Add. 14,573
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/306
Date:
6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 28 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Metrical discourses of Ephraim. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 9 1/8 in. by 7, consisting of 28 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—5, 9, 12 and 23. The quires are now only 4 in number, of which the 3d and 4th are very imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 22, 26 and 28. What the original signatures were, is not apparent; later hands have marked the quires with letters, and with arithmetical figures, and one reader has numbered the pages with Coptic ciphers (on the verso at the top). Each page is divided into two columns, of from 28 to 33 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
The writing is a good, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Coptic script):
See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Greek script):
See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 7 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): Ephrem. Metrical discourses of Ephraim
[defective]
Title: [ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ] [ܕܡܪܝ]ܐܦܪܝܡ ܛܘܒܢܐ
Title: [ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ] [ܕܡܪܝ]ܐܦܪܝܡ ܛܘܒܢܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 3b): Ephrem. On Nineveh and Jonah [defective]
Title: ܩܕܡܝܐ[ܕܥܠ ܢܝܢܘ]ܐ ܘܝܘܢܢ Subscription (Fol. 20b): ܫܠܡ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܢܝܢܘܐ ܘܝܘܢܢ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ.
Title: ܩܕܡܝܐ[ܕܥܠ ܢܝܢܘ]ܐ ܘܝܘܢܢ Subscription (Fol. 20b): ܫܠܡ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܢܝܢܘܐ ܘܝܘܢܢ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܛܘܒܢܐ ܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ.
Notes:
- Slightly imperfect at the beginning.
- Cf. Opera, t. ii. p. 359, etc.; Bibl. Orient., t. i. p. 140, no. 3.
Item 3 (Fol. 21a): Ephrem. Two parænetic discourses [defective]
Title: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
Title: ܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ
Item 4 (Fol. 21a): Ephrem. Part of Two parænetic discourses [defective]
Incipit: ܟܐܒܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܐ̇ܠܨ ܠܝ. ܛܟܣܐ ܕܐܫܬܘܩ ܦܩ̇ܕ ܠܝ
Note: Imperfect.
Item 5 (Fol. 26b): Ephrem. Part of Two parænetic discourses [defective]
Title: ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ Incipit: .ܐܝܢܐ ܕܪܫ̇ܐ ܙܕܩ̇ ܗܘ. ܕܢܗܘܐ ܪܡ ܡܢ ܡܪܫܘܬܐ
Title: ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡܟܣܢܘܬܐ Incipit: .ܐܝܢܐ ܕܪܫ̇ܐ ܙܕܩ̇ ܗܘ. ܕܢܗܘܐ ܪܡ ܡܢ ܡܪܫܘܬܐ
Notes:
- Imperfect.
- Cf. Opera, t. iii. p. 654, etc.; Bibl. Orient., t. i. p. 147, no. 19.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1:
Later hands have marked the quires with letters.
Addition 2:
Later hands have marked the quires with arithmetical figures.
Addition 3:
One reader has numbered the pages with Coptic ciphers (on the verso at the top).
Addition 4:
A few Greek vowels have been added by a later hand.
Addition 5 (Fol. 3a):
On fol. 3 a there are the remains of a note, showing that this was one of the 250 volumes, procured for the convent of S. Mary Deipara by the abbat Moses of Nisibis, A. Gr. 1243, A.D. 932.
Addition 6 (Fol. 2a):
The torn leaf fol. 2 seems to contain fragments of a hymn, of later date.
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