Add. 14,511
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/205
Date:
10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 145 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Choral Books
This manuscript contains: Ephraim, Jacob of Batnae. A collection of Choral Services, consisting of ܡ̈ܥܢܝܬܐ, ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ, ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ, ܒܥ̈ܘܬܐ, etc., for the festivals of the whole year. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 27 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 3/4 in. by 5 7/8, consisting of 145 leaves. The quires, signed with letters, are now 15 in number, but several are wanting at the end of the volume, and two leaves are missing after fol. 3. There are from 19 to 27 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
From fol. 1 to 119 this manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the
xth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
And the remainder, which is also very neatly written, is of about the same
age.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): Ephraim, Jacob of Batnae. A collection of Choral Services, consisting of ܡ̈ܥܢܝܬܐ, ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ, ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ, ܒܥ̈ܘܬܐ, etc., for the festivals of the whole year [defective]
Title: ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܕܟܠܗ ܚܘܕܪܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ
Title: ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܕܟܠܗ ܚܘܕܪܐ ܕܫܢܬܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The Annunciation of
Zacharias
Item 3 (Fol. 3a): The Annunciation of the Virgin [defective]
Explicit: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܡܐܙܠܬܐ ܚܙܝ ܒܬܪܟ ܒܩܠܦܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܘܚܙܝ ܡܘܠܕܗ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܘܓܠܝܢܐ ܕܝܘܣܦ
ܒܩܠܦܐ ܐܚܪܝܐ
Explicit: "Look for the Order of the Visit (of Mary to Elisabeth)
behind thee on the first leaf of the book, and for the Birth of John (the Baptist) and the
Revelation of Joseph on the last leaf."
Note: The explicit is written in a more recent hand. The first named order is
actually written by the same hand on fol. 1 a; the others have been lost along
with the latter portion of the manuscript.
Item 4 (Fol. 4b): Ephraim. The Nativity of our Lord
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ of Ephraim
Title: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ of Ephraim
Title: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 17b): The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Title: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Title: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 26a): The Massacre of the Innocents
Item 7 (Fol. 30b): The Epiphany
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ
Item 8 (Fol. 40b): Canticle on our Lord and S. John
Item 9 (Fol. 47b): Hymns on the baptismal font
Title: ܡ̈ܥܢܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ
Title: ܡ̈ܥܢܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 48b): Part 3
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܡ̈ܝܕܐ
Title: ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܡ̈ܝܕܐ
Item 11 (Fol. 50a): Part 4
Title: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܡ̈ܝܕܐ
Title: ܣܘܓܝܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܡ̈ܝܕܐ
Item 12 (Fol. 51a): The Commemoration of S. John the Baptist
Title: ܕܥܠ ܩܘܠܣܗ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ
Title: ܕܥܠ ܩܘܠܣܗ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ
Item 13 (Fol. 54b): The Decollation of S. John the Baptist
Item 14 (Fol. 57b): The Commemoration of S. Simeon the Aged
Item 15 (Fol. 61b): Lent
Item 16 (Fol. 61b): ܢܓܗ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܡܥܠܝ ܨܘܡܐ
Item 17 (Fol. 78a): ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ
Item 18 (Fol. 80b): ܕܬܠܬܐ
Item 19 (Fol. 83b): ܕܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ
Item 20 (Fol. 86a): ܕܫܒܬܐ ܡܨܥܝܬܐ ܕܨܘܡܐ
Item 21 (Fol. 103b): ܕܢܓܗ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܕܫܬܐ
Item 22 (Fol. 106a): The Forty Martyrs
Item 23 (Fol. 109a): Palm Sunday
Item 24 (Fol. 119a): Passion (or Holy) Week [defective]
Item 25 (Fol. 119a): Monday
Item 26 (Fol. 130b): Tuesday
Item 27 (Fol. 139a): Wednesday
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Additional hymns and prayers have been written here and there on the margins by two or three later hands.
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