syriac script ܀ Paper Codex, 187 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Lectionaries; Service-books
A modern index to all the the portions of Scripture comprised in this Lectionary; A Nestorian Lectionary from the Gospels for the Sundays and Festivals of the whole year.

Physical Description

Paper, in its present mutilated state about 12 3/4 in. by 9 1/4, consisting of 187 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn, especially at the beginning and end. The quires, signed with letters, are 19 in number; but the first is imperfect, a leaf being wanting after fol. 2. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 17 to 19 lines.

Hand 1 (major, East Syriac script): The writing is a good, regular, Nestorian Esṭrangělā, with numerous vowel points and marks of punctuation, etc. This manuscript is dated A. Gr. 1518, A. H. 603 (A.D. 1206—07).

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): A modern index to all the the portions of Scripture comprised in this Lectionary
Note: See additions.
Item 2 (Fol. 3a): A Nestorian Lectionary from the Gospels for the Sundays and Festivals of the whole year. [defective]
  Subscription (Fol. 185a): ܫܠܸܡܘ ܩܸܪ̈ܝܵܢܐ ܕܚܲܕܒܫ̈ܒܐ ܘܲܕܥܹ̈ܐܕܐ ܘܲܕܕܘ܏ܟܪ
Item 3 (Fol. 3a): The first Sunday of the Annunciation [defective]
Note: Imperfect at the beginning.
Item 4 (Fol. 4b): The second Sunday
Item 5 (Fol. 6b): The third
Item 6 (Fol. 8a): The fourth
Item 7 (Fol. 9a): The Nativity of our Lord
Item 8 (Fol. 10b): The first Sunday after the Nativity
Item 9 (Fol. 12b): The Friday of the Commemoration of the blessed Virgin
Item 10 (Fol. 14a): The second Sunday after the Nativity
Item 11 (Fol. 16b): The Epiphany
Item 12 (Fol. 17b): The Friday of the Commemoration of S. John the Baptist
Item 13 (Fol. 19a): The (first) Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 14 (Fol. 20b): The Commemoration of S. Peter and S. Paul
Item 15 (Fol. 22b): The second Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 16 (Fol. 24a): The Commemoration of the Evangelists
Item 17 (Fol. 25b): The third Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 18 (Fol. 26b): The Commemoration of S. Stephen
Item 19 (Fol. 28b): The fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 20 (Fol. 30a): The Commemoration of the Greek Doctors
Item 21 (Fol. 31b): The fifth Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 22 (Fol. 33b): The Commemoration of the Syrian Doctors
Item 23 (Fol. 34b): The sixth Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 24 (Fol. 36a): The Commemoration of any one Saint
 
Title: ܕܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܕܚܲܕ ܦ݁ܪܨܘܿܦ݁ܐ
Item 25 (Fol. 40a): The seventh Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 26 (Fol. 41b): The Commemoration of the Dead, the Children of Adam
 
Title: ܕܘܼܟܪܢܐ ܕܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ ܝܠܕܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܐܕܡ
Item 27 (Fol. 43a): The eighth Sunday after the Epiphany
Item 28 (Fol. 44a): The first Sunday of Lent
 
Title: ܕܚܲܕܒܫܲܒ݁ܐ ܕܡܲܥ̱ܵܠܲ ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܪܒܥܝܢ
Item 29 (Fol. 45a): Monday of the first week in Lent
Item 30 (Fol. 46b): Tuesday
Item 31 (Fol. 47b): Wednesday
Item 32 (Fol. 49a): Thursday
Item 33 (Fol. 50b): Friday
Item 34 (Fol. 51b): The second Sunday in Lent
Item 35 (Fol. 52b): The second Friday
Item 36 (Fol. 54a): The third Sunday
Item 37 (Fol. 55b): The third Friday
Item 38 (Fol. 57b): The fourth Sunday
Item 39 (Fol. 59b): Monday of the Mid-week in Lent
Item 40 (Fol. 61a): Tuesday
Item 41 (Fol. 63b): Wednesday
Item 42 (Fol. 65a): Thursday
Item 43 (Fol. 66a): Friday
Item 44 (Fol. 68a): The fifth Sunday in Lent
Item 45 (Fol. 70a): The fifth Friday
Item 46 (Fol. 72b): The sixth Sunday
Item 47 (Fol. 74b): The sixth Friday
Item 48 (Fol. 77b): The seventh Sunday of Lent, or Palm Sunday
 
