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Add. 14,589

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/325
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Add. 14,589, upper text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1502
Description based on Wright DCCCXXX (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; Theology
John Chrysostom. Discourses of John Chrysostom; Jacob of Serugh. 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 Serugh. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 1/2, 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 Serugh. 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 Serugh. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae [defective]
Item 7 (Fol. 17b): Jacob of Serugh. On Love
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܘܒܐ
Note: See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 316, no. 84 .
Item 8 (Fol. 27b): Jacob of Serugh. On the rich man and Lazarus
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܘܠܥܙܪ
Note: See Assemani, p. 316, no. 89 .
Item 9 (Fol. 52b): Jacob of Serugh. On the Dead
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢ̈ܝܕܐ
Note: See Assemani, p. 313, no. 44, serm. v .
Item 10 (Fol. 63a): Jacob of Serugh. On Lent
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܨܘܡܐ
Note: See Assemani, p. 315, no. 69, serm. iii .
Item 11 (Fol. 71a): Jacob of Serugh. 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 (858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 2 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors; Theology
Severus of Antioch. Octôêchos of Severus

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 1/2, 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): Severus of Antioch. 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 (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; Theology
Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 1/2.

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 (858-859) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th or 8th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors; Theology
The commencement of a letