Add. 14,460
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/135
Date:
AD 600 / AG 911
Origin: Tel-Dīnawar in the district of Beth-Nūhadrā
East Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 104 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
The four Gospels according to the Pěshiṭtā version, prefixed by a hymn or prayer
Physical Description
Vellum, about 7 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 104 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1 —11, 28, 29, and 101 —104. The quires, 11 in number, are now signed with letters; what the original signatures were, if any, does not appear. A leaf is wanting after fol. 6. The number of lines in each page varies from 30 to 37. This manuscript is written in a small and beautiful Nestorian Esṭrangělā, and dated A. Gr. 911, A.D. 600. Several pages have been re-touched by a modern hand, especially fol. 29a.
Hand 1 (major, East Syriac script):
This manuscript is written in a small and beautiful Nestorian Esṭrangělā, and dated
A. Gr. 911, A.D. 600. See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
A modern hand. Responsible for writing on fol. 1a
. See additions also.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): The four Gospels according to the Pěshiṭtā version, prefixed by a hymn or prayer [defective]
Colophon:
See additions.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Seems, so far as it is legible, to be part of a hymn or prayer
Item 3 (Fol. 1b): The four Gospels according to the Pěshiṭtā version [defective]
Colophon:
See additions.
Note: The larger sections are marked on the margins.
Item 4 (Fol. 1b): Matthew [defective]
Note: The missing portion is ch. vii. 18—viii. 26.
Item 5 (Fol. 29b): Mark
Item 6 (Fol. 46a): Luke
Title: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܠܘܩܐ ܚ[ܕ] ܡܢ ܫܒܥܝܢ ܫܠܝ̈[ܚܐ.]
Title: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܠܘܩܐ ܚ[ܕ] ܡܢ ܫܒܥܝܢ ܫܠܝ̈[ܚܐ.]
Item 7 (Fol. 78a): John
Subscription (Fol. 104a): At the end of the subscription to the last Gospel, fol. 104 a, we have the doxology:
Excerpt: ܫܘܒܚܐ ܡܢ ܟܠ ܥܠ ܟܠ ܠܡܪܝܐ ܟܠ ܡܫܡܠܐ ܟܠ ܒܫܘܡܠܝܗ ܐܡܝܢ.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Lessons have been noted in many places by later hands.
Addition 2:
Several pages have been re-touched by a modern hand, especially fol. 29 a.
Addition 3 (Fol. 104a):
Under the doxology, there stands a note, partially effaced and torn, which states
that the volume was written at
Tel-Dīnawar in the district of Beth-Nūhadrā,See Assemani, Bibl. Orient., t. iii. pars 2, pag. DCCXLIII., art. Dinur, and pag. DCCLXIX., art. Nuhadra. He is mistaken in his identification of the latter with Nehardea. A. Gr. 911, A.D. 600,
in the tenth year of the reign of
Khusrau
(Parwīz,
Chosroes II.,
A.D. 591—628).
From this note we learn too that there was a Nestorian school or college at Dīnawar
.
ܐܫܬܠܡ ܕܝܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܡـ[ܩܕܫܐ ܒ]ܫ[ܢܬ] ܬܫܥܡܐܐ ܘܚܕܥܣܪܐ ܒܕܝ̈ܘܢܝܐ. ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܒܕ .
. . ܫܢܬ ܥܣܪ ܕܟܘܣܪܘ ܡܠܟ ܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܒܬܠܕܝܢܘ[ܪ]. ܕܒܐܬܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ. ܒܡܠܦܢܘܬܐ ܕܡ̈ـ . . ܘܕܚ̈ܠܝ
ܠܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝ ܒܕܒܘ (؟) ܩܫܝܫܐ ܘܡـ . . . ܐܠܗ̈ܝܐ. ܘܡܪܝ ܚܒܝܒܝ ܡـ[ܩܪܝܢـ]ܐ. ܘ. . . ܩܫܝܫܐ ܡܗܓܝܢܐ.
ܘܡܪܝ ܙܟܪܝܐ ܕ . . . ܕܐܣܟܘܠܐ. ܘܝܘܣܦ ܕܘܟܣ. ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܗ̇ܘ ܟܝܢܐ ܣܓܝܕܐ ܕܫ[ܪܝ]. . . ܘܫܠܡ ܥܡܢ
ܒܡܪܚܡܢܘܬܗ ܒܪܝ . . . ܠܫܡܗ ܠܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ܀
ܣܪܛ ܕܝܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܬܪܝܢ ܡܐ . . . [ܕܟܝـ]ܪܝܢ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܐܟ̈ܣܢܝܐ. . . [ܘܚ]ܢܢ ܢܬܥܕܪ ܒܨܠܘ̈ܬܗܘܢ
ܐܝܢ [ܘܐܡܝܢ.]
Addition 4 (Fol. 106b):
The modern writing on fol. 106b is a statement of the number of ܦ̈ܬܓܡܐ or versicles in the four Gospels.
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