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Add. 14,586

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/322
Description based on Wright DCXXXIII (2:503) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th or 8th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 75 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors
This manuscript contains: Jacob of Batnae. The metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Crucifixion of our Lord. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 6 7/8 in. by 4 7/8 consisting of 75 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 6, 7, 14, 15, 65, 72, 74 and 75. The quires, signed with letters, seem to have been 10 in number, but of these ܘ is lost, and several others are imperfect, leaves being missing at the beginning, as well as after foll. 6, 7, 13, 64, 71 and 73. There are from 20 to 24 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular Estrangělā of the viith or viiith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): Jacob of Batnae. The metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Crucifixion of our Lord [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܙܩܝܦܘܬܗܘܢ ܕܡܪܢ
Note: There are no divisions marked, either in the text or on the margins.

Additions

N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 75b): A note on the margin of fol.75 b, beginning with the words ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ has been carefully erased.
Addition 2 (Fol. 1b): Another note, on the margin of fol. 1b, informs us that the volume belonged to the convent of S. Mary Deipara. ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܡܐܡܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܣܩ̈ܝܛܐ. ܐܠܗܐ ܢܚܣܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܡܡܢܥ ܠܗ ܐܡܝܢ.

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/322.

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/322.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14586

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