London, BL, Add. 14484
source date: 5th or 6th century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/169, Add. 14,484, London, BL, Add. 14,484, BL Add MS 14484

[This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.]

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/170, Add. 14,484, foll. 1–8, London, BL, Add. 14,484, foll. 1–8, BL Add MS 14484, foll. 1-8, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 158, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLVIII

[This manuscript contains: Portions of an apocryph, of which the running title is "the Obsequies of my Lady Mary". In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

Foll. 1-8
title: Portions of an apocryph, of which the running title is "the Obsequies of my Lady Mary"
The text has been published, with an English translation, in Wright's "Contributions to the Apocryphal Literature of the N. T.”

Vellum, about 10 3/4 in. by 8 1/4, consisting of 8 leaves, most of which arc much stained and mutilated, especially foll. 1, 6, 7, and 8. It is imperfect at the beginning and end, and there are considerable lacunae after foll. 5 and 7. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 25 to 27 lines. The writing is a good, regular Estrangela of the vth or vith cent.

Vellum

8 ff. 10 3/4 × 8 1/4

- Most of the leaves are much stained and mutilated, especially foll.1, 6, 7, and 8.

- It is imperfect at the beginning and end, and there are considerable lacunae after foll.5 and 7.

- Other fragments of it exist as palimpsest leaves in Add. 14,665, foll. 21— 24 [...] , and Add. 17,137, foll. 6—11 [...] .

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 25 to 27 lines.

The writing is a good, regular Estrangela of the 5th or 6th century.

5th or 6th century

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 CLVIII 1:99

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/171, Add. 14,484, foll. 9–11, upper text, London, BL, Add. 14,484, foll. 9–11, upper text, BL Add MS 14484, foll. 9-11, upper text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 159, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLIX

[This manuscript contains: Part of an apocryph, entitled "the history of the holy Mother of God, the Virgin.". In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

Foll. 9-11
title: Part of an apocryph, entitled "the history of the holy Mother of God, the Virgin."
rubric: ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ
The text has been published in Wright's "Contributions to the Apocryphal Literature of the N. T."

Vellum, about 9 3/4 in. by 7, consisting of three palimpsest leaves (Add. 14,484, foll. 9—11). There are 32 or 33 lines on each page, except on fol. 11 a, which has been left unfinished. The writing is good and regular, of the xthor xith cent.

3 ff.

- Vellum, about 9 3/4 in. by 7, consisting of three palimpsest leaves (see Add. 14,484, foll. 9—11, lower text [...] ). There are 32 or 33 lines on each page, except on fol. 11 a, which has been left unfinished.

The writing is good and regular, of the xth or xith century.

10th or 11th century

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 CLIX 1:99-100

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1181, Add. 14,484, foll. 9–11, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,484, foll. 9–11, lower text, BL Add MS 14484, foll. 9-11, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLIX, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 159

[This manuscript contains: Unspecified contents. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.]

Syriac

title: Unspecified contents
The more ancient text is too thoroughly washed out to be legible, at least on foll. 9,10, and 11 a.
  title: A diagram for finding the commencement of Lent, etc., with an explanation of its use
  Also much effaced.

Vellum, about 9 3/4 in. by 7, consisting of three palimpsest leaves (see Add. 14,484, foll. 9—11, upper text [...] ).

3 ff.

- Vellum, about 9 3/4 in. by 7, consisting of three palimpsest leaves (see Add. 14,484, foll. 9—11, upper text [...] ).

The more ancient text seems to be of the ixth century.