Title: ܕܚܲܕܒܫܲܒ̇ܐ ܕܫܒܥܐ ܘܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܕܥܐܕܐ ܕܐܘ̈ܫܥܢܐ
Item 49 (Fol. 79b): Monday of the last week in Lent
Item 50 (Fol. 81b): Tuesday
Item 51 (Fol. 84a): Wednesday
Item 52 (Fol. 85a): Thursday of the Passover
 
Title: ܕܚܲܡܫܵܒܫܲܒ݁ܐ ܕܦܸܨܚܵܐ
Item 53 (Fol. 87a): Friday of the Passion (I)
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܼܒܬ݁ܐ ܕܚܫܐ
Item 54 (Fol. 91a): Friday of the Passion (II)
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܼܒܬ݁ܐ ܕܚܫܐ
Item 55 (Fol. 101a): The Great Saturday (I)
 
Title: ܕܫܲܒ݁ܬ݂ܐ ܪ̣̈ܒ݁ܬ݂ܐ
Item 56 (Fol. 103a): The Great Saturday (II)
 
Title: ܕܫܲܒ݁ܬ݂ܐ ܪ̣̈ܒ݁ܬ݂ܐ
Item 57 (Fol. 104a): The Sunday of the Resurrection
Item 58 (Fol. 105b): Monday of the Week of Weeks
 
Title: ܕܲܬ̣ܪܹܝܢܒ݁ܫܲܒ݁ܐ ܕܫܲܒ̤݁ܬ ܫܲܒܹ̈ܐ
Item 59 (Fol. 108a): Tuesday
Item 60 (Fol. 108a): Wednesday
Item 61 (Fol. 110a): Thursday
Item 62 (Fol. 110a): Friday of the Confessors
Item 63 (Fol. 111b): New Sunday
Item 64 (Fol. 112b): The Commemoration of Mār George (24th of Nīsān)
Item 65 (Fol. 113b): The Commemoration of Abimelech and Gregory
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܼܒܬܲܐ ܕܬ̣ܪ̈ܬܹܝܢ ܘܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܗ̣ܘ ܕܐܲܒ݂ܝ̱ܡܲܠܟ݁ ܘܲܓܪܝܓ݂ܘܿܪ ܢܵܨܘ̈ܒ݂ܐ ܕܐܸܣ̈ܟ݁ܘܿܠܐ ܕܒܹܝܬ ܣܵܗ̈ܕ݁ܐ
Item 66 (Fol. 113b): The third Sunday of the Resurrection
Item 67 (Fol. 115a): The Commemoration of Rabban Hormizd
 
Title: ܕܘܼܟܪܢܐ ܕܪܒܲܢ ܗܘܪܡܙܕ ܒܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܒܫܲܒ݁ܐ ܗܢܐ
Item 68 (Fol. 115a): The third Friday, the Commemoration of Sĕlīmōth, Adūnā, John, Abraham, and all the Metropolitans of Arbil
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܼܒ̣ܬ݁ܐ ܕܬܠܬ ܕܲܣܠܹܝܡܘܿܬ݂ ܘܐܲܕ݁ܘܼܢܵܐ ܘܝܘܚܢܢ ܘܐܒܪܗܡ. ܘܟܠܗܘܢ ܡܝܛܪ̈܏ܦܘܼ ܕܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ
Item 69 (Fol. 115b): The fourth Sunday of the Resurrec­tion
Item 70 (Fol. 117b): The fourth Friday, the Commemoration of Sergius and Bacchus
Item 71 (Fol. 118b): The fifth Sunday, the Commemoration of Addai the Apostle
Item 72 (Fol. 120a): The fifth Friday, the Commemoration of the martyr Shīrīn
 
