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Add. 14,459

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/132
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Add. 14,459, foll. 1–66

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/133
Description based on Wright XC (64) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 5th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 66 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
The first two Gospels, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 66 leaves, the first three of which are slightly stained. The quires were 8 in number, but the first is now lost. They seem to have been originally signed with arithmetical figures (though the ciphers on foll. 1a and 12a are more recent), but the present signatures are letters. There are from 27 to 31 lines in each page. Fol. 12, which is palimpsest (see

  • Add. 14,459 fol. 12, lower text
    • ), was probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 1—3.

    Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a beautiful, Edessene Esṭrangělā, apparently of the 5th century.
    Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Fol. 12's upper text is perhaps of the 10th century. See additions.
    Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 4 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 1): The first two Gospels, according to the Pěshiṭtā version [defective]
    Item 2 (Fol. 1): Matthew [defective]
    Note: Beginning with ch. vi. 20
    Item 3 (Fol. 39a): Mark

    Add. 14,459, fol. 12, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1577
    Description based on Wright XC (64) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 6th century
    Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    Jeremiah, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 in. by 4 7/8. This folio is palimpsest.

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the vith cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 12): Jeremiah, according to the Pěshiṭtā version
    Note: Ch. xli. 4—10

    Additions

    N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
    Addition 1: Fol. 12 was probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 1—3.
    Addition 2: The ciphers on foll.1 a and 12 a are more recent
    Addition 3: Many lessons have been noted on the margins by later hands.

    Add. 14,459, fol. 12, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1577
    Description based on Wright XC (64) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 6th century
    Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    Jeremiah, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 in. by 4 7/8. This folio is palimpsest.

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the vith cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 12): Jeremiah, according to the Pěshiṭtā version
    Note: Ch. xli. 4—10

    Add. 14,459, foll. 67–169

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/134
    Description based on Wright CI (67-68) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: ca. AD 530-540 / AG 84..
    Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 103 leaves.
    Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
    The Last Two Gospels, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 in. by 5, consisting of 103 leaves, the last 8 of which are much stained and soiled (Add. 14,459, foll. 67—169). The quires, 11 in number, seem to have been originally signed with arithmetical figures (though the ciphers on fol. 67 aare more recent), but the present signatures are letters (from ܛto ܝܛ). There are from 25 to 27 lines in each page. Fol. 74 is a palimpsest leaf (see

  • Add. 14,459 fol. 74, lower text
    • ), probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 162 and 163.

    Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): The writing is a small, elegant Esṭrangělā of the 6th cent, (between A.D. 530 and 540).
    Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Fol. 74's upper text is of the 9th or 10th century. See additions.
    Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
    Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Greek script): See additions.
    Decoration (Illustration): On fol. 67 a there is an ornamental Cross. See additions.
    Decoration (Ornamentation): There is a coloured ornament on fol. 169b.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 4 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 67b): The Last Two Gospels, according to the Pěshiṭtā version
      Colophon: See additions.   Subscription (Fol. 169a): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܐܘܢܓܠܣ̈ܛܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܠܘܩܐ. ܝܘܚܢܢ.
    Item 2 (Fol. 67b): Luke
    Item 3 (Fol. 126b): John

    Add. 14,459, fol. 74, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1578
    Description based on Wright CI (68) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 6th century
    Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    Matthew, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 in. by 5. This folio is a palimpsest leaf from a manuscript in double columns.

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the vith cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 74): Matthew, according to the Pěshiṭtā version
     
    Title:     ܕܡܬܝ
    Note: Ch. iii. 6—9, 11—13, ch. iii. 16 —iv. 1, iv. 4—6

    Additions

    N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
    Addition 1: The ciphers on fol. 67 a are more recent.
    Addition 2: Many lessons have been noted on the margins by later hands, sometimes in barbarous Greek (e. g. foll.94 a, 105 b, 107 b, 110 b).
    Addition 3: Fol. 74 is a palimpsest leaf, probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 162 and 163.
    Addition 4 (Fol. 169b): On fol. 169 b we have the ordinary doxology; and under it, at some distance below the coloured ornament, there is a note, much injured and effaced, containing the date: ܐܫܬܠܡ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܒܝܪܚ . . . ܐܡܢܡܐܐ ܘܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ . . . “This book was finished in the month of . . . ,(in the year) 84 . . (of the Greeks), i. e.A.D. 53 . . . From the remaining lines of the note it can be gathered that this manuscript was written at some person's expense, as a present to a church or monastery.
    Addition 5 (Fol. 169b): Of the later writing, with which the greater part of this page is covered, but little is distinctly legible. The name of a village called Kěphar-Těkīrīn, ܩܪܝܬܐ ܪܚܡܬ ܠܡܫܝܚܐ ܟܦܪ ܬܟܝܪܝܢ occurs several times.
    : The ornamental Cross on fol. 67 a contains the words ܚܘܪ ܠܘܬܗ ܘܣܒܪ ܒܗ ܨܠܝܒܐ ܚܝܐ in a comparatively modern hand.

    Add. 14,459, fol. 74, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1578
    Description based on Wright CI (68) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 6th century
    Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    Matthew, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

    Physical Description

    Vellum, about 8 in. by 5. This folio is a palimpsest leaf from a manuscript in double columns.

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the vith cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 74): Matthew, according to the Pěshiṭtā version
     
    Title:     ܕܡܬܝ
    Note: Ch. iii. 6—9, 11—13, ch. iii. 16 —iv. 1, iv. 4—6

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    Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14459

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    • David A. Michelson, Tucker D. Hannah, and Robert Aydin, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14459”

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    • Created by Tucker D. Hannah
    • Based on the work of William Wright
    • Edited by Tucker D. Hannah
    • 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
    • Decoration information encoded by Alexys Ahn
    • Decorations identified and categorized by Beth Maczka
    • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban
    • Editorial review by Maria S. Thomas
    • Record proofreading by Soonmin Kwon
    • Record proofreading by Claire Chen

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