Add. 12,150
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/25
Date:
AD 412 / AG 723
Origin:
Edessa
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 255 leaves.
Features:
Decoration
Wright's Subject Classification:
Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Titus, and Clemens, and the Caesarean [Eusebius]. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 21 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 14 5/8 in. by 11 1/8, consisting of 255 leaves, many of which are slightly stained by water and oil, and a few much torn, especially foll. 8 and 253—5. Originally the quires were signed with letters, from ܐ to ܬ and again from ܐ to ܕ (see foll. 78 a, ܛ; 179 a, ܩ; 199 a, ܫ ; 229 a, ܒ ; 239 a, ܓ). A later hand has numbered them consecutively from ܐ to ܟܘ. Each page is divided into three columns, a full column having from 38 to 43 lines. This volume is written throughout in a beautiful Edessene character, and dated A. Gr. 723, A.D. 412. [It is consequently believed to be the oldest dated volume extant; and yet the vellum is in many places as white, and the ink as black, as if it were only a; few years old. The next dated book in point of antiquity seems to be the MS. of the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in the Imperial Public Library at St. Petersburg, written A.D. 462; and the third, in the British Museum, Add.14,425, A.D. 464 (see above, p. 3, no. III).]
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This volume is written throughout in a beautiful Edessene character, and dated A. Gr. 723, A.D. 412. See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script):
See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Decoration (Rubrication):
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): Titus, and Clemens, and the Caesarean [Eusebius] [defective]
Subscription : [ܐܫ]ܬܠܡܘ ܒܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܟ̈ܬܒܐ ܬ̈ܠܬܐ ܛܛܘܣ ܘܩܠܡܣ ܘܩܣܪܝܐ
Subscription : There are completed in this volume three books,Titus, and Clemens, and the Caesarean.
Colophon:
See additions.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): Clement of Rome. The Recognitions of Clement of Rome, the disciple of S. Peter
[defective]
Title: ܩܠܡܣ Subscription (Fol. 72): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܩܠܡܣ
Title: ܩܠܡܣ Subscription (Fol. 72): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܩܠܡܣ
Note: The title has been cut away. In Add. 14,609, fol. 123a
, the title is ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܩܠܝܡܝܣ ܐܝܢܐ ܕܢܩܝܦ ܗܘܐ ܠܫܡܥܘܢ ܟܐܦܐ, the history of Clement, who was attached to Simon Peter.
Item 3 (Fol. 1b):
The first discourse, comprising the first three books of the Latin version of Rufinus, and the first chapter of the fourth book, as far as the words apud Tripolim nobis hiemandiun denunciavimus. [defective]
Title: ܡܡܠܠܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 53): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܡܡܠܠܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܩܠܡܣ
Title: ܡܡܠܠܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 53): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܡܡܠܠܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܩܠܡܣ
Note: Cf. Gersdorf, Bibliotheca Patruni Ecclesiast. Latin., t. i., pp. 3-115; Cotelerius, SS. Patrum qui temporibus Apostolicis floruerunt Opera, ed. Clericus (Amstel., 1724), t. i., pp. 493-539
Item 4 (Fol. 53a):
The third (discourse), against the heathens, corresponding to the tenth homily of the original Greek
Title: ܕܬ̈ܠܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܚܢ̈ܦܐ
Title: ܕܬ̈ܠܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܚܢ̈ܦܐ
Note: Cf. Cotelerius, t. i., p. 692; De Lagarde, Clementina (Leipzig, 1865), p. 100
Item 5 (Fol. 57a):
The fourth (discourse), corresponding to the eleventh homily of the Greek
Title: ܕܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ
Title: ܕܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ
Note: Cf. Cotelerius, t. i., p. 698; De Lagarde, Clementina (Leipzig, 1865), p. 108
Item 6 (Fol. 63b):
From Tripolis in Phoenicia
, corresponding to the twelfth homily of the Greek, from the beginning to the end of § 25, and the thirteenth homily
Title: ܕܡܢ ܛܪܝܦܘܠܣ ܕܦܝܢܝܩܐ
Title: ܕܡܢ ܛܪܝܦܘܠܣ ܕܦܝܢܝܩܐ
Note: Cf. Cotelerius, t. i., p. 707-714, 717; De Lagarde, Clementina (Leipzig, 1865), p. 120-129, 133
Item 7 (Fol. 70b):
The fourteenth discourse, corresponding to the fourteenth homily of the Greek
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܐܪܒܬܥܣܪ
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܐܪܒܬܥܣܪ
Notes:
- This work has been edited from the two Nitrian MSS. [manuscripts] by Dr. de Lagarde, under the title of Clementis Romani Recognitiones Syriace,1861.
