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Add. 14,460

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/135
Description based on Wright LXXVI (1:52-53) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
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
This manuscript contains: The four Gospels according to the Peshitta version, prefixed by a hymn or prayer. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.

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 Estrangela, 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 Estrangela, 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 Peshitta 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 Peshitta 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 ܠܘܩܐܚ [ܚܕ] ܡܢ ܫܒܥܝܢܫܠܝ̈ [ܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ] .
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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William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/135.

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William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/135.

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