Add. 14,448
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/120
Date:
AD 699-700 / AG 1012 / AH 80
East Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 209 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament
This manuscript contains: The New Testament, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 21 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 9 1/8 in. by 5 7/8, consistingof 209 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—5, 152 and 209. The quires, originally 25 in number, were signed with letters, but have been subsequently re-numbered, though incorrectly, with Coptic arithmetical figures and Arabic letters. Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 5, 194, 196 and 204. Each page has from 26 to 32 lines. The writing is a small, elegant, Nestorian Estrangela, with numerous vowel-points and other marks, though many of these (as also a very few Greek vowels) have been added at a later period. The date seems to be A. Gr. 1012, A.H. 80, A.D. 699-700. Fol. 64 is a restoration, on paper, of the xiiith cent.
Hand 1 (major, East Syriac script):
The writing is a small, elegant, Nestorian Estrangela, with numerous vowel-points and other marks.
Hand 2 (minor, ):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, ):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The New Testament, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Subscription (Fol. 209b): .ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܚܕ ܟܝܢܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܥܒܝܕ ܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ. ܕܟܝܪܝܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܕܡܫܝܚܐ ܐܢܘܢ ܘܚܢܢ ܢܬܥܕܪ ܒܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܐܝܢ ܘܐܡܢ (SIC). ܫܘܒܫܚܐ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܕܥܠ ܚܝܠܗ ܫܪܝܢ ܘܒܥܘܕܪܢܗ ܫܠܡܢ.
Colophon:
See additions.
Note: Total number of sections in the whole New Testament, 165.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The four Gospels, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 1a): The Gospel of S. Matthew, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Notes:
- In 22 sections.
- The portions missing are: ch. i. 1—ii. 13, iii.14—v. 24, and viii.26— ix. 19.
Item 4 (Fol. 31a): The Gospel of S. Mark, according to the Peshitta version
Note: In 13 sections.
Item 5 (Fol. 51b): The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version
Note: In 23 sections.
Item 6 (Fol. 87b): The Gospel of S. John, according to the Peshitta version
Note: In 20 sections.
Item 7 (Fol. 116a): The Acts of the Apostles, according to the Peshitta version
Notes:
- To which are added:
- Total number of sections, 32.
Item 8 (Fol. 153b): Three Catholic Epistles, according to the Peshitta version
Item 9 (Fol. 153b): The Epistle of S. James, according to the Peshitta version
Item 10 (Fol. 157a): The first Epistle of S. Peter, according to the Peshitta version
Item 11 (Fol. 160b): The first Epistle of S. John, according to the Peshitta version
Item 12 (Fol. 164a): The fourteen Epistles of Paul, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Notes:
- Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, and 1 Timothy are lost.
- Number of sections in the Pauline epistles, 55.
Item 13 (Fol. 164a): Romans, according to the Peshitta version
Item 14 (Fol. 177b): 1 Corinthians, according to the Peshitta version
Item 15 (Fol. 191a): 2 Corinthians, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Note: Ending with ch. 6:15.
Item 16 (Fol. 195a): Galatians, according to the Peshitta version
Note: Beginning with ch. 4:22.
Item 17 (Fol. 196b): Ephesians, according to the Peshitta version
Note: Ending with ch. 1:17.
Item 18 (Fol. 197a): 2 Timothy, according to the Peshitta version
Note: Beginning with ch. 1:4.
Item 19 (Fol. 199a): Titus, according to the Peshitta version
Item 20 (Fol. 201a): Philemon, according to the Peshitta version
Item 21 (Fol. 201b): Hebrews, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Note: From ch. 7:4-9:21 is missing.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Quires have been renumbered, though incorrectly with Coptic arithmetical figures and Arabic letters.
Addition 2:
Many vowel points (as also a very few Greek vowels) have been added at a later period
Addition 3:
On the margins of some pages there are notes, in a later hand, referring chiefly to matters of pronunciation and accentuation, similar to those in Add. 12,138
.
Addition 4 (Fol. 209b):
The date, about which there is a slight difficulty, is given as follows:
ܐܫܬܸܪܝܬ ܕܝܢ ܚܕܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܒܪܫܗ ܕܐܝܠܘܢ(sic) ܀ ܘܐܫܬܠܡܬ ܟܕ ܢܦܝܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܫܒܛ ܥܣܪܐ ܝܘ̈ܡܝܢ܀ ܒܫܢܬ ܐܠܦܐ ܘܬܪ . . . ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ ܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ. ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܒܕ̈ܛܝܝܐ ܬܡـ. . . ܢ ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܪܘܢ܀ ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ. . . ܥܠܝ̈ܐ
"This New (Testament) was begun on the first of Ilūn (Ilūl), and finished when ten days of Shěbāt were passed; in the year 1012, according to the well-known era of the Greeks, which is, according to that of the Arabs,80; under the rule of the house of Marwān, in the days of …. [the Ishma]elites."Neither the mīm in the word ܬܡـ . . . ܢ , nor the rīsh in ܘܬܪ, is perfectly certain; but still there can be little doubt that the book was written in the reign of 'Abdu ‘l-Malik ibn Marwān, for A. H. 80=A. D. 699-700=A. Gr. 1011-12.
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