9th century

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 CLIX 1:99-100

https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/172, Add. 14,484, foll. 12–47, London, BL, Add. 14,484, foll. 12–47, BL Add MS 14484, foll. 12-47, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 157, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLVII

[This manuscript contains: Part of the Protevangelium Jacobi, commencing, in ch. xvii. of the Greek text; The Childhood of our Lord Jesus, the so-called Evangelium Thomae Israelitae, with the omission of the first chapter of the Greek text; The Departure of my Lady Mary from this world, in six books. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 12a-14b
title: Part of the Protevangelium Jacobi, commencing, in ch. xvii. of the Greek text
incipit: ܒܪܡ ܕܝܢ ܝܘܡܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܢܥ̣ܒܕ ܐܝܟ ܕܨܒ̇ܐ
ܫܠܡ ܡܘܠܕܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܘܐܝܠܝܕܘܬܗ ܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ.
See Fabricius, Codex Apocryphus N. T., t. i. p. 103,αὐτὴ ἡ ἡμἑρα κυρἱου ποιἡσει ὡς βούλεται ;Thilo, Codex Apocryphus N. T. t. i. p. 236;Tischendorf, Evangelia Apocrypha, p. 31;Cowper, The Apocryphal Gospels, p. 18.
The Syriac text has been published in Wright's "Contributions to the Apocryphal Literature of the N. T.” (London, 1865). See also Tischendorf, Apocalypses Apocrypha (Leipzig, 1866), p. 41, etc., and Cowper, The Apocryphal Gospels, p. lii.

Foll. 14b-18
title: The Childhood of our Lord Jesus, the so-called Evangelium Thomae Israelitae, with the omission of the first chapter of the Greek text
rubric: ܛܠܝܘܬܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ
Fabricus, t. i. p. 159;Thilo, t. i. p. 279;Tischendorf, Evang. Apocr, pp. 134—149;Cowper, The Apocryphal Gospels, pp. 152, 448.
See Wright's Contributions, Tischendorf’s Apocalypses Apocryphae, p. liii., etc., and Cowper, pp. lxxv. and cx.

Foll. 18b-47a
title: The Departure of my Lady Mary from this world, in six books
rubric: ܡܦܩܢܗ̇ ܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ ܕܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ
ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܣܦܪ̈ܐ ܫܬܐ ܕܡܦܩܢܗ̇ ܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ ܕܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ ܘܝܠܝܕܘܬܗ ܘܛܠܝܘܬܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ.
Of this apocryph there is another copy, among various Lives of Saints, in Add. 14,732, fol. 2 b [...] , with the title,ܬܫܥܝ̣ܬܐ ܕܝ̇ܠܕܬ݀ ܐܠܗܐ ܡ̇ܪܝܡ. It has been edited, with an English translation and notes, in the Journal of Sacred Literature, 4th Series, vol. vi. and vii., 1865.
Other redactions of it may be found in Add. 14,484, foll. 9—11 (see no. CLIX) [...] , and in Add. 12,174, fol. 449 a [...] , which is a volume of Lives of Saints.
An Arabic recension has been published by Enger (Elberfeld, 1854), under the title of " Joannis Apostoli de Transitu Beatae Mariae Virginis Liber;" and the corresponding Greek and Latin texts have been edited by Tischendorf in his Apocalypses Apocryphae, p. xxxiv., etc., and p. 95, etc.
A cognate work is the ܠܘܘܝܗ̇ ܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ, Add.14,484, foll. 1—8 (see no. CLVIII) [...] .

Vellum, about 10 1/2 in. by 8 3/8, consisting of 36 leaves, (Add. 14,484, foll. 12-47), some of which are slightly stained and soiled. The quires, originally signed with both letters and arithmetical figures (fol. 21 a, ܓ),are five in number; but of the first only a single leaf remains. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 21 to 30 lines. This manuscriptis written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.

Vellum

36 ff. 10 1/2 × 8 3/8

The quires, originally signed with both letters and arithmetical figures (fol.21 a, ܓ), are five in number.

- Some of the leaves are slightly stained and soiled.

- Of the first quire only a single leaf remains.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 21 to 30 lines.

This manuscript is written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the 6th century.

6th century

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 CLVII 1:98-99

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/173, Add. 14,484, foll. 48–133, London, BL, Add. 14,484, foll. 48–133, BL Add MS 14484, foll. 48-133, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 982, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCCLXXXII

[This manuscript contains: Cosmas. The Acts of Simeon Stylites; Precepts and Admonitions of the blessed Mar Simeon. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.]

