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Add. 14,554

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/285
Description based on Wright DCXXI (2:492) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: early 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 115 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Cyril of Alexandria. Part of the treatise of Cyril of Alexandria on Worship in Spirit and in Truth, viz. books xiv.-xvii. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 7 7/8 in. by 5, consisting of 115 leaves, one of which, fol. 113, is much torn. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 13 in number, but the first is now lost. There are from 24 to 32 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a good, regular hand of the earlier part of the ixth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Cyril of Alexandria. Part of the treatise of Cyril of Alexandria on Worship in Spirit and in Truth, viz. books xiv.-xvii. [defective]
 
Title:
ܬܫܡܫܬܐ ܕܪܘܚ
  Incipit: ܕܙ̇ܕܩ ܠܡܬܪܓܪܓܘ ܠܡ̈ܥܠܝܬܐ̣.   Subscription (Fol. 115a): ܫ̣ܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒܐ ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܐܚܪܝܬܐ ܕܬܫܡܫܬܐ ܕܪܘܚ. ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ̇ ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܬܫܥܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܩܘܪܝܠܘܣ܀
Notes:
  • The incipit corresponds to the Greek καὶ πρός γε τὸ δεῖν τῶν ἀμεινόνων ἐφίεσθαι, p. 492 B.
  • Cf. Opera, ed. Aubert, t. i., p. 479

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 115a): The original colophon on the same page has been erased, and over it is written a note in the hand of the abbat Moses of Nisibis, stating that this was one of the volumes brought by him to the convent of S. Mary Deipara, A.D. 932.

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William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/285.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/285.

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