Add. 14,539
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/266
Date:
9th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 118 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Dionysius the Areopagite. The works of Dionysius the Areopagite, with the notes ofPhocas of Edessaand others, tables of chapters, etc. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 10 1/2 in. by 7 1/8, consisting of 118 leaves, the first of which is much soiled and torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 14 in number, but ܐ and ܝܕ are lost, and ܒ is imperfect, a couple of leaves being missing after fol. 1. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 38 to 48 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
The text is written in a good, regular Estrangela of the ixth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
The notes are written in a smaller, cursive hand, some of them having been added at a later date
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Dionysius the Areopagite. The works of Dionysius the Areopagite, with the notes of Phocas of Edessa and others, tables of chapters, etc. [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): De Caelesti Hierarchia [defective]
Excerpt: $ܘܐܚܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܢܗܘܘܢ ܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܕܝܬܝܪ ܐܠܗ̈ܝܐܝܢ ܠܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܕܒܨ̣ܝܪܝ̣ܢ. ܡܪ̈ܐܙܢܐ ܘܡ̇ܗ̈ܕܝܢܐ̇. ܠܘܬ ܡܬܩܪܒܢܘܬܐ ܘܡܬܢܗܪܢܘܬܐ ܘܫܘܬܦܘܬܐ ܐܠܗܝܬܐ
Notes:
- imperfect at the beginning. On fol. 1 most of the text is illegible
- corresponding to the Greek καὶ τῶν ἡττόνων εἶναι τοὺς θειστέρους μύστας καὶ χειραγωγούς, ἐπὶ τὴν θείαν προσαγωγὴν καὶ ἔλλαμψιν καὶ κοινωνίαν
- Cf. Opera, ed. 1755-6, t. i., p. 38 B
Item 3 (Fol. 19a): De Ecclesiastica Hierarchia
Item 4 (Fol. 47a): De Divinis Nominibus
Item 5 (Fol. 98a): De Mystica Theologia
Item 6 (Fol. 102b): The Epistles [defective]
Excerpt: ܘܒܗ ܗ̇ܘܐ ܟܠ̣. ܘܚ̇ܒܫ ܠܟܠܡܕܡ
Notes:
- The tenth epistle is wanting, as is also a considerable part of the ninth
- corresponding to the Greek καὶ ἐν τῷ παντὶ γίγνεται, καὶ περιέχει τὰ πάντα
- Cf. Opera, t. i., p. 615 C.
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