Add. 14,467

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/148

Description based on Wright XCVII (1:66-67)

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Date: early 10th century

Unspecified Arabic script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 15 leaves.

Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament

This manuscript contains: Fragments of the Gospels of S. Matthew and S. John, according to the Peshitta version, with an Arabic translation, written in parallel columns. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 10 in. by 6 3/4, consisting of 15 leaves, several of which are more or less stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 14 and 15. The quires were signed with letters (fol. 9, ܝܙ) . Each page: is divided into two columns, of from 26 to 37 lines. The one column is written in a good, clear, Nestorian character, of the first half of the xth cent., with occasional vowel-points and signs of punctuation; the other in a fine Arabic hand of the same date, with but few diacritical points

Hand 1 (major, East Syriac script): The one column is written in a good, clear, Nestorian character, of the first half of the xth cent., with occasional vowel-points and signs of punctuation.

Hand 2 (major, Unspecified Arabic script): The other column in a fine Arabic hand of the same date, with but few diacritical points.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.

Item 1 (Fol. 1): Fragments of the Gospels of S. Matthew and S. John, according to the Peshitta version, with an Arabic translation, written in parallel columns [defective]

Note:

The manuscript of which these leaves once formed part, is now deposited in the University Library of Leipzig, having been brought from the convent of S. Mary Deipara, along with other fragments, by Dr. Tischendorf. See his Tischendorf, “Anecdota Sacra et Profana” (Leipzg, 1861), p. 65. It has been carefully described and examined by Dr. Gildemeister in his treatise Gildemeister, "de Evangeliis in Arabicum e Simplici Syriaca translatis Commentatio Academica," Bonn, 1865.

The larger sections are marked both in the Syriac and Arabic texts (see in particular foll. 5a and 10a).

Item 2 (Fol. 1): Fragments of the Gospel of S. Matthew [defective]

Note:

Contains ch. vii. 22—xi. 1, xi. 22— xii. 10, and xvi. 21—xvii. 13.

Item 3 (Fol. 1): According to the Peshitta version. [defective]

Note:

With an Arabic translation, in parallel columns.

Item 4 (Fol. 1): According to the Peshitta version, in Arabic translation. [defective]

Note:

Parallel column to Syriac translation

Item 5 (Fol. 9): Fragments of the Gospel of S. John [defective]

Note:

Contains ch. viii. 59—x. 18, xvi. 13—xviii. 3, and xix. 27—xx. 25.

Item 6 (Fol. 1): According to the Peshitta version. [defective]

Note:

With an Arabic translation, in parallel columns.

Item 7 (Fol. 1): According to the Peshitta version, in Arabic translation. [defective]

Note:

Parallel column to Syriac translation

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/148.

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/148.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14467

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Created by Daniel J. Greeson
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
Locus information for manuscript items added by Ziyan Zhang
Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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