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Add. 14,552

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/283
Description based on Wright DCXII (2:485-486) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th or 8th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 150 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Cyril of Alexandria. Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of St. Luke. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 11 1/2 in. by 7 1/4, consisting of 150 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 17, 26, 43, 44, 54, 61, 63 and 94. The quires, signed with letters, must originally have been 18 or 19 in number; but the last two or three are lost, and several of the others are imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 6, 7, 39, 73 and 94. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 36 to 44 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a fine, flowing hand of the viith or viiith cent. See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): Cyril of Alexandria. Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of St. Luke [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): An index prefixed to the volume
 
Title:
ܗܠܝܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܓܡܐ ܐܝܬ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܕܠܘܩܐ܀
Item 3 (Fol. 4b): Cyril of Alexandria. The second part of the Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of St. Luke, viz. hom. homilies lxxxi.-clvi [defective]
 
Title:
ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܕܠܘܩܐ̣. ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܩܘܪܝܠܘܣ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܐ̈ܦܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ.
Note: Of these, however,hom. [homilies] xcvii., cxiii.-cxvi., and cliv.-clvi., are entirely lost; whilst hom. [homilies] lxxxii., xcvi., xcviii., cxii., cxxvii., and cliii., are more or less incomplete. These homilies of Cyril have been carefully edited from this manuscript and Add. 14,551 , by the Rev. Dr. Payne Smith, Oxford, 1858; and the same scholar has published an English translation in two volumes, Oxford, 1859.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 1b): According to the note on the margin of fol. 1b, a volume of the Ecclesiastical History of John of Ephesus was once bound with this manuscript: ܬܫ̈ܥܝ̣ܬܐ ܕܐܩܠܣܝ̣ܣܛܝܩܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܐܦܝܣܩܦܐ ܕܐܦܣܘܣ ܡܕܝܢ̣ܬܐ
Addition 2 (Fol. 4a): On the blank page, fol. 4a, the monk and priest John, the son of Eugene, the son of John, from the province of Nisibis, residing in the convent of S. Mary Deipara, A. Gr. 1823, A.D. 1512, has written as follows: ܟܕ ܐܝܟ ܕܝ̈ܢܐ ܠܐ ܡܬܕܪ̈ܟܢܐ ܕܐܠܗܢ ܣܓܝܕ ܫܡܗ ܘܐܝܟ ܟܪܘܟܝܐ ܡܲܘܙܠܬܢܝܐ ܐܬܛܝܒ̇ܬ ܐܢ̇ܐ ܏ܝܘܚ ܚܲܛܝܐ ܒܫܡ ܕܝܪܝܐ ܘ܏ܩܫܝ. ܒܥܒ̇ܕܐ ܣ̇ܓܝ̣ ܡܲܒܥܰܕ ܡܢ ܗܢܐ ܫܡܐ. ܒܪ ܐܘܓܝܢ ܡـ[ـܢܚ]ـܐ ܒܪ ܏ܩܫܝ ܏ܝܘܚ ܡܲܰܕܢܚܝܐ ܡܢ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܡܒܪܟܬܐ ܡـ . . . ـܐ ܕܒܐܘܚܕܢܐ ܕܡܕܝܢ̣ܬ݀ ܬܚܘ̈ܡܐ ܢܨܝܒܝܢ. ܘܟܕ ܐܬܛ̇ܝ̣ܒܬ ܒܕܝܪܐ ܕܝܠܢ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܳܝܷܐܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܝܛܝ ܘܩܪܝ̇ܬ ܒܗܢܐ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܫܪ̈ܒܐ ܣܓ̈ܝܐܐ ܘܫܪܡ̇ܬ ܗܪܟܐ ܥܘܗܕܢܐ ܕܝܠܝ ܕܢܗܘ̣ܐ ܠܝ ܠܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܕܨܠܘܬܐ ܕܟܒܪ ܢܬܚܢܢ ܐܢ̣ܐ ܘܟܠ ܕܠ̇ܚܐ ܠܗܢܐ ܡܚܲܝܒܐ ܗܘ ܒܙܢܐ ܕܓܢܒܘܬܐ ܡܬܚܲܝܒ ܗܠܝܢ ܫܢܬ ܏ܐܦܟܓ ܠܝܘܢ ܘܠܐܠܗܐ ܏ܫܘ ܐܡܝܢ.

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