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Add. 14,556

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/287
Description based on Wright DCXIV (487-488) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 138 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors; Theology
Cyril of Alexandria. The second part of the Thesaurus of Cyril of Alexandria, or the treatise on the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity, comprising chapp. xxi.-xxxv.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 9 5/8 in. by 6 1/2, consisting of 138 leaves, some of which are much stained, defaced, and torn, especially foll. 1—3, 15, 18, 21, 137 and l38. The quires were originally 17 in number, but the first 3 are now lost, and the 9th is imperfect, two leaves being wanting after fol. 54. They are signed with both letters and arithmetical figures; e.g. fol. 51, ܛ; fol. 90, ܝܓ; fol. 110, ܝܗ. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 31 to 36 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This volume is written in a neat, regular Estrangělā of the vith or viith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Coptic script): See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Greek script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Cyril of Alexandria. The second part of the Thesaurus of Cyril of Alexandria, or the treatise on the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity, comprising chapp. xxi.-xxxv. [defective]
 
Title: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܣܝ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܩܘܪܝܠܘܣ   Subscription (Fol. 138b): ܫܠܡܬ ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܕܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܪ̈ܫܐ ܫܬܬܥܣܪ̈ . ܘܘ ܘܘ.
Note: Chap, xxiii. commences on fol.1a, but the legible portion of the text begins on fol.2b with the words:ܐܒܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܟܝܢܐܝܬ ܡܫܘܕܥܐ. ܘܕܚܪܝܢ ܗܘ ܒܩܢܘܡܐ ܠܒܪ ܡܢ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܝܗ̣ܒ ܡܚܘܝܐ, corresponding with the Greek,τὸ ἐκ πατρὸς ἔχειν φυσικῶς σημαίνει, καὶ καθ' ὑπὁστασιν ἕτερον ἑαυτὸν πρὸς τὸν δεδωκότα δεικνύει, Opera, ed. Aubert, t. v., pars 1, p. 226 B . The lacuna after fol.54 extends from p. 285 C to p. 286 D .

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 15b): Some portions of the text have been purposely erased, e. g. on foll. 15b and 21b. The writing on foll. 1 and 2a has been almost completely effaced, in order to make room for some prayers in the Coptic language, and even of these but little is now legible.
Addition 2 (Fol. 138a): On the margin of fol. 138a the names of the twelve tribes of Israel are written in Greek letters by a Coptic hand.

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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14556” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/287.

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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14556.” In , edited by ., edited by D. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/287.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14556

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