London, BL, Add. 14461
source date: vith cent.
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/136, Add. 14,461, London, BL, Add. 14,461, BL Add MS 14461

[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/137, Add. 14,461, foll. 1–107, London, BL, Add. 14,461, foll. 1–107, BL Add MS 14461, foll. 1-107, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 94, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, XCIV

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

Syriac

Foll. 1b-107
title: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
The lessons are rubricated in the text.
  Foll. 1b-65
  title: S. Matthew
  The only portion missing is ch. vi. 3—20.
  Foll. 65b-107
  title: S. Mark

Vellum, about 9 in. by 5 3/4, consisting of 107 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 8 and 9. The quires, signed with letters, are 11 in number. A leaf is wanting after fol. 9. Each page has from 24 to 26 lines. This manuscript is written in a small, regular Estrangela of the vith cent., with the exception of foll. 58—67, which are in a more current hand of the ixth or xth cent.

Vellum

107 ff. 9 × 5 3/4

The quires, signed with letters, are 11 in number.

- Some of the leaves are slightly stained and torn, especially foll.8 and 9.

- A leaf is wanting after fol.9.

Each page has from 24 to 26 lines.

This manuscript is written in a small, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.

Foll.58—67, which are in a more current hand of the ixth or xth cent.

See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

[N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.]

- One or two lessons are marked on the margins by a later hand, e.g. fol. 104b.

- On fol. 107b, between the subscription of the Gospel of S. Mark and the doxology, there was a rubric of two lines, which has been carefully erased.

- Colophon

Of the writing on fol. 1a but little is now distinctly legible, which is to be regretted, as it seems to be a nearly contemporary notice of the taking of Damascus by the Arabs,A.D. 634-5. The two most important passages read as follows.

Line 8—12:

. . . ܘܒܟܢܘܢ ܚܪܝ ܫܩܠ ܡܠܬܐ ܠܚܝ̈ܝܗܘܢ

. . . ܘܩ̈ܘܪܝܣ ܣ̈ܓܝܬܐ ܐܚܪܒ ܒܩܛܠܐ ܡܢ

. . . ܘܥܡܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܬܩܛܠ ܘܫܒܝܬܐ

. . . ܡܢ ܓܠܝܢܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܒܝܬ . . .

. . .ܘܗܢܘܢ ܛܝ̈ܝܐ ܫܪܘ ܒܓܒ [ܝܬܐ]. . .

Line 17—24.:

. . . ܘܒܥܣܪܐ

. . . ܥܪܩ ܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ ܡܢ ܓܒ ܕܡܣܩܘܣ

. . . ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܝܟ ܐܠܦܐ ܥܣܪܐ. ܟܠܗ ܦ . .

(between the lines)ܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ

. . ܬܐ ܐܬܘ. ܒܥܣܪܝܢ ܒܐܒ ܒܫܢܬ ܬܫ. .

. . . ܢ ܘܫܒܥ ܐܬܟܢܫ ܒܓܒܝܬܐ. . .

ܕܪ̈ܘܡܝܐ ܘܥܡܐ ܣܓܝܐܐ ܐܬܩ[ܛܠ]. .

. . . ܒܫܢܬ ܬܫܥܡܐ ܘܐ . . .

The place called here ܓܒܝܬܐ, ( as it is known to the Arab historians). See Abulfedae Annales Muslemici, ed. Reiske andAdler, t. i. p. 223.

The date in lines 20—21 should probably be read:

ܒܫܢܬ ܬܫܥܡܐܐ ܘܐܪܒܥܝܢ

"in the year 947," which, deducting 312, gives A.D. 635.

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 XCIV 1:65-66

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/138, Add. 14,461, foll. 108–212, London, BL, Add. 14,461, foll. 108–212, BL Add MS 14461, foll. 108-212, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 102, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CII

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

Syriac

Foll. 108a-212
title: The last two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
The lessons are rubricated in the text.
  Foll. 108a-168a
  title: S. Luke
  Foll. 169a-212
  title: S. John
  Missing portions : ch. xvi. 16—xvii. 4, xvii. 11—13; xix. 19— xxi. 8, and xxi. 18 to the end.

Vellum, about 9 in. by 5 ¾ , consisting of 105 leaves (Add. 14,461, foll. 108 —212), some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 128, 196, 207, and 210 —212. The quires, signed with letters (from ܝܒonwards), are 11 in number. Leaves are wanting at the end, and also after foll. 206 and 211. There are from 24 to 27 lines in each page. This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the ixthor xthcent., but has been unskillfully retouched in many places..

Vellum

105 ff. 9 × 5 3/4

The quires, signed with letters (from ܝܒ onwards), are 11 in number.

- Some leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.128, 196, 207, and 210 — 212.

- Leaves are wanting at the end, and also after foll.206 and 211.

There are from 24 to 27 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the ixth or xth cent.

This manuscript has been unskillfully retouched in many places.See additions.

- At the end of the Gospel of S. Luke, fol. 168b, the following words are written over an erasure, alluding to the unskillful retouching of many of the pages.

ܐܝܟܢ ܙܕܩ ܠܡ̇ܢ ܕܠܐ ܡܦ̣ܣ ܒܟܬܝܒܬܐ̣. ܕܢܡܪܚ ܘܢܣܪܘܚ ܠܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܗܢܐ. ܚܠܦ ܕܢܢܗܪܗ ܣ̇ܪܚܗ.

The culprit of the unskillful retouching was an Arab, as some of his corrections have the wordappended; e.g. foll.163, 199b.

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 CII 1:68