Syriac

author: Cosmas
title: The Acts of Simeon Stylites
rubric: ܢܨܚܢܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܪܫܐ ܕܐ̈ܒܝܠܐ
The text is substantially the same as that published by Assemani in the Acta SS. Martyrum, t. ii., p. 268, but the verbal differences are very considerable. See Add. 12,174 [...], no. 2 .

title: Precepts and Admonitions of the blessed Mar Simeon
rubric: ܦܘ̈ܩܕܢܐ ܘܙܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܛܘܒܢܐ
incipit: ܐ̈ܚܝ ܘܒ̈ܢܝ ܘܚ̈ܒܝܒܝ. ܟܬܝܒ ܒܟ̈ܬܒܐ ܩܕܝ̈ܫܐ. ܕܐܪܝܐ ܢܗܡ ܡܢ ܠܐ ܢܕܚܠ ܡܪ̈ܐ ܡܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܐܢ ܪܓܙ. ܐܝܕܐ ܗܝ ܒܪܝܬܐ ܕܪ̈ܘܚܢܐ ܐܘ ܕܦܓܪ̈ܢܐ ܕܬܣܝܒܪ. ܘܗܫܐ ܒ̈ܢܝ. ܐܢܐ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܨܝܪܐ ܡܠܟ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܘܢ ܕܬܩܪܒܘܢ ܬܝܒܘܬܐ ܠܘܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܚܡܢܐ. ܏ܘܫ.

Vellum, about 10 1/2 in. by 8 3/8, consisting of 86 leaves (Add. 14,484, foll. 48—133), a few of which are slightly, stained and torn. The quires, 11 in number, seem to have been originally signed with arithmetical figures (see foll. 72 a, 94 a, and 102 a), but are now numbered with letters fromܝܕ(fol. 49 a) to ܟܗ(fol. 127 a). Each page is divided into two columns, of from 22 to 28 lines. This manuscript is written in a fine Estrangela of the vith cent.

86 ff.

- Vellum, about 10 1/2 in. by 8 3/8, consisting of 86 leaves (Add. 14,484, foll. 48—133), a few of which are slightly, stained and torn. The quires, 11 in number, seem to have been originally signed with arithmetical figures (see foll. 72 a, 94 a, and 102 a), but are now numbered with letters from ܝܕ (fol. 49 a) to ܟܗ (fol. 127 a). Each page is divided into two columns, of from 22 to 28 lines.

This manuscript is written in a fine Estrangela of the vith cent.

- After the doxology, fol. 133 b, we read in a smaller character the words:

ܕܟܝܪ̈ܝܢ ܐ̈ܚܐ ܟܠܗܘܢ ܕܒܡܫܝܚܐ: ܕܐܝܬ ܒܟܘܠ ܐܬܪ. ܘܨܠܘܬܗܘܢ ܬܗܘܐ ܥܠ ܚܛܝܐ ܘܒܨܝܪܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ..

6th century

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 DCCCCLXXXII 3:1152

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/174, Add. 14,484, foll. 134–152, London, BL, Add. 14,484, foll. 134–152, BL Add MS 14484, foll. 134-152, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 983, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCCLXXXIII

[This manuscript contains: Cosmas. Portions of the Acts of Simeon Stylites. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.]

Syriac

author: Cosmas
title: Portions of the Acts of Simeon Stylites
rubric: ܢܨܚܢܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ

Vellum, about 10 3/4in. by 83/4, consisting of 19 leaves (Add. 14,484, foll. 134 —152), most of which are much stained and torn. The quires seem originally to have been signed with arithmetical figures (see fol. 139 a). Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 146, 150, and 151. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 25 to 28 lines. The writing is a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.

19 ff.

