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Add. 14,631

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/378
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Add. 14,631, foll. 1–16

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/379
Description based on Wright DCCCCLXXII (3:1149) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 16 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Single Lives
This manuscript contains: Part of a life of Dioscorus I., patriarch of Alexandria, the successor of Cyril (See Renaudot, Hist. Patr. Alexandrin. Jacobit., p. 114, and Le Quien, Oriens Christ., t. ii., col. 409 ), written by his disciple Theopistus, Θεόπιστος , ܬܐܘܒܝܣܛܘܣ (fol. 1b., 12a) in the Pentapolis or Cyrenaica, shortly after the death of Dioscorus; Extract from a letter of Jacob of Edessa to the deacon Bar-had-be-shabba, against the adherents of the Council of Chalcedon. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 7 1/8 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 16 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 9, 12, 15, and 16. The quires are signed with letters, but only ܘ is complete. Many leaves are wanting both at the beginning and end, and there is a lacuna after fol. 10. There are from 21 to 25 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 2 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 1): Part of a life of Dioscorus I., patriarch of Alexandria, the successor of Cyril written by his disciple Theopistus, Θεόπιστος, ܬܐܘܒܝܣܛܘܣ (fol. 1b., 12a) in the Pentapolis or Cyrenaica, shortly after the death of Dioscorus
Notes:
  • *See Renaudot, Hist. Patr. Alexandrin. Jacobit., p. 114, and Le Quien, Oriens Christ., t. ii., col. 409
  • See fol. 13 a at the foot: ܗܝܕܝܢ ܐܬ݀ܕܟܪܬ ܡ̈ܠܘܗܝ ܕܐܒܐ ܕܝܠܝ ܕܐܬܢܒܝ ܥܠܝ ܘܐܡ̣ܪ ܕܩܝܢܕܝܢܘܣ ܪܒܐ ܐܬ̇ܐ ܥܠܝܟ. ܘܒܪܫܥܬܗ ܫ̇ܢܝܬ ܠܝ̣ ܠܦܢܛܐܦܘܠܝܣ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ̣ ܘܐܬ̇ܛ̇ܫܝܬ ܒܗ̇. ܘܬܡܢ ܐܟ̇ܬܒܬ ܠܗܕܐ ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܐܒܘܢ ܚܣܝܐ ܘܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܕܝܣܩܪܘܣ. ܘܡ̇ܘܕܐ ܐܢܐ ܩܕܡ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܫܪܪܐ ܐܟ݁ܬܒܬ. ܏ܘܫ.
Item 2 (Fol. 14b): Extract from a letter of Jacob of Edessa to the deacon Bar-had-be-shabba, against the adherents of the Council of Chalcedon [defective]
 
Title: ܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܢ ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܫܡܫܐ ܒܪܚܕܒܫܒܐ. ܠܘܩܒܠ ܟܠܩܝ̈ܕܘܢܝܐ.
Note: Imperfect at the end.

Add. 14,631, foll. 17–44

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/380
Description based on Wright DCCCCXXXIII (3:1080) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 28 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Lives
This manuscript contains: Anecdotes of holy men and women, chiefly Egyptian, from the earliest times down to the end of the vth cent. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 7 1/4 in. by 5 1/4, consisting of 28 leaves (Add. 14,631, foll. 17—44), some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 25, 33, 35, and 44. The quires, now only three in number, are signed with letters. One leaf is missing at the beginning, and another after fol. 24; how much is wanting at the end, cannot be determined. There are from 25 to 33 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a small, neat hand of the ixth or xth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 17): Anecdotes of holy men and women, chiefly Egyptian, from the earliest times down to the end of the vth cent. [defective]
Note: They are numbered with red letters on the margin, as far as ܦܕ. Only the first anecdote is altogether wanting, but ܒ, ܟܐ, ܟܒ, and ܦܕ, are more or less imperfect.

Add. 14,631, foll. 45–53, upper text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/381
Description based on Wright DCCCVII (2:815) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 9 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Part of a prayer; Questions addressed by the priest Sergius to John bar Cyriacus, bishop of Tellā, with the replies of the latter; Questions addressed by the priest Addai to Jacob of Edessa, with the replies of the latter; A calendar of Saints' days; Unspecified contents. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 7 3/4 in. by 5 1/8, consisting of 9 leaves (Add. 14,631, foll. 45 — 53), of which the first and last are much stained and torn. There are from 29 to 39 lines in each page.

Fol. 45 is palimpsest. The more ancient text is Coptic, written in double columns, in uncial characters of about the viith cent. Perhaps the leaf belonged to the palimpsest that appears in Add. 17,183.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is good and regular, partly Estrangela, partly current, of the ixth or xth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 5 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 45a): Part of a prayer
Item 2 (Fol. 45a): Questions addressed by the priest Sergius to John bar Cyriacus, bishop of Tellā, with the replies of the latter
 
Title: ܫ̈ܘܐܠܐ ܕܫܐܠ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܣܪܓܝܣ. ܠܚܣܝܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܬܠܐ ܕܡܘܙܠܬ. ܐܝܬ ܠܗܘܢ ܛܟܣܐ ܕܩ̈ܢܘܢܐ  Subscription (Fol. 49a): ܫܠܡ ܩ̈ܢܘܢܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܩܘܣ
Notes:
  • These are also called the Canons of John of Tellā
  • See Lamy, Dissert, de Syrorum fide et disciplina in re Eucharistica, p. 62.
Item 3 (Fol. 49a): Questions addressed by the priest Addai to Jacob of Edessa, with the replies of the latter
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ ܫ̈ܘܐܠܐ ܕܫܐܠܗ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܐܕܝ
Note: See de Lagarde, Reliquiae juris ecclesiast. antiquiss.,19.1 p. ܩܟܕ, and Lamy, Dissert. de Syr. fide etc., p. 98.
Item 4 (Fol. 52b): A calendar of Saints' days [defective]
 
Title: [ܩܘܕܝܟـ]ـܣ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܛܘܟܣܐ ܕܕܘܟܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ ܕܒܐܝܢܐ ܕܗ̣ܘ ܝܘܡܐ ܐܘ . . . ܕܟܪܘܟܝܐ ܕܟܠܗ̇ ܫܢܬܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 53b): Unspecified contents [defective]
Note: Fol. 53 b was also covered with writing by the same hand, but this leaf is so much mutilated, that it is impossible to say what the subject was.

Add. 14,631, fol. 45, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1487
Description based on Wright DCCCVII (2:815) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th century
Unspecified Coptic script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Unspecified contents. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

This folio is palimpsest. The more ancient text is Coptic, written in double columns, in uncial characters of about the viith cent. Perhaps the leaf belonged to the palimpsest that appears in Add. 17,183.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Coptic script): The more ancient text is Coptic, written in double columns, in uncial characters of about the viith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 45a): Unspecified contents

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14631” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/378.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14631.” In A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/378.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14631

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • David A. Michelson, general editor, Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal
  • , editor, A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library
  • William Wright, David A. Michelson, Robert Aydin, Lindsay Ruth, Justin Arnwine, and Roman Brasoveanu, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14631”

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Lindsay Ruth
  • Created by Roman Brasoveanu
  • Created by Justin Arnwine
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by William L. Potter
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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