Title: ܕܫܝ̣ܪܹܝܢ ܣܲܗܕ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ
Item 73 (Fol. 121a): The sixth Sunday of the Resurrection
Item 74 (Fol. 123a): The Ascension of our Lord
Item 75 (Fol. 124b): The Commemoration of S. Paul and S. John
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܒܬܐ ܕܫܸܬ݂ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܗ̣ܘ ܕܦܵ݁ܘܠܹܐ ܘܝܘܚܢܢ ܘܚ܏܏ܒܪ
Item 76 (Fol. 125a): The Sunday after the Ascension
Item 77 (Fol. 127a): Pentecost or Whitsun Day
Item 78 (Fol. 128b): The Lesson of the Adoration (of the holy Cross)
 
Title: ܩܸܪܝܵܢܵܐ ܕܣܸܓܕ݁ܬ݂ܐ
Item 79 (Fol. 131a): The Friday of Gold
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܼܒ̣ܬ݁ܐ ܕܕܗܒ̣ܵܐ
Item 80 (Fol. 133a): The second Sunday of the Week of the Apostles
 
Title: ܕܚܲܕܒܫܲܒ݁ܐ ܕܲܬܪܹ̈ܝܢ ܕܫܒܘܿܥܵܐ ܕܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ
Item 81 (Fol. 134b): The second Friday, the Commemoration of Clement and Irenaeus
 
Title: ܥܪܘܼܒܬ݁ܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܬ݁ܝܢ ܕܲܩܠܹܡܝ̣ܣ ܘܐܲܪܹܢܐ̇ܘܿܣ ܘܚܒ܏ܪ̈. ܦܛܪ̈ܝܪܟ݁ܐ
Item 82 (Fol. 134b): The third Sunday
Item 83 (Fol. 136b): The third Friday, Commemoration of Athanasius
 
Title: ܕܐܵܬܵܢܵܣܝܸܣ ܘܚܒ܏ܪ̈. ܦܛܪ̈ܝܪܟ݁ܐ
Item 84 (Fol. 136b): The fourth Sunday
Item 85 (Fol. 139b): The fourth Friday
Item 86 (Fol. 139b): The fifth Sunday
Item 87 (Fol. 141b): The fifth Friday, the Commemoration of Damasus
 
Title: ܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܗ̣ܘ ܕܒܹܝܬ ܕܲܡܣܘܣ ܐܦܣ̈܏ܩܘ. ܕܪ̈ܗܘܡܐ
Item 88 (Fol. 141b): The sixth Sunday of the Apostles
Item 89 (Fol. 143b): The sixth Friday, the Commemoration of Gregory and of S. Thomas the Apostle (3rd of Tamūz)
Item 90 (Fol. 143b): The seventh Sunday of the Apostles
Item 91 (Fol. 145a): The last Friday of the week of the Apostles
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܒܬ݁ܐ ܕܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܫܵܒ̣ܘܿܥܵܐ ܕܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ
Item 92 (Fol. 146b): The last Sunday of the week of the Apostles
Item 93 (Fol. 148a): The first Friday of Ḥallelain, the Commemoration of Jacob of Nisibis
 
Title: ܕܥܪܘܼܒܬ݁ܐ ܩܲܕܡܲܝܬܵܐ ܕܚܠܠܝܢܝ
Item 94 (Fol. 148a): The second Sunday of Summer, or of Ḥallelain
 
