Add. 14,551
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/282
Date:
8th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 138 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Cyril of Alexandria. The first part of the Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of S. Luke, viz. hom. i.-lxxx. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 10 1/8 in. by 6 1/2, consisting of 138 leaves, of which the first three and the last are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 22 in number, but the first seven are now lost, and the 8th is very imperfect, 8 leaves being missing between foll. 1 and 2. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 30 to 38 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This volume is written in a neat, regular hand of about the viiith cent.
See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Cyril of Alexandria. The first part of the Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of S. Luke, viz. hom. i.-lxxx. [defective]
Subscription (Fol. 137b): ܫܠ̣ܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ ܐܘܢܓܠܣܛܐ̣. ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܩܘܪܝܠܘܣ ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܕܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ .. ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ̇ܲ. ܬܘܪ̈ܓܡܐ̣ ܬܡ̈ܢܐܝ̈ܢ.
Colophon:
See additions.
Note: Of these homilies, however, the first 28, as well as the 30th and 31st, are entirely lost. The remaining homilies are complete.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a):
Hom.
Homily
xxix. [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 2a):
Hom.
Homily
xxxii. [defective]
Incipit: ܒܦܠܐ̈ܬܐ ܥ̣ܒܕ ܦܪܘܩܐ ܟܕ ܐܡ̇ܪ̈.
Note: See Dr. Payne Smith's edition, p. 5, line 19.
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 137b):
Beneath the final rubric, are the words ܒܪܝܟ ܐܠܗܐ ܠܥܠܡ̣. ܘܡܫܒܚ ܫܡܗ̣ ܠܕܪܕܪܝܢ, followed by the doxology.A long note, filling up the whole of the second column of this page, has been most carefully effaced. At the beginning of its second paragraph, we can just decipher the words ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܬܠܡ̈ܝܕܘܗܝ ܕܚܣܝܐ ܐܒܘܢ ܡܪܝ ܓܐܘܪܓܝ : ܐܠܐ, This book belongs to the disciples of the bishop, our father Mar George; but—.On the remaining fragment of fol.138, we read part of the original colophon:ܠܐ ܡܪܝ ܢܬܛܠܡ ܐܓܪܐ ܕܚܡܫ ܬܐ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܥܠܡܠ ܙܪܥ̣ ܙܪܥܟ ܡܡܕܟ ܒܣܡ̈ܡܢܐ ܒܚܩܠܐ ܕܚ̈ܝܘܬܐ ܒܐܒܪ̈ܐ ܕܦܪ̈ܚܬܐ ܒܚܝܠܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ܀
Lord, let not be unjustly withheld the reward of the five pairs(the fingers),which have laboured (and) sown thy seed, mixed with pigments, on the field of animals(the vellum),with the quills of birds, through the strength of God.
Addition 2 (Fol. 137b):
The perpetrator of this outrage of effacement was Isaac bar Abraham bar Dinārā of Tagrit, who has recorded his purchase of the volume in these words:
܀ ܒܪܗ ܕܐܒܐ ܒܪܗ ܕܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ. ܐܠܗܐ ܫܪܝܫܐ ܘܡܒܪܟܐ ܕܠܥܠܡܝܢ. ܚܘܢ ܒܪ̈ܚܡܝܟ ܣ̈ܓܝܐܐ ܒܥܠܡܐ ܗܢܐ ܘܒܥܠܡܐ ܕܥܬܝܕ ܠܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܪ ܐܒܪܗܡ ܒܪ ܕܝܢܪܐ ܬܓܪܝܬܢܝܐ ܕܩܢܝܗܝ ܠܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܐܝܟ ܕܠܝܘܬܪܢܐ ܕܩܢܘܡܗ. ܘܫ.
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