Add. 14,454
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/127
Date:
6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 131 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament
This manuscript contains: The first three Gospels, according to the Peshitta version; The Ammonian sections and Eusebian canons; Harmony of the four Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 10 1/4 in. by 9 1/8, consisting of 131 leaves, several of which are much stained and soiled, especially foll. 1—3, 38, 39, 53, and 54 The number of quires is now 14, of which the 6th, 7thand 14thare imperfect. How the first six quires were signed does not appear; the last eight are signed with arithmetical figures (e.g.fol. 55 a, %; fol. 64a,%;fol. 74a,%; fol. 84a,%, etc.). Leaves are wanting after foll. 54 and 61. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 22 to 27 lines. This volume is made up of two parts, foll. 1—54 and foll. 55—131, both written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the vithor viithcent.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
Written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the 6th or 7th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Greek script):
A Greek hand.See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): The first three Gospels, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Notes:
- This volume is made up of two parts, foll. 1—54 and foll. 55—131
- Of the lessons, some are noted with red ink in the text throughout the volume.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The Gospel of S. Matthew, according to the Peshitta version
Item 3 (Fol. 55a): The Gospel of S. Mark, according to the Peshitta version
Note: Beginning with ch. iv. 37. One leaf, containing ch. viii. 8—30, is also missing.
Item 4 (Fol. 79a): The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version
Note: Ending with ch. xxiii. 55.
Item 5 (Fol. 1): The Ammonian sections and Eusebian canons
Note: In the first part of the manuscript, foll. 1—54, the Ammonian sections and Eusebian canons are rubricated in the text.
Item 6 (Fol. 1): Harmony of the four Gospels
Note: In the first part of the manuscript, foll. 1—54, there is a harmony of the four Gospels at the foot of each page.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
A few of the canons have also been marked by a Greek hand.
Addition 2:
Many more lessons have been marked by different hands on the margins.
Addition 3 (Fol. 1a):
On fol. 1 a there are two notes, one of which is so much effaced that only a word here and there is legible, amongst others
ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ,
"of S. George," in the third line.
Addition 4 (Fol. 1a):
The other note, which is also partially erased, contains one of the usual anathemas:
ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܫ̇ܩܠ ܠܗ ܠܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܘܕܐܘ̈ܢܓܠܝܣܛܐ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ. . . ܠܝܬ ܫܘܠܛܢܐ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ. ... ܐܠܐ ܐܢ ܐܫܬܐ ܝܪ̈ܚܝܢ. ܘܟܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܗܦܟ ܠܗ ܬܚܝܬ ܦܣܩܐ ܐܝܬܗܘܝ. ܟܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܠܚܐ ܠܥܘܗܕܢܐ ܗܢܐ ܬܚܝܬ ܦܣܩܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ.
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