- Cf. Cotelerius, t. i., p. 723; De Lagarde, p. 140
Item 8 (Fol. 72b): Titus of Bostra. The Discourses of Titus, bishop of Bosra, or Bostra, against the Manichaeans
Title: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܛܛܘܣ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܡܢܝ̈ܢܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 156a): ܫܠܡ ܡ̈ܐܡܪܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܕܛܛܘܣ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܡܢܝ̈ܢܝܐ ܕܡܦܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܝܘܿܢܝܐ ܠܐܪܡܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 156a): Here ends the four discourses of Titus of Bostra against the Manichaeans, translated from Greek into Aramaic.
Title: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܛܛܘܣ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܡܢܝ̈ܢܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 156a): ܫܠܡ ܡ̈ܐܡܪܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܕܛܛܘܣ ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܡܢܝ̈ܢܝܐ ܕܡܦܩܝܢ ܡܢ ܝܘܿܢܝܐ ܠܐܪܡܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 156a): Here ends the four discourses of Titus of Bostra against the Manichaeans, translated from Greek into Aramaic.
Notes:
- This work has been edited by De Lagarde, under the title of "Titi Bostreni contra Manicliaeos libri quatuor Syriace", 1859, as also in Greek, according to the Codex Hamburgensis, 1859.
- Cf. Gallandii Bibl. Vett. Patrum, t. v., pp. 269-356
Item 9 (Fol. 72b): Titus of Bostra. The first discourse
Item 10 (Fol. 86b): Titus of Bostra. The second discourse
Item 11 (Fol. 86b): Titus of Bostra. The third discourse
Item 12 (Fol. 86b): Titus of Bostra. The fourth discourse
Item 13 (Fol. 156a): Eusebius of Caesarea. The Treatise of Eusebius of Caesarea on the Theophania (περὶ θεοφανεἰας) or Divine Manifestation of our Lord, in five books
Title: ܕܐܘܣܒܣ ܩܣܪܝܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܢܚܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 235b): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܚܡ̈ܫܐ ܣܦܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܐܘܣܒܣ ܩܣܪܝܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܕܕܢܚܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ.
Title: ܕܐܘܣܒܣ ܩܣܪܝܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܢܚܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 235b): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܚܡ̈ܫܐ ܣܦܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܐܘܣܒܣ ܩܣܪܝܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܕܕܢܚܐ ܐܠܗܝܐ.
Note: This work has been edited by Dr. S. Lee for the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, 1842; and in 1843 the same scholar published an English translation of it, with preface, preliminary dissertation and notes.
Item 14 (Fol. 156a): Eusebius of Caesarea. The first book
Item 15 (Fol. 171b): Eusebius of Caesarea. The second book with the special title against the Philosophers
Title: ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܦܝ̈ܠܘܣܦܐ
Title: ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܦܝ̈ܠܘܣܦܐ
Item 16 (Fol. 188a): Eusebius of Caesarea. The third book
Item 17 (Fol. 202a): Eusebius of Caesarea. The fourth book
Item 18 (Fol. 221a): Eusebius of Caesarea. The fifth book
Item 19 (Fol. 235b): Eusebius of Caesarea. The History of the Confessors, or Martyrs, in Palestine by Eusebius of Caesarea
Title: ܕܥܠ ܡܘܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܕܒܦܠܣܛܝܢܐ ܕܐܡܝܪ ܠܐܘܣܒܣ ܩܣܪܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 251a): ܫܠܡܘ ܫ̈ܪܒܐ ܕܬܫ̈ܥܝܬܐ ܕܢܨܚ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ ܕܡܘ̈ܕܝܢܐ ܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ ܕܒܦܠܣܛܝܢܐ.
Title: ܕܥܠ ܡܘܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܕܒܦܠܣܛܝܢܐ ܕܐܡܝܪ ܠܐܘܣܒܣ ܩܣܪܝܐ Subscription (Fol. 251a): ܫܠܡܘ ܫ̈ܪܒܐ ܕܬܫ̈ܥܝܬܐ ܕܢܨܚ̈ܢܝܗܘܢ ܕܡܘ̈ܕܝܢܐ ܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ ܕܒܦܠܣܛܝܢܐ.
Note: It has been edited and translated into English, with notes, by Dr. Cureton, 1861
Item 20 (Fol. 251a): Eusebius of Caesarea. A Panegyric on the Christian Martyrs by Eusebius
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܘ̈ܠܣܐ ܕܡܝܬܪܘܬܗܘܢ.
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܘ̈ܠܣܐ ܕܡܝܬܪܘܬܗܘܢ.
Note: It has been published in the Journal of Sacred Literature, 4th Series, vol. v., p. 403, and translated by Air. B. H. Cowper in the same periodical, t. vi., p. 129.
