Add. 14,498

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/188
Description based on Wright CCXCV (230-231) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: AD 1133 / AG 1444
Origin: Beth-Severīna
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 161 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Sacerdotals; Service-books
A Sacerdotal

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 1/2, consisting of 161 leaves. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 17 in number, but the first is now lost. There are from 16 to 20 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand, dated A. Gr. 1444, A.D. 1133.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): On foll. 158—160 there are some prayers, written by different hands.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): The note on fol. 161 a was written by Romanus, the son of Rabban Bar-saumā, the chief priest of Ra'ban, from Kal'at ar-Rūm (ܩܠܥܐ ܪܘܡܢܬܐ, قَلْعة الرُّوم), who had been carried away captive by the Egyptian troops.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): A Sacerdotal [defective]
 
Title:
ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܕܩ̈ܫܝܫܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): A collection of Anaphoras [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 1a): Introductory prayers, prooemia and sedras [defective]
Item 4 (Fol. 8a): The Anaphora of S. James
 
Title:
ܐܢܐܦܘܪܐ ܕܚܣܝܐ ܘܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܚܘܗܝ ܕܡܪܢ
Item 5 (Fol. 21b): The Anaphora of Clement
 
Title:
ܐܢܐܦܘܪܐ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܩܘܪܒܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܩܠܡܝܣ
Item 6 (Fol. 34a): The Anaphora of Eustathius
 
Title:
ܐܢܐܦܘܪܐ ܕ܏ܩܕ ܐܣܛܐܬܝܘܣ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܪܘܡܝ
Item 7 (Fol. 40a): The Benediction of the Chalice, of Severus
 
Title:
ܪܫܡ ܟܣܐ ܕ܏ܩܕܝ ܡܪܝ ܣܐܘܝܪܐ ܦܐܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ
  Subscription (Fol. 43b): ܫܠܡܘ ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܩܘܪܒܐ ܒܥܘܕܪܢ ܡܪܢ.
Item 8 (Fol. 43b): A collection of Sedras and Prayers for the feasts of the whole year
Item 9 (Fol. 86b): A collection of Sedras and Prayers for other occasions
Item 10 (Fol. 153a): Severus. A Prayer of Severus
 
Title:
ܨ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܡܐ ܕܒ̇ܥܐ ܐܢܫ ܕܢܚܙܘܩ ܒܐܘܪܚܐ
  Subscription (Fol. 157a): ܢܣܒ̣ܬ݀ ܫܘܡܠܝܐ ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܩ̈ܫܝܫܐ ܒܝܘܡ ܚܡܫܐ ܬܠܬܐ ܒܐܒ ܝܪܚܐ ܫܢܬ ܐܠܦ ܘ܏ܬ ܘ܏ܡ ܘ܏ܕ ܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܦܐܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܟܝܐ .ܘܲ. ܘܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܝܛ܏ܪܘ ܕܡܪܕܐ. ܕܝ̣ܨܦ ܠܟܬܝܒܬܗ̇ ܕܗܕܐ ܦܢ܏ܩ ܕܡܪܝܐ ܢܩܝܡܝܘܗܝ ܡܬ݂ܚܐ ܕܙܒ̈ܢܐ ܢܓܝܪ̈ܐ ܒܥܕܬܐ ܏ܩܕ܀ ܟܬܒܗ̇ ܕܝܢ ܐܢܫ ܡܚ̣ܝܠܐ ܘܣܓܝ ܚܘ̈ܒܬܐ ܘܡܦܠܦܠ ܒ̈ܣܢܝܬܐ ܠܥܙܪ ܚܛܝܐ ܒܪ ܣܒܐ ܣܒܝܪܝܢܝܐ ܟܠ ܕܩ̇ܪܐ ܢܚ̇ܣܐ ܠܗ ܘܠܟܠ ܕܐܫܬܘܬܦ.
Notes:
Item 11 (Fol. 158): Some prayers, written by different hands.
Item 12 (Fol. 161a): Romanus, the son of Rabban Bar-saumā, the chief priest of Ra'bān. A note.
  Excerpt: ܦܓ̣ܥ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܪܘܡܢܘܣ ܒܨܝܪܐ ܒܪ ܪܒܢ ܒܪܨܘܡܐ ܪ̈ܝܫ܏ܩܫܝ ܕܪܥܒܢ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܩܠܥܐ ܪܘܡܝܬܐ ܐܫܬܒܝܬܐ ܫܒܝܐ ܡܪܝܪܐ ܡܢ ܐܝ̈ܕܝ ܕܡܨܪ̈ܝܐ. ܨܠܘ ܥܠ ܚܛܝܐ ܕܐܣܪܛ
Note: Ra'bān is a town near the Euphrates, between Aleppo and Samosata, in the province of al-‘Awāsim. Yākūt in the Mujam al-Buldān.

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