London, BL, Add. 14479
source date: A.Gr. 845
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/164, Add. 14,479, London, BL, Add. 14,479, BL Add MS 14479, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 135, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CXXXV

[This manuscript contains: The Epistles of S. Paul, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 15 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1b-101a
title: The Epistles of S. Paul, according to the Peshitta version
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ܫܠܡ: ܠܡܟܬܒ: ܒܟܬܒܐ: ܗܢܐ: ܐܓܪ̈ܬܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܣܪܐ: ܕܦܘܠܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ: ܛܘܒܢܐ ܐܪܕܝܟܠܐ: ܚܟܝܡܐ: ܘܡܒܢܝܢܐ: ܕܥܕ̈ܬܐ ܨܠܘ ܥܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܟܬܒ ܕܡܪܢ ܢܥܕܪܝܘܗܝ ܘܢܚܝܠܝܘܗܝ ܒܨܠܘܬ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ܀
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  Foll. 1b-21
  title: Romans
  ܫܠܡܬ: ܐܓܪܬܐ: ܕܠܘܬ: ܪ̈ܗܘܡܝܐ ܕܐܬܟܬܒܬ: ܡܢ
  Foll. 21a-41
  title: 1 Corinthians
  Foll. 41b-54
  title: 2 Corinthians
  Foll. 54b-60
  title: Galatians
  Foll. 60b-66
  title: Ephesians
  Foll. 66b-70
  title: Philippians
  Foll. 70b-74
  title: Colossians
  Foll. 74a-77
  title: 1 Thessalonians
  Foll. 77b-79
  title: 2 Thessalonians
  Foll. 79b-83
  title: 1 Timothy
  Foll. 83b-87
  title: 2 Timothy
  Foll. 87a-88
  title: Titus
  Foll. 88b-89
  title: Philemon
  Foll. 89b-101a
  title: Hebrews

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

Vellum

101 ff. 8 7/8 × 5 1/2

The quires were 11 in number. What the original signatures were, does not appear.

- Some of the leaves are much stained and slightly torn, especially foll.2, 3, 7, 21, 30 and 101.

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. See additions.

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[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.]

- The quires are now signed with letters.

- Fol. 1 is of the 12th century.

- Foll. 29 and 38 are paper leaves of the 13th century.

- Numerous Syriac vowels and signs of punctuation have been added by a Nestorian hand.

- A few Greek vowels have been added by another reader.

- Doxology

Doxology:

ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܢ ܡܫܒܚܬܐ ܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ ܘܐܡܝܢ

- Colophon Ownership Inscription

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.

- Underneath this there are some lines of more modern writing, now almost wholly effaced.

- Fol. 1 a contains Rom. i. 1—10 in a comparatively modern hand.

AG 845 AD 534

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 CXXXV 1:86