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Add. 14,446

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/118
Description based on Wright CLV (1:98) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 127 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Apocrypha
This manuscript contains: The first and second books of the Maccabees. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

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 Estrangela 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.
Item 3 (Fol. 70a): 2 Maccabees.
 
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

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/118.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/118.

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