- Vellum, about 10 3/4 in. by 8 3/4, consisting of 19 leaves (Add. 14,484, foll. 134 — 152), most of which are much stained and torn. The quires seem originally to have been signed with arithmetical figures (see fol. 139 a). Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 146, 150, and 151. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 25 to 28 lines. Fol. 152 was perhaps originally the last leaf of the preceding number, Add. 14,484, foll. 48—133 [...] .

The writing is a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.

See additions.

- Fol. 152 contains a note, some portions of which have been intentionally effaced, informing us that this copy of the Acts of Simeon Stylites was presented to the church of that saint at ----- by the deacon Simeon of the said church.

ܐܝܬܘܗܝ] ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܢܨܚܢܗ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܐܣܛܘܢܗ̣. ܠܗܝܟܠܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ̇. ܕܐܝܬ ܒܝܬ ܬܠܬ (؟) . . . ܐ. ܕܙܒܢܗ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܘܡܢ ܕܝܠܗ̣. ܫܡܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ . . . ܕܝܠܗ ܕܗܝܟܠܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ. ܏ܘܫ. [The original description of this manuscript by William Wright includes characters, symbols, or illustrations which cannot be represented. Please consult the attached image, vol. 3, p. 1152.]

- On the same page are several entries, in Arabic, of deaths, dating, as it would appear, from about the year 221 of the Hijra, A.D. 835—6. They are all in the same handwriting.

ٮسم الاٮ و...................... ٮٮىح حسىٮ ٮں ىحىا رحمه ا..ه... ارٮعه وعسرىں حلاں مں ٮس........ سٮه ��� ڡى حساٮ.... ىوم الاحد رحمه الله وحارا.....

ٮٮىح حٮوٮه رحمها الله ىوم الٮلاتا ڡى حمسه اعس ح... مں سٮاط سٮه احد وعسرىں وماٮىں

ٮركه مں الله لىحىى ٮں حس.... الكرماٮى واٮرهىم ٮں حسىٮ

[The original description of this manuscript by William Wright includes characters, symbols, or illustrations which cannot be represented. Please consult the attached image, vol. 3, p. 1152.]

These may be read and translated as follows:--

بسم الاب و[الابن وروح القدس] تنيَّح حُسَيْب (؟) بن يحيا رحمه الله [في] اربعة وعشرين خلون من تشرين.... سنة ��� في حساب [العرب] يوم الاحد رحمه الله وجازا[ه]

تنَّيحت حَبُّوبة (؟) رحمها الله يوم الثلاثا في خمسة اعش خ[لون] من شباط سنة احد وعشرين وماتين

بركة من الله ليحيي بن حس[يب] الكرماني وابرهيم بن حسيب

[The original description of this manuscript by William Wright includes characters, symbols, or illustrations which cannot be represented. Please consult the attached image, vol. 3, p. 1153.]

"In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Hosaib (?) ibn Yahya, God have mercy on him, went to rest (ܐܬܢܝܚ) when 24 nights were passed of the ... Teshrin, in the year 214[^1] according to the reckoning of the Arabs (A.D. 829—30), on Sunday. God have mercy on him and reward him. Habbuba (?) went to rest, God have mercy on her, on Tuesday, when 15 nights were passed of Shubat, in the year 221 (A.D. 835—6). A blessing from God be upon Yahya ibn Hosaib al - Kirmani (?) and Ibrahim ibn Hosaib."

- Below, there is another entry, in the same handwriting, but much torn and effaced:

.....ىوم الحمىس عدم حورحس................

i.e., يوم الخميس عُدِمَ جورجس, "George died on Thursday."

- The Syriac and Arabic writing on the verso of this leaf is so much effaced that only a very few words are legible.

[^1: Coptic figures: �=200, �=10, �=4. [The original description of this manuscript by William Wright includes characters, symbols, or illustrations which cannot be represented. Please consult the attached image, vol. 3, p. 1153.]]

6th century

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 DCCCCLXXXIII 3:1152-1153