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Add. 14,509

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/203
Description based on Wright CCCXXV (1:271-272) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 71 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books
This manuscript contains: A collection of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, comprising many hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ, ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ , ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ , ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ , ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܒܣ̈ܡܐ , etc.) and prayers, ascribed to Ephraim and Jacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 17 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 12 1/8 in. by 8 7/8, consisting of 71 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 16 in number, but ܐ is now lost, and of the rest only ܝܐ and ܝܒ are complete. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 31 to 48 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): It is written in a small, regular character, of about the xith cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): A collection of Choral Services for the festivals of the whole year, comprising many hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ, ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ , ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ , ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ , ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܒܣ̈ܡܐ , etc.) and prayers, ascribed to Ephraim and Jacob of Batnae [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The Dedication of the Church [defective]
Note: In the madrāshē on fol. 1, Bardesanes, Manes, Arius, Theodore (of Mopsuestia), Diodorus (of Tarsus), Barsaumā, Narses, Julian (of Halicarnassus), Eutyches, Marcion, Leo, and Nestorius, are cursed as heretics, their names being inverted in writing; whilst Ignatius, Athanasius, Basil, Gregory (Nazianzen), John (Chrysostom), Cyril, Dioscorus, Severus, Ephraim, Jacob (of Batnae), and Philoxenus, are lauded as orthodox teachers
Item 3 (Fol. 3a): The Annunciation of the Virgin [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 6b): The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܕܡܐܙܠܬܐ. ܕܡܫܬܡܠܐ ܒܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܣܘܒܪܐ
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 9a): The Nativity of S. John the Baptist
 
Title:
ܕܡܫܬ݁ܡܠܐ ܒܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܕܡܐܙܠܬܐ
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 12b): The Revelation of S. Joseph
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܕܓܠܝܢܗ ܕܝܘܣܦ
Item 7 (Fol. 14a): Ephrem. The Nativity of our Lord [defective]
 
Title:
ܣܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܒܨ̈ܘܝܐ
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
Item 8 (Fol. 26a): The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin [defective]
Item 9 (Fol. 30a): The Massacre of the Innocents [defective]
Item 10 (Fol. 34a): The Epiphany [defective]
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܬܪܝܢܐ
 
Title:
ܟܣܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
 
Title:
ܣܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܡܝ̈ܕܐ
Item 11 (Fol. 48b): The Commemoration of S. John the Baptist
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Item 12 (Fol. 55a): The Presentation in the Temple
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܕܡܥܠܬܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܕܠܗܝܟܠܐ
 
Title:
ܣܘܓܝܬܐ
Item 13 (Fol. 63a): The Forty Martyrs [defective]
Item 14 (Fol. 66a): The Commemoration of any Saint [defective]
Item 15 (Fol. 66b): The Commemoration of the Teachers [defective]
 
Title:
ܕܡ̈ܠܦܢܐ ܓܘܢܐܝܬ. ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Item 16 (Fol. 68a): The Commemoration of Severus of Antioch [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܣܐܘܪܐ
Item 17 (Fol. 71a): Part of a madrāshā on the Resurrection of the Dead [defective]

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