Add. 14,561
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/292
Date:
6th or 7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 161 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Individual Authors
This manuscript contains: John Chrysostom. The Commentary of John Chrysostom on the Gospel of S. John, homm. homilies i.-xliii. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 10 1/4 in. by 6 5/8, consisting of 161 leaves, two of which, foll. 6 and 7, are much stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, are now 17 in number. One leaf is wanting at the beginning, two leaves after fol. 6, and several quires after fol. 116. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 35 to 43 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This volume is written in a good, regular Estrangělā of the vith or viith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): John Chrysostom. The Commentary of John Chrysostom on the Gospel of S. John,
homm.
homilies
i.-xliii. [defective]
Incipit: ܡܬܥܠܐ ܠܗ ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ
Subscription (Fol. 161a): ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܒܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܩܘܣܛܢܛܝܢܦܘܠܝܣ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܠܬܐ ܕܦܘܫܩܐ ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܐܘܢܓܠܣܛܐ܀
Note: Of these, homm. i., ii.,xxix., and xxxv. are imperfect; whilst homm. [homilies] xxx.-xxxiv. are wanting. The incipit corresponds with the Greek ἀλλ' ἀνωτέρω πάντων ἑστάναι τῶν βιωτικῶν κ.τ.λ., Opera, t. viii., p. 2, line 29;Migne, Patrol. Gr., t. lix., col. 25, line 29. The first lacuna extends from t. viii., p. 12, line 44, to p. 14, line 18; and the second, from p. 190, line 9, to p. 236, line 5.
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 161a):
This is followed by the usual doxology, under which there is a note, in a more cursive character, of which the first two lines have been erased. The remainder contains one of the ordinary anathemas:
……….ܐܠܐ ܟܠ ܕܫ̇ܩܠ ܠܗ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܐܘ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܡܢܗ: ܘܟܐܡ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܘܠܐ ܡܦܢܐ ܠܗ ܠܡܪܘܗܝ̣. ܬܬܣܝܡ ܡܢܬܗ ܥܡ ܕܢ̈ܣܒܝ ܒܐ̈ܦܐ. ܘܢܬܚܫܒ ܥܡ [ܩ̈ܛܠܝ] ܐܠܗܐ.
Addition 2 (Fol. 161b):
On fol. 161b there is an extract, in a hand of the xth cent., from the funeral sermon of Gregory Nazianzen on his brother Caesarius
:
ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܡܡܠܠ ܐܠܗ̈ܝܬܐ ܡܢ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܒـ[ـܘܪܬܗ] ܕܩܣܪܝܘܣ ܐܚܘܗܝ.
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