Item 21 (Fol. 252b): A Martyrology, the greater part of which, relating to the western martyrs, is arranged according to the order of the Syrian months, from the first Kānūn to the second Teshrī
Title: ܫܡ̈ܗܐ ܕܡܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܘܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܘܙܟ̈ܝܐ. ܘܝܘܡ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܕܫܩܠܘ ܒܗܘܿܢ ܟ̈ܠܝܠܐ.
Title: ܫܡ̈ܗܐ ܕܡܪ̈ܝܢ ܡܘܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܘܙܟ̈ܝܐ. ܘܝܘܡ̈ܝܗܘܢ ܕܫܩܠܘ ܒܗܘܿܢ ܟ̈ܠܝܠܐ.
Note: The names of the Eastern or Persian martyrs are given on foll.254b and 255a, arranged according to their clerical rank. This martyrology has likewise been published in the Journal of Sacred Literature, 4th Series, t. viii., p. 45, with an English translation, p. 423. See the Acta Sanctorum for October, t. xii., pp. 183-5.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 254a):
On fol. 254a, 3rd col., we read the colophon, written with green paint (see also fol.227b):
[ܐܫ]ܬܠܡܘ ܒܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܟ̈ܬܒܐ ܬ̈ܠܬܐ ܛܛܘܣ ܘܩܠܡܣ ܘܩܣܪܝܐ
There are completed in this volume three books,Titus, and Clemens, and the Caesarean.
This is followed by the doxology (written with yellow paint, see also fol.229b), and by the note:
ܐܫܬܠܡܬ ܦܢܩܝܕܬܐ$ ܗܕܐ ܒܝܪܚ ܬܫܪܝ ܫܢܬ ܫܒ[ܥܡـ]ܐܐ [ܘܥ]ܣܪܝܢ ܘܬܠܬ ܒ[ܐ]ܘܪܗܝ [ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕ]ܒܝܬ [ܢܗ]ܪܝܢ . . .
ܦܢܩܝܬܐ is the oldest form of the word, from πινακίδὶον. It usually becomes, by assimiliation, ܦܢܩܝܬܐ; and is sometimes corrupted into ܦܢܩܝܢܬܐ, according to the analogy of ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ,ܣܦܝܢܬܐ, etc.
This volume was finished in the month of the latter Teshrī, in the year 723(A.D. 412), at
Urhāi (Edessa)
, a city of Beth-Nahrīn (Mesopotamia)……….
Addition 2:
A later hand has numbered the quires consecutively from ܐ to ܟܘ.
Addition 3 (Fol. 239b):
On the margin of fol. 239b, some careful student and admirer of antiquity has written these words:
ܚܙܘ ܐܚ̈ܝ ܐܢܗ̣ܘ ܕܡܬܦܣܩܐ ܚܪܬܗ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ ܘܐܒܕܐ ܥܡ ܗ̇ܘ ܡܕܡ ܕܚܬ݂ܡ ܘܐܫܠܡ ܒܗ ܟܬܘܒܗ. ܗܟܢܐ ܟܬܝܒ ܗܘܐ ܒܗ̇ ܒܚܪܬܗ ܕܐܬܟܬ݂ܒ ܠܡ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܒܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ ܒܐܝܕ̈ܝ ܐܢܫ ܕܡܬܩܪܐ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܒܫܢܬ ܫܒܥܡܐܐ ܘܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܬܠܬ ܒܐܝܪܚ ܬܫܪܝܢ ܐܚܪܝ ܐܫܬܠܡ. ܘܐܝܟ ܡܕܡ ܕܟܬܝܒ ܗܘܐ ܬܡܢ ܟܬܒ݁ܬ ܐܦ ܗܪܟܐ ܕܠܐ ܬܘܣܦܬܐ܀ ܘܗܠܝܢ ܕܗܪܟܐ ܟܬܒ݁ܬ ܐܢܝ̈ܢ ܒܫܢܬ ܐܠܦ ܘܫܨܚ ܒܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ..
See, my brethren; if the latter part of this ancient book be cut off, and perish, along with that wherewith its writer closed and completed it, there was this inscription at the end of it: 'This book was written in Edessa, a city of Mesopotamia, by the hand of a man called Jacob, in the year 723; in the month of the second Teshrīn it was completed.
Or perhaps the word $ܐܫܬܠܡ, like the Arabic %, may merely signify that the quotation is ended.
And just according as was written there, have I written also here, without any addition. And the things which are here I wrote in the year 1398 of the Greeks (A.D. 1087).
Addition 4 (Fol. 1a):
On fol. 1a there is some Arabic and Syriac writing of different dates, but of no importance; e.g.
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