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Add. 14,479

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/164
Description based on Wright CXXXV (1:86) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: AD 534 / AG 845
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Mixed Material Codex, 101 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: New Testament
This manuscript contains: The Epistles of S. Paul, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 15 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 7/8 in. by 5 1/2, consisting of 101 leaves, some of which are much stained and slightly torn, especially foll. 2, 3, 7, 21, 30 and 101. The quires, 11 in number, are now signed with letters; what the original signatures were, does not appear. Each page has from 25 to 33 lines. This volume is written in a small, elegant, Edessene Estrangela, and dated A.Gr. 845, A.D. 534; with the exception of fol. 1, which is of the xiithcent., and foll. 29 and 38, which are paper leaves of the xiiithcent. Numerous Syriac vowels and signs of punctuation have been added by a Nestorian hand, as well as a few Greek vowels by another reader

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This volume is written in a small, elegant, Edessene Estrangela, and dated A.Gr. 845, A.D. 534. See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, East Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, West Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 7 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): The Epistles of S. Paul, according to the Peshitta version
  Colophon: See additions.   Subscription (Fol. 101a): ܫܠܡ: ܠܡܟܬܒ: ܒܟܬܒܐ: ܗܢܐ: ܐܓܪ̈ܬܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܣܪܐ: ܕܦܘܠܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ: ܛܘܒܢܐ ܐܪܕܝܟܠܐ: ܚܟܝܡܐ: ܘܡܒܢܝܢܐ: ܕܥܕ̈ܬܐ ܨܠܘ ܥܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܟܬܒ ܕܡܪܢ ܢܥܕܪܝܘܗܝ ܘܢܚܝܠܝܘܗܝ ܒܨܠܘܬ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ܀  Colophon: See additions.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): Romans
  Subscription (Fol. 21): ܫܠܡܬ: ܐܓܪܬܐ: ܕܠܘܬ: ܪ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ ܕܐܬܟܬܒܬ: ܡܢ
Item 3 (Fol. 21a): 1 Corinthians
Item 4 (Fol. 41b): 2 Corinthians
Item 5 (Fol. 54b): Galatians
Item 6 (Fol. 60b): Ephesians
Item 7 (Fol. 66b): Philippians
Item 8 (Fol. 70b): Colossians
Item 9 (Fol. 74a): 1 Thessalonians
Item 10 (Fol. 77b): 2 Thessalonians
Item 11 (Fol. 79b): 1 Timothy
Item 12 (Fol. 83b): 2 Timothy
Item 13 (Fol. 87a): Titus
Item 14 (Fol. 88b): Philemon
Item 15 (Fol. 89b): Hebrews

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1: The quires are now signed with letters.
Addition 2: Fol. 1 is of the 12th century.
Addition 3: Foll. 29 and 38 are paper leaves of the 13th century.
Addition 4: Numerous Syriac vowels and signs of punctuation have been added by a Nestorian hand.
Addition 5: A few Greek vowels have been added by another reader.
Addition 6 (Fol. 101b): Doxology: ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܢ ܡܫܒܚܬܐ ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ
Addition 7 (Fol. 101b): After the doxology, there stands a note, portions of which have been designedly erased, stating that this manuscript was written at the expense of a person from the village of Bĕ-'Aital, in the district of Hims or Emesa, for the library of a certain convent, at Edessa, in the year 845, A.D. 534: ܐܬܚܦܛ ܕܝܢ ܘܥܒܕ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܪ . . . ܡܢ ܒܥܝܬܠ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܕܟܘܪܐ ܕܚܡܨ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܒܪܗ . . . ܠܥܘܡܪܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܡܪܝ . . . ܡܫܝܚܐ ܗܟܝܠ ܡܐ ܕܐܬܐ ܒܫܘܒܚܐ ܕܐܒܘܗܝ ܥܡ ܡܠܐܟ̈ܘܗܝ ܩܕ̈ܝܫܐ ܢܫܘܬܦܝܘܗܝ ܘܢܥܡܪܝܘܗܝ ܒܐܘ̈ܢܐ ܕܢܟ̈ܦܐ ܕܫܦܪ ܩܕܡܘܗܝ. ܘܢܘܕܐ ܒܗ ܩܕܡ ܐܒܘܗܝ ܕܒܫܡܝܐ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܫܐܠ ܠܗ ܠܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܐܘ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܡܢܗ ܐܘ . . . ܟܬܝܒ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܒܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ ܒܫܢܬ ܬܡܢܡܐܐ ܘܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܘܚܡܫ.
Addition 8 (Fol. 101b): Underneath this there are some lines of more modern writing, now almost wholly effaced.
Addition 9 (Fol. 1a): Fol. 1 a contains Rom. i. 1—10 in a comparatively modern hand.

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