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Add. 14,525

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/242
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Add. 14,525, foll. 1–10

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/243
Description based on Wright DXIV (393-394) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Other, 10 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Funeral Services; Service-books
Funeral Services, with appropriate lessons, etc.

Physical Description

The first quire of a vellum manuscript, about 7 1/4 in. by 5 1/4, (Add. 14,525, foll. 1—10). There are from 21 to 25 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): Written in a neat, regular hand of the ixth or xth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Contents

This manuscript contains 10 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 2b): Funeral Services, with appropriate lessons, etc. [defective]
 
Title: ܥܠ ܚܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ: ܡܫܪܝܢܢ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܟܘܪܣܐ ܕܥ̈ܢܝܕܐ: ܟܠܡܕܡ ܕܡܬܐܡܪ ܥܠ ܟܪܣ̈ܛܝܢܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 3a): Part 1
 
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ̣. ܥܠ ܪ̈ܝܫܝ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 4b): Part 2
 
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܫܝܫܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 6a): Part 3
 
Title: ܬܫܡܫܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܫ̈ܡܫܢܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 6b): Part 4
 
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܛ̈ܠܝܐ ܙܥܘܪ̈ܐ ܘܕܗܘ̈ܦܕܝܩܢܘ
Item 6 (Fol. 7a): Part 5
 
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠ ܬܓܡ̈ܝܢ
Item 7 (Fol. 7b): Various anthems,ܥܘ̈ܢܝܬܐ, according to different tones [defective]
Item 8 (Fol. 7b): Part 1
 
Title: ܩܠܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
Item 9 (Fol. 8b): Part 2
 
Title: ܥܘܢܝ̈ܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܘܬܢܐ. ܒܗ ܒܩܠܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 10b): Part 3 [defective]
 
Title: ܩܠܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ

Additions

N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 2a): On fol. 2 a there is a note stating that the book belonged by purchase to the deacon Moses bar Ḥafṣ of Rās-ʿain ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܡܘܫܐ ܡܫܡܫܢܐ ܒܪ ܚܦܨ (حَفْص) ܢܖܣܒܖܝܐ (sic) ܡܢ ܪܝܫܥܝܢܐ ܕܩܢܝܗ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܩܢܘܡܗ ܘܕܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܦܓܥܝܢ ܒܗ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܫܐܠ ܠܗ ܒܙܢܐ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܗܘ ܘܟܡܢ ܥܠܝܗ ܏ܘܫ
Addition 2 (Fol. 1b): On fol. 1 b there is another note, which tells us that this volume was presented by Shabūr bar ʿIdūraḳ (?) and his nephew Ḥabīb bar Simeon, of Rās-ʿain, to the monastery of S. Mary Deipara, in the time of the abbat Moses of Nisībis . This note was written by one Yeshūaʿ at Ramla in Palestine, A.H. 332 = A.D. 943-4. ܒܫܡܐ ܕܬܠܝܬܝܘܬܐ ܡܫܒܚܬܐ ܥܠܬܐ ܕܟ̈ܠܗܝܢ ܛܒ̈ܬܐ ܩܪܒܘ ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܫܒܘܪ ܒܪ ܥܝܕܘܪܩ ܘܒܪ ܐܚܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܚܒܝܒ ܒܪ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܡܢ ܪܝܫܥܝܢܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܩܪܒܗ (sic) ܕܝܢ ܠܥܘܡܪܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܝܛܣ ܡܛܠ ܦܘܪܩܢܐ ܕܢܦܫܬܗܘܢ ܘܚܘܣܝܐ ܕܥܢܝܕܝܗܘܢ ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܫܘܒܗܪܐ ܕܝܠܢ ܘܨܒܬܐ ܕܟܠܗ̇ ܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܡܪܝ ܡܘܫܐ ܪܝܫܕܝܪܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܥܘܡܪܐ. ܟܠ ܕܩܪܐ ܢܨܠܐ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ ܘܥܠ ܚܛܝܐ ܕܐܬܛܝܒܘ (sic) ܝܫܘܥ ܒܨܝܪܐ ܒܫܡܐ ܕܕܝܪܝܐ (sic) ܕܗܘܪܩ ܘܫܐܠ ܨܠܘܬܟܘܢ. ܗ̈ܠܝܢ ܗܘ̈ܝ ܒܪܡܠܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܐܝܠܘܢ (sic) ܫ̈ܢܬ ܬܠܬܡܐ ܘܬܠܬܝܢ ܘܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܕܛܝ̈ܝܐ
Addition 3 (Fol. 1a): The writing on fol. 1 a is too much effaced to be legible.

