Add. 14,540
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/267
Date:
9th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 60 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Individual Authors; Theology
Dionysius the Areopagite, Phocas of Edessa. The works of Dionysius the Areopagite,
with the notes of Phocas of Edessa
Physical Description
Vellum, about 12 ¾ in. by 9 1/8, consisting of 60 leaves, several of which are much stained and soiled, especially foll. 5 and 8. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 14 in number, but the first 8 are either lost or very imperfect, leaves being wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 3, 4, 6 and 7. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 33 to 38 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This volume is written in a good, regular hand of the ixth cent., the notes being
in a smaller character than the text.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script):
On the margin of fol. 5 b, there is a recipe in Arabic for the manufacture of ink.See additions
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script):
There is also some Arabic writing, of comparatively modern date, on the lower margin
of fol. 58 a. See additions
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Dionysius the Areopagite, Phocas of Edessa. The works of Dionysius the Areopagite, with the notes of Phocas of Edessa
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Dionysius the Areopagite. De Caelesti Hierarchia
Incipit: ܡܨܥܝܘܬܐ ܡܬܓܡܪܝܢ ܘܡܛܠܗܕܐ ܐܦ ܡܢ ܡܫܠܡܢܘܢܬܐ ܟܗܢܝܬܐ ܕܝܠܢ: ܗܘ̈ܢܐ ܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܩܕܡܝ̈ܐ̣. ܚܝ̈ܠܐ ܓܡܘܪ̈ܐ
ܘܡܢܗܪ̈ܢܐ ܘܡܕܟܝ̈ܢܐ ܡܫܬܡܗܝ̇ܢ. ܕܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܕܡܬܚܬܝܢ ܡܢܗܘܢ̣. ܘܫ
Notes:
- Of this we have here only a part of capp. viii., ix. and x.; the whole of capp. xi. and xii.; part of cap. xiii.; the whole of cap. xiv.; and a part of cap. xv. The incipit corresponds to the Greek Διὸ καὶ πρὸς τῆς ἡμῶν ἱερατικῆς παραδόσεως τελεστικαὶ καὶ φωτουργοὶ καὶ καθαρτικαὶ δυνάμεις, οἱ πρῶτοι νόες ὀνομάζονται κ.τ.λ.
- Cf. Opera, ed. 1755-6, t. i., p. 74 C.
Item 3 (Fol. 5a): Dionysius the Areopagite. De Ecclesiastica Hierarchia
Incipit: ܒܥ̈ܝܢܐ ܠܐ ܚܫ̈ܢܝܬܐ̣. ܡܬܪܚܩ ܡ̇ܢ ܡܢ ܚ̈ܙܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܬܨܡ̈ܚܢܐ ܕܠܐ ܝܕܥܬܐ.
Notes:
- The incipit corresponds to the Greek ὀφθαλμοῖς ἐπισκοπἡσας• τῶν ὐλαμπῶν μὲν ἀποφοιτήσει τῆς ἀγνωσίας μυχῶν• κ.τ.λ. We have here only parts of capp. ii. and iii.
- Cf. Opera, t. i., p. 171 C.
Item 4 (Fol. 8a): Dionysius the Areopagite. De Divinis Nominibus
Incipit: ܠܟܠܗ̇ ܡܪܘܬܐ ܕܚܝܠܐ ܡܢܗܪܢܐ ܐܝܟ ܪܝܫܬ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܘܡܥܠܝܬ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܟ̇ܢܫ̣ ܒܗ̣. ܘܫ
Notes:
- The incipit corresponds to the Greek words of cap. iv πᾶσαν τῆς φωτιστικῆς δυνάμεως τὴν κυρείαν, ὡς ἀρχίφωτος καὶ ὑπέρφωτος, ἐν ἑαυτῇ συλλαβουσα.
- Cf. Opera, t. i., p. 359 B.
Item 5 (Fol. 44b): Dionysius the Areopagite. De Mystica Theologia
Item 6 (Fol. 48a): Dionysius the Areopagite. The Epistles
Item 7 (Fol. 60b): The doxology
Item 8 (Fol. 60b): A table of contents
Colophon:
See below.
Note: Followed by the concluding note of Phocas.
Additions
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 60b):
Concluding note of Phocas
Addition 2 (Fol. 5b):
On the margin of fol. 5 b, there is a recipe in Arabic for the manufacture of ink,
apparently of the xivth or xvth cent.
Addition 3 (Fol. 58a):
There is also some Arabic writing, of comparatively modern date, on the lower margin
of fol. 58 a.
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