Title: ܕܚܲܕܒܫܲܒ݁ܐ ܕܬܪܹܝܢ ܕܩܲܝܛܵܐ ܘܡܸܬ݂ܩ̄ܪܹܐ ܕܚܠܠܝܢܝ
Item 95 (Fol. 150b): The second Friday; the Commemoration of Achudemes (ܐܲܚܘ̤ܗ̇ ܕܐܸܡܗ), Achudemes, and Moses, bishops of Nineveh (Mosul)
Item 96 (Fol. 151a): The third Sunday of Summer
Item 97 (Fol. 154a): The third Friday; the Commemoration of Shem-baiteh (ܫܹܝܡ ܒܲܝܬ݁ܗ), Kĕlīlyeshūaʿ (ܟܠܝܠܝܫܘܥ) and Shubḥa-lʿalaha, bishops of Nineveh
Item 98 (Fol. 154a): The fourth Sunday of Summer
Item 99 (Fol. 156a): The fourth Friday; the Commemoration of Maʿnā (sic, ܡܲܥܝܵܐ) and Marwān (ܡܵܪܘܵܢ), bishops of Pĕrāth (ܕܲܦܪܸܬ) or al-Basrah
Item 100 (Fol. 156a): The fifth Sunday of Summer
Item 101 (Fol. 158a): The fifth Friday; the Commemoration of Shamūnī and her sons (the Maccabees)
Item 102 (Fol. 158b): The sixth Sunday of Summer
Item 103 (Fol. 159b): The sixth Friday; the Commemoration of (Simeon) Bar-Ṣabbā’ē (ܕܒܲܪ ܨܲܒܵ݁ܥܹ̈ܐ)
Item 104 (Fol. 160a): The seventh Sunday of Summer
Item 105 (Fol. 161a): The seventh Friday; the Commemoration of Kardag (ܕܡܪܝ ܩܲܪܕܵܓ݂ ܣܵܗܕܐ)
Item 106 (Fol. 161b): The first Sunday of Elias
Item 107 (Fol. 163a): The first Friday; the Commemoration of Pāpā (ܦ݁̈ܦ݁̈ܐ), Simeon, Shahdost (ܫܲܗܕܘܣܬ݁), and all the Catholics
Item 108 (Fol. 163a): The second Sunday of Elias
Item 109 (Fol. 165a): The second Friday; the Commemoration of ’Abdā, bishop of Pĕrāth
 
Title: ܕܡܪܝ ܥܲܒ݂ܕܐ ܐܲܦ̱ܣܩܘܿܦܐ ܕܦܪܵܬ݂
Item 110 (Fol. 165a): The third Sunday of Elias
Item 111 (Fol. 167a): The Invention of the Cross
 
Title: ܕܥܹܐܕܐ ܕܫܟ̣ܚܬ݁ܐ
Item 112 (Fol. 169a): The Friday after the Invention; the Commemoration of Constantine and Helena (ܗܹܠܹܢܹܐ) his mother; the Commemoration of Sabar-yeshūaʿ (ܣܒܪܝܫܘܥ) the Catholic (17th of Ilūl)
Item 113 (Fol. 169a): The Sunday after the Invention, or the fourth Sunday of Elias
Item 114 (Fol. 171b): The fourth Friday; the Commemoration of Jacob the Martyr
 
Title: ܕܡܪܝ ܝܲܥܩܘܿܒ݂ ܡܦܲܣܩܵܐ
Item 115 (Fol. 171b): The second Sunday after the Invention, or the fifth of Elias
Item 116 (Fol. 173a): The third Sunday after the Invention, or the sixth of Elias
Item 117 (Fol. 175a): The fourth Sunday after the Invention, or the last Sunday of the Week of Elias
Item 118 (Fol. 177a): The first Sunday of the Week of Moses
Item 119 (Fol. 178b): The second Sunday
Item 120 (Fol. 179b): The Commemoration of Phetion (ܦܸܬ݂ܝܘܿܢ), 25th of the first Teshri
Item 121 (Fol. 179b): The third Sunday of Moses
Item 122 (Fol. 180a): The Commemoration of Mār Kosrē
 
Title: ܕܡܪܝ ܩܘܿܣܪܹ̈ܐ
Item 123 (Fol. 180a): The fourth Sunday of Moses
Item 124 (Fol. 180a): The first Sunday of the Consecration of the Church
Item 125 (Fol. 181a): The second Sunday
Item 126 (Fol. 182b): The third
Item 127 (Fol. 183b): The fourth
Item 128 (Fol. 185a): Lessons (ܕܒܥܘܬܐ)for the ferial days, from Monday to Thursday
Item 129 (Fol. 185b): Various lessons
Item 130 (Fol. 185b): Lessons in time of Drought
 
Title: ܕܒܨܝܪܘܼܬ ܡܸܛܪܐ
Item 131 (Fol. 185b): [Lessons for] the consecration of a Bishop or Metropolitan
 
Title: ܕܟܕ ܡܬ݁ܬ݁ܣܸܝܡ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ [ܐܘ] ܡܝܛܪܦܘܠܝܛܐ
Item 132 (Fol. 185b): [Lessons] for the Dead of various ages and ranks
 
