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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 (1:64) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 5th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 66 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

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. This manuscript is written in a beautiful, Edessene Estrangela, apparently of the vthcent.; with the exception of fol. 12, which 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 Estrangela, apparently of the 5th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): 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 3 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 Peshitta version [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1): Matthew [defective]
Note: Beginning with ch. vi. 20
Item 3 (Fol. 39a): Mark

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.Fol. 12 is palimpsest, the more ancient text being that of Jeremiah. See 2.
Addition 2: The ciphers on foll.1 a and 12 a are more recentThe present signatures on the quires are letters.
Addition 3: Many lessons have been noted on the margins by later hands.

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

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1171
Description based on Wright XC (1:64) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The Gospel of S. Matthew. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 in. by 4 7/8. This folio is palimpsest (see Add. 14,459 fol. 12, lower text ), perhaps of the xth cent. and was probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 1-3 .

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Perhaps of the xth cent. and was probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 1-3 .

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): The Gospel of S. Matthew

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

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1577
Description based on Wright XC (1:64) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Old Testament
This manuscript contains: Jeremiah, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 in. by 4 7/8. This folio is palimpsest, from a manuscript of the vith cent. (see Add. 14,459 fol. 12, upper text ).

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the 6th century.

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 Peshitta version
Note: ch. xli. 4—10

Add. 14,459, foll. 67–169

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/134
Description based on Wright CI (1:67-68) 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
This manuscript contains: The Last Two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

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. The writing is a small, elegant Estrangela of the vith cent, (between A.D. 530 and 540). Fol. 74 is a palimpsest leaf, probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 162 and 163.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): The writing is a small, elegant Estrangela of the 6th cent, (between A.D. 530 and 540).
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the 9th or 10th century. See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Greek script): See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See decoration notes.
Hand 7 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See decoration notes.
Decoration (Illustration): On fol. 67 a there is an ornamental Cross, containing the words ܚܘܪ ܠܘܬܗ ܘܣܒܪ ܒܗ ܨܠܝܒܐ ܚܝܐ in a comparatively modern hand.
Decoration (Ornamentation): Coloured ornament on fol. 169b.

Contents

This manuscript contains 3 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 Peshitta 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

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1: The ciphers on fol. 67 a are more recent. The present signatures are letters (from ܛ to ܝܛ).
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.Fol. 74 is a palimpsest leaf of the 9th or 10th century, the more ancient text being that of S. Matthew.
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.

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

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1172
Description based on Wright CI (1:68) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 in. by 5. This folio is a palimpsest leaf of the ixth or xth cent. (see Add. 14,459 fol. 74, lower text )

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the ixth or xth 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): The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version

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

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1578
Description based on Wright CI (1:68) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: Matthew, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 in. by 5. This folio is a palimpsest leaf from a manuscript in double columns of the vith cent. (see Add. 14,459 fol. 74, upper text ).

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): Of the 6th century.

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 Peshitta version
 
Title: ܕܡܬܝ
Note: ch. iii. 6—9, 11—13, ch. iii. 16 —iv. 1, iv. 4—6

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William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/132.

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/132.

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Entry Title: 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

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