Add. 14,446
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/118
Date:
6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 127 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Apocrypha; Biblical Manuscripts
The first and second books of the Maccabees
Physical Description
Vellum, about 7 5/8 in. by 5 1/4, consisting of 127 leaves, many of which are much stained and soiled, especially near the beginning and end. The quires, 13 in number, are signed with both letters and arithmetical figures (see foll. 29 a, 59 a, 99 a, 109 a, and 119 a), but have been twice renumbered, in part incorrectly, by later hands. Each page has from 21 to 25 lines..
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
The writing is a fine, regular Esṭrangĕlā of the vith or viith 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): The first and second books of the Maccabees
Note: This manuscript has been used by Dr. de Lagarde in his edition of the Apocrypha, Leipzig, 1861
.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): 1 Maccabees.
Title: ܣܦ̣ܪܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡ̈ܩܒܝܐ̣. ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܠܘܬ ܥܒܪܝܐ ܣܪܒܣܬ ܣܒܥܐܐܝܠ.
Title: ܣܦ̣ܪܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡ̈ܩܒܝܐ̣. ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܠܘܬ ܥܒܪܝܐ ܣܪܒܣܬ ܣܒܥܐܐܝܠ.
Item 3 (Fol. 70a): 2 Maccabees.
Title: ܣܦ̣ܪܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡܩܒܝ̈ܐ
Title: ܣܦ̣ܪܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡܩܒܝ̈ܐ
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
The quires have been twice renumbered, in part incorrectly, by later hands.
Addition 2 (Fol. 6a):
A single lesson, ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ, is marked on fol. 6 a.
Addition 3:
A more modern hand has called attention to the history of Shamūnī and her seven sons
and Eleazar, by writing at the beginning (fol. 90 a)ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܫܡܘܢܝ ܘܒܢ̈ܝܗ̇ ܘܐܠܝܥܙܪ ܣܒܐ ܘܟܗܢܐ, and at the end (fol. 96 b)ܫܠܡܬ ܬܫܥܝܬܐ
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