London, BL, Add. 14446
source date: vith or viith century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/118, Add. 14,446, London, BL, Add. 14,446, BL Add MS 14446, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 155, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLV

[This manuscript contains: The first and second books of the Maccabees. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1b-127
title: The first and second books of the Maccabees
This manuscript has been used by Dr. de Lagarde in his edition of the Apocrypha, Leipzig, 1861.
  Foll. 1b-70
  title: 1 Maccabees.
  rubric: ܣܦ̣ܪܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡ̈ܩܒܝܐ̣. ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܠܘܬ ܥܒܪܝܐ ܣܪܒܣܬ ܣܒܥܐܐܝܠ.
  Foll. 70a-127
  title: 2 Maccabees.
  rubric: ܣܦ̣ܪܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡܩܒܝ̈ܐ

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..

Vellum

127 ff. 7 5/8 × 5 1/4

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).

- Many of the leaves are much stained and soiled, especially near the beginning and end.

Each page has from 21 to 25 lines.

The writing is a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith or viith century.

See additions.

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

- The quires have been twice renumbered, in part incorrectly, by later hands.

- A single lesson, ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ, is marked on fol. 6 a.

- 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

6th or 7th 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 CLV 1:98