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Add. 14,462

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/139
Description based on Wright XCII (1:64-65) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Mixed Material Codex, 106 leaves.
Features: Decoration
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

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 Estrangela 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 Estrangela 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 Estrangela 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 Peshitta 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

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

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/139.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/139.

About this Entry

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

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