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Add. 14,447

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/119
Description based on Wright CLVI (1:98) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 32 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Apocrypha
This manuscript contains: The Book of Women. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 7 3/8 in. by 5 1/4, consisting of 32 leaves, the first of which is slightly torn. The quires, four in number (the last imperfect), are signed with letters. Each page has from 26 to 30 lines. This manuscript is written in a neat, regular hand of about the xth cent.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a neat, regular hand of about the 10th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): The Book of Women [defective]
 
Title:
ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢܫ̈ܐ
Notes:
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The story of Susanna
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܫܘܫܢ ܢܟܦܬܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 5b): The book of Esther
 
Title:
ܢܨܚ̈ܢܐ ܕܐܣܬܝܪ.
Item 4 (Fol. 15a): The book of Judith
 
Title:
ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܝܗܘܕܝܬ.
Item 5 (Fol. 32b): The history of Thecla the martyr [defective]
 
Title:
ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܬܩܠܐ ܣܗܕܬܐ.
Note: Very imperfect.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 1a): On fol. 1 a there is a note stating that this volume belonged to the convent of S. Mary Deipara. .ܟܬܒܐ ܕܢ̈ܫܐ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܝܛܝ. ܐܠܐ ܟܠ ܡܢ ܕܫܩܠ ܠܗ ܠܐ ܫܠܝܛ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܢܗܘܐ ܠܘܬܗ. ܐܠܐ ܫܬܐ ܝܪ̈ܚܝܢ. ܘܐܢ ܡܡܪܚ ܘܠܐ ܡܗܦܟ. ܬܚܝܬ ܚܪܡܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ.

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/119.

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/119.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14447

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