London, BL, Add. 14459
source date: 5th century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/132, Add. 14,459, London, BL, Add. 14,459, BL Add MS 14459

[This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.]

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/133, Add. 14,459, foll. 1–66, London, BL, Add. 14,459, foll. 1–66, BL Add MS 14459, foll. 1-66, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 90, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, XC

[This manuscript contains: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1-66
title: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
  Foll. 1-39
  title: Matthew
  Beginning with ch. vi. 20
  Foll. 39a-66
  title: Mark

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.

Vellum

66 ff. 8 × 4 7/8

The quires were 8 in number.

They seem to have been originally signed with arithmetical figures.See additions.

- The first three leaves are slightly stained.

- The first quire is now lost.

There are from 27 to 31 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written in a beautiful, Edessene Estrangela, apparently of the 5th century.

Perhaps of the 10th century. See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- 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.

- The ciphers on foll.1 a and 12 a are more recent

The present signatures on the quires are letters.

- Many lessons have been noted on the margins by later hands.

5th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 XC 1:64

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1171, Add. 14,459, fol. 12, upper text, London, BL, Add. 14,459, fol. 12, upper text, BL Add MS 14459, fol. 12, upper text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 90, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, XC

[This manuscript contains: The Gospel of S. Matthew. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

title: The Gospel of S. Matthew

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 [...] .

Vellum

1 f. 8 × 4 7/8

- Palimpsest.

There are from 27 to 31 lines in each page.

Perhaps of the xth cent. and was probably added by the same person who retouched foll. 1-3 [...] .

10th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 XC 1:64

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1577, Add. 14,459, fol. 12, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,459, fol. 12, lower text, BL Add MS 14459, fol. 12, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 90, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, XC

[This manuscript contains: Jeremiah, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

Fol. 12
title: Jeremiah, according to the Peshitta version
ch. xli. 4—10

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 [...] ).

Vellum

1 f. 8 × 4 7/8

- Palimpsest.

There are from 27 to 31 lines in each page.

Of the 6th century.

6th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 XC 1:64

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/134, Add. 14,459, foll. 67–169, London, BL, Add. 14,459, foll. 67–169, BL Add MS 14459, foll. 67-169, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 101, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CI

[This manuscript contains: The Last Two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 67b-169a
title: The Last Two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
See additions.
ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܐܘܢܓܠܣ̈ܛܐ ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܠܘܩܐ. ܝܘܚܢܢ.
  Foll. 67b-126
  title: Luke
  Foll. 126b-169a
  title: John

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.

Vellum

103 ff. 8 × 5

The quires, 11 in number, seem to have been originally signed with arithmetical figures.See additions.

- The last 8 of the leaves are much stained and soiled.

There are from 25 to 27 lines in each page.

The writing is a small, elegant Estrangela of the 6th cent, (between A.D. 530 and 540).

Of the 9th or 10th century. See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

See decoration notes.

See decoration notes.

On fol. 67 a there is an ornamental Cross, containing the words ܚܘܪ ܠܘܬܗ ܘܣܒܪ ܒܗ ܨܠܝܒܐ ܚܝܐ in a comparatively modern hand.

Coloured ornament on fol. 169b.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- The ciphers on fol. 67 a are more recent. The present signatures are letters (from ܛ to ܝܛ).

- 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).

- 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.

- Doxology Colophon

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.

- 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.

AG 84.. ca. AD 530-540

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 CI 1:67-68

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1172, Add. 14,459, fol. 74, upper text, London, BL, Add. 14,459, fol. 74, upper text, BL Add MS 14459, fol. 74, upper text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 101, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CI

[This manuscript contains: The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

title: The Gospel of S. Luke, according to the Peshitta version

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 [...] )

Vellum

1 f. 8 × 5

- Palimpsest.

A manuscript in double columns.

Of the ixth or xth cent..

9th or 10th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 CI 1:68

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1578, Add. 14,459, fol. 74, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,459, fol. 74, lower text, BL Add MS 14459, fol. 74, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 101, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CI

[This manuscript contains: Matthew, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

Fol. 74
title: Matthew, according to the Peshitta version
ch. iii. 6—9, 11—13, ch. iii. 16 —iv. 1, iv. 4—6

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 [...] ).

Vellum

1 f. 8 × 5

- Palimpsest.

A manuscript in double columns.

Of the 6th century.

6th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 CI 1:68