Title: ܕܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ

Additions

N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 186a): The colophon, fol. 186 a, is very much mutilated. It informs us that this Lectionary was drawn up according to the use of the convent of Beth-ꜥAbē, which was instituted by its founder Rabban Jacob. The name of the scribe was Daniel, and he wrote it A.D. 1206—07, when Yab-alāha Yab-alāha II. See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. ii., p. 453, no. 74; and Le Quien, Oriens Christ., t. ii., col. 1147. was Catholic Patriarch of Seleucia and Ctesiphon. . ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܒܥܘܕܪܢ ܡܪܢ ܘܒܣܘܝܥ ܪ̈ܚܡܘܗܝ ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܡܦܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܟܠܗ̇ ܫܢܬܐ܀ ܐܝܟ ܛܟܣܐ ܕܐܚܝܕ ܘܪ̈ܕܐ ܒܥܘܡܪܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܘܡܫܡܗܐ ܘܛܒܝܒܐ ܒܥܡܪܬܐ ܕܟܘܢܝܐ ܠܗ ܕܒܝܬ ܥܒ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܓܢܒ ܚܝܪܬܐ ܕܒܠܣ ܣܝܡ ܝܬܒܗ ܘܡܛܟܣ ܡܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܪܘܚܐ ܘܐܬܛܟܣ ܘܐܬܬܣܝܡ ܛܘܟܣܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ. ܡ̣ܢ ܪܒܢ ܝܥܩܘܒ . . . ܘܡܠܦܢܐ ܘܝܚܝܕܝܐ. ܢܨܘܒܗ ܕܥܘܡܪܐ ܕܥܗܝܕ. ܏ܘܫ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ܐܘܕܐ ܡܚܪܟܐ. ܢܦܬܐ ܕܥܠܡـ[ܐ] ܘܟܘܦܪܐ ܕܟܠܢܫ ܡܣܦܪܐ ܒܫܡܐ. ܡܫܡ. ܒܕܪܓܐ ܟܕܠ[ܐ] ܫ̇ܘܐ ܕܘܝܐ. ܕܢܝܐܝܠ. ܕܬܘ̈ܟـ . . ܕܠܐ ܐܢܝܚ ܠܡܪܗ ܐܦܠܐ ܚܕ[ܐ] ܫܥܐ. ܒܚܘܒܐ ܡܦܝ̣ܣܢܐ ܏ܘܫ . . . ܕܡܢ ܫܢܬ ܐܠܦ . . . ܡܐܐ ܘܬܡܢܥܣܪ̈ܐ܀ ܒܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ܀ . . . ܫܬܡܐܐ ܘܬܠܬ܀ ܠܒܢܝ̈ܗ̇܀. . . ܗܓܪ܀ ܟܕ ܗܝܕܟ ܐܚܝܕ ܗܘ̣ܐ ܬܩܕܐ ܕܪܥܝܘܬܐ ܚܣܝܐ [ܕ]ܡܫܟܢ ܚܘ̈ܣܝܐ. ܠܒܢܝ̈ܐ ܕܥܠܝܗܘܢ [ܚ]ـܘܣܝܐ. ܒܟܘܪܣܝܐ ܡܕܢܚܝܐ. [ܕ]ܡܪܝ ܡܐܪܝ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܕܒܡܕ̈ܝܢܬܐ ܣܠܩ ܘܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ. ܡܪܝ ܝܲܗ̣ܒ ܐܠܗܐ ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ. ܦܛܪܝܪܟܝܣ. . .
Addition 2 (Fol. 1): The index on foll. 1 and 2 contain is a modern addition.
Addition 3 (Fol. 187b): On fol. 187 b there is the autograph of "Edwd: Ives of Titchfield,Hants ," followed by a note, dated "Turkey 1758, Sunday July 2nd," which states that the volume was purchased of a Deacon of the old Christian Church, "at a poor Christian Town, called Camalisk-Gawerkoe, i.e. (as we were told) Christian-Gawerkoe,situated about a six hours journey to the southward of Mosul/Mosoul (ancient Nineveh)." In this church "the Relicts of Saint Barbara are entombed."

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