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Add. 14,589

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/325
This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.

Add. 14,589, upper text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1502
Description based on Wright DCCCXXX (2:858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 11th or 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 74 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: John Chrysostom. Discourses of John Chrysostom; Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Dead; An extract from the " Illustrations of the Paradise of Palladius ," in the form of a dialogue; Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 11 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½, consisting of 74 leaves. The quires, signed with letters, were probably nine in number, of which the first and last are wanting. Each page has from 19 to 25 lines. This volume is palimpsest throughout, and seems to contain portions of four manuscripts.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a current hand of the xith or xiith cent., with a few Greek vowels (see, for instance, foll. 11 b and 14 b).

Contents

This manuscript contains 11 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 1a): John Chrysostom. Discourses of John Chrysostom [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): John Chrysostom. On the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple and on S. Simeon the Aged [defective]
Note: Imperfect at the beginning.
Item 3 (Fol. 6b): On the ten Virgins
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܢܝܣ. ܕܥܠ ܥ̈ܣܪ ܒ̈ܬܘܠܬܐ
Note: See Opera, t. viii., p. 666.
Item 4 (Fol. 13b): Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Dead
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥ̈ܢܝܕܐ
Note: See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 313, no. 44, serm. iii.
Item 5 (Fol. 16a): An extract from the " Illustrations of the Paradise of Palladius ," in the form of a dialogue
  Incipit: ܏ܬܘܒ ܏ܡܢ ܏ܦܘܫܩܐ ܏ܕܦܪܕܝܣܐ܀: ܏ܩܝܙ: ܏ܐܚ̈ܐ ܏ܐܡ̇ܪܝܢ܀ ܩܠܝܠ ܡ̈ܠܐ ܐܡܝܪܢ ܠܐܒܐ ܦܦܢܘܛ ܥܠ ܪܓܝ̈ܓܬܐ. ܘܣ̇ܓܝ ܥܲܡܘܛ ܠܢ ܣܘܟܠܗܝܢ ܡܛܠ ܙܢ̣ܐ ܠܐ ܪܕܝܐ ܕܪܘܟܒܗܝܢ
Note: See Add. 17,263 and 17,264 .
Item 6 (Fol. 17b): Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae [defective]
Item 7 (Fol. 17b): Jacob of Batnae. On Love
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܘܒܐ
Note: See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 316, no. 84.
Item 8 (Fol. 27b): Jacob of Batnae. On the rich man and Lazarus
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܘܠܥܙܪ
Note: See Assemani, p. 316, no. 89.
Item 9 (Fol. 52b): Jacob of Batnae. On the Dead
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢ̈ܝܕܐ
Note: See Assemani, p. 313, no. 44, serm. v.
Item 10 (Fol. 63a): Jacob of Batnae. On Lent
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܨܘܡܐ
Note: See Assemani, p. 315, no. 69, serm. iii.
Item 11 (Fol. 71a): Jacob of Batnae. On Lent [defective]
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܕܨܘܡܐ
Note: See Assemani, p. 315, no. 69, serm. ii.

Add. 14,589, foll. 2, 9, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1507
Description based on Wright DCCCXXX (2:858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 2 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Octôêchos of Severus. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½, consisting of two leaves, foll. 2 and 9, from a manuscript of about the ixth cent.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script):

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 2a): Octôêchos of Severus [defective]
Notes:
  • On fol. 2b, we can distinctly discern the numbers ܪܣܗ�ܗ, ܪܗܘ�ܐ, and ܪܣܙ�ܗ.
    The original description of this manuscript by William Wright includes characters, symbols, or illustrations which cannot be represented. Please consult the attached image, vol. 2, p. 859.
  • The original description of this manuscript by William Wright includes characters, symbols, or illustrations which cannot be represented. Please consult the attached image, vol. 2, p. 859.

Add. 14,589, foll. 3, et passim, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1504
Description based on Wright DCCCXXX (2:858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: late 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script):

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 3b): Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels [defective]
Note: These fragments are of a somewhat later date than Add. 14,589, foll. 66-71, lower text , perhaps belonging to the same manuscript as Add. 14,451, fol. 88, [lower text] , and Add. 14,452, fol. 58, [lower text] . For example, on fol. 3b we find S. Matthew, ch. xx. 32; on fol. 5b, S. John, ch. xv. 1; on fol. 6a, S. John, ch. xv. 5; on fol. 8b, S. Matthew, ch. iii, 15; on fol. 15a, S. Luke, ch. xxiii. 19; on fol. 15b, S. Luke, ch. xxiii. 29; on foll. 30b and 31a, S. Matthew, ch. xxviii. 12; etc.

Add. 14,589, foll. 35, et passim, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1505
Description based on Wright DCCCXXX (2:858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th or 8th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: The commencement of a letter. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½, consisting of a few leaves from a manuscript of the viith or viiith cent., of which the contents cannot be stated with certainty.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script):

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 35b): The commencement of a letter [defective]
  Excerpt: ܕܛܪܣܘܣ ܘܕܡܦܗܣܘܣܛܐ ܘܟܠܗ ܐܬܪܐ ܕܩ̈ܝܠܝܩܝܐ. ܡܦܝܣ ܐܢܐ ܠܟܠ ܡ̇ܢ ܕܦ̇ܓܥ ܒܗܢܐ . . . . ".... of Tarsus and Mopsuestia, and the whole country of the Cilicians. I beseech every one who falls in with this……"

Add. 14,589, foll. 66–71, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1503
Description based on Wright DCCCXXX (2:858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: apparently 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 6 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script):

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 71): Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels [defective]
 
Title: ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܦܠܓܗ ܕܝܘܡܐ ܕܥܪ܏ܘܒ. ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܏ܩܕ. ܕܝܘܚܢܢ 
Title: ܠܘܩܐ

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14589” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/325.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14589.” In A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/325.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14589

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • David A. Michelson, general editor, Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal
  • , editor, A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library
  • William Wright, David A. Michelson, Robert Aydin, Claire Chen, Justin Arnwine, and Justin Arnwine, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14589”

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Claire Chen
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by William L. Potter
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Syriaca.org URIs for authors edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Syriaca.org URIs for authors checked by Alexys Ahn Joseph DAlfonso
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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