Add. 14,525, foll. 11–24

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/244
Description based on Wright CCCLXIX (302-303) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th or 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 14 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Part of the Services for Passion Week, including prayers of Ephraim and Jacob

Physical Description

Fourteen vellum leaves, about 7 1/4 in. by 5 3/8 (Add. 14,525, fol. 11-24). There are from 21 to 25 lines in each page. There is a lacuna after fol. 18.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is good and regular, of the xth or xith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 4 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 11): Part of the Services for Passion Week, including prayers of Ephraim and Jacob [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 11a): Services for Tuesday
Item 3 (Fol. 15a): Services for Wednesday
Note: There is a lacuna after fol. 18.
Item 4 (Fol. 19b): Services for Thursday

Add. 14,525, foll. 25–27

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/245
Description based on Wright CCCXV (254) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th or 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 3 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ, or anthems, for the Nativity, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the Epiphany

Physical Description

Three vellum leaves, about 6 7/8 in. by 5 1/4. There are 23 or 24 lines in each page. These leaves have the appearance of being palimpsest.

Wright's description of this manuscript is insufficient to determine whether this manuscript is palimpsest. As such, no independent entries have been created for the potential lower texts this manuscript might contain.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): These leaves were written in a fair hand of the xth or xith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 25a): ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ, or anthems, for the Nativity, the Massacre of the Innocents, and the Epiphany [defective]

Add. 14,525, foll. 28–45

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/246
Description based on Wright CCCXVI (254) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th or 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 18 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Anthems and hymns (ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ ܘܩ̈ܠܐ) for the festivals of the whole year

Physical Description

Eighteen vellum leaves, about 7 1/4 in. by 5 3/8 (Add. 14,525, foll. 28—45). There are from 16 to 23 lines in each page. These leaves have the appearance of being palimpsest.

Wright's description of this manuscript is insufficient to determine whether this manuscript is palimpsest. As such, no independent entries have been created for the potential lower texts this manuscript might contain.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is good and regular, of the xth or xith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 8 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 28a): Anthems and hymns (ܥܢܝ̈ܢܐ ܘܩ̈ܠܐ) for the festivals of the whole year [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 28a): Anthems and hymns for the Epiphany [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 28a): First order [defective]
Note: Very imperfect.
Item 4 (Fol. 28a): Second order [defective]
 
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܕܕܢ̣ܚܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 31a): The Commemoration of S. John the Baptist [defective]
Item 6 (Fol. 32a): The Presentation of our Lord in the Temple and the Commemoration of S. Simeon the Aged [defective]
Item 7 (Fol. 33a): The forty Martyrs [defective]
Item 8 (Fol. 37b): Lent [defective]

Add. 14,525, foll. 46–55

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/247
Description based on Wright CCCXVII (254) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th or 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 10 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Canons and anthems for the festivals of the whole year; Palm Sunday

Physical Description

Ten vellum leaves, about 7 1/4 in. by 5 3/8 (Add. 14,525, foll. 46—55). There are from 23 to 26 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is good and regular, of the xth or xith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 5 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 46a): Canons and anthems for the festivals of the whole year [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 46a): Lent [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 49a): The forty Martyrs
Item 4 (Fol. 52b): Lazarus of Bethany
Item 5 (Fol. 53b): Palm Sunday [defective]

Add. 14,525, foll. 56–75

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/248
Description based on Wright CCLXXXVIII (225) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 20 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Sacerdotals; Service-books
Part of a Sacerdotal

Physical Description

Twenty vellum leaves, about 7 1/8 in. by 5 1/4, several of which are much stained and torn (Add. 14,525, foll. 56—75). There are from 16 to 22 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is neat and regular, of the xth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 7 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 56a): Part of a Sacerdotal [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 56a): Part of a sedrā
Item 3 (Fol. 56b): John, Bishop of Boṣra. The Anaphora of John, bishop of Boṣra [defective]
 
Title: ܐܢܦܘܪܐ ܕܚܣܝܐ ܘܩܕܝܫܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܘܨܪܝܐ
Note: See Renaudot, Liturg. Orient., t. ii., p. 421 , and Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. ii., p. 97 .
Item 4 (Fol. 67a): Severus. The Benediction of the Chalice, of Severus [defective]
 
Title: ܪܫܡ ܟܣܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܣܐܘܪܐ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 68a): Cyriacus of Tellā. Prayers, in part alphabetical, ascribed to Cyriacus of Tellā [defective]
 
Title: ܕܚܣܝܐ ܩܘܪܝܩܐ ܕܬܠܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 72a): The Order of the Consecration of Water [defective]
Item 7 (Fol. 74a): A prayer [defective]

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