Add. 14,462
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/139
Date:
6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Mixed Material Codex, 106 leaves.
Features:
Decoration
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
The first two Gospels, according to the Pěshiṭtā version
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 7/8 in. by 5 1/2, consisting of 106 leaves, some of which arc slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 8, 73—75, 105, and 106. The quires, 12 in number, are signed with letters. A leaf is wanting at the beginning. Each page has from 21 to 27 lines. This manuscript is written by two hands (foll. 1—68 a, and fol. 68 b—106), in a fine, regular Esṭrangělā of the vithcent., with the exception of fol. 8, which is a comparatively modern paper leaf.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This manuscript is written by two hands (foll. 1—68 a, and fol. 68 b—106), in a fine, regular Esṭrangělā of the 6th century. Nonnus. See decoration notes and additions.
Hand 2 (major, Estrangela script):
This manuscript is written by two hands (foll. 1—68 a, and fol. 68 b—106), in a fine, regular Esṭrangělā of the 6th century.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Decoration (Ornamentation):
An ornament separates the doxology after the Gospel of S. Matthew from the scribe identification.
Decoration (Ornamentation):
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The first two Gospels, according to the Pěshiṭtā version [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Matthew [defective]
Subscription (Fol. 68a):
ܫܠܡ. ܠܡܟܬܒ. ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ̇ ܩܕܝܫܐ. ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ.. ܕܡܬܝ .. ܫܠܝܚܐ. ܕܡܠܠ .. ܝܘܢܐܝܬ .. ܒܪܗܘܡܐ.
Colophon:
See below.
Note: Commencing with ch. i. 11.
Item 3 (Fol. 68b): Mark
Notes:
- The old text is complete, with subscription; the later one reaches only as far as the words ܕܡܠܠ ܥܡܗܘܢ in ch. xvi. 19.
- Of the lessons some are rubricated in the text, but only in the Gospel of S. Mark
Additions
Addition 1:
Other lessons have been noted on the margins, throughout the volume, by a later hand.
Addition 2 (Fol. 8):
Fol. 8 is a comparatively modern paper leaf.
Addition 3 (Fol. 68a):
At the foot of fol. 68a, after the doxology, stand the words
ܢܘܢܐ ܟܬ݁[ܒܬ],
"I Nonnus, have written,"
separated by an ornament.
Addition 4 (Fol. 106):
The last page has been entirely rewritten by a modern hand, which has also retouched
several other pages.
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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14462” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/139.
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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14462
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Additional Credit:
- 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
- Editorial review by Andrew Tucker
- Record proofreading by Ziyan Zhang
- Record proofreading by Kurt Urban
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