Add. 14,454

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/127

Description based on Wright LXXXVII (62)

Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record

Date: 6th or 7th century

Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 131 leaves.

Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts

The first three Gospels, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version; The Ammonian sections and Eusebian canons; Harmony of the four Gospels

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, 7th and 14th are 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.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This volume is made up of two parts, foll. 1—54 and foll. 55—131, both written in a fine, regular Esṭrangĕlā of the vith or viith 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 Pĕshīṭtā 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 Pĕshīṭtā version

Item 3 (Fol. 55a): The Gospel of S. Mark, according to the Pĕshīṭtā 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 Pĕshīṭtā 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.

How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14454” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/127.

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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14454.” In , edited by ., edited by D. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/127.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14454

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David A. Michelson, Daniel J. Greeson, Tucker D. Hannah, and Robert Aydin, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14454”

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Created by Tucker D. Hannah
Edited by Daniel J. Greeson
Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
Project management by Elizabeth Walston
English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban
Editorial review by Giulia Seclì
Record proofreading by Ziyan Zhang
Record proofreading by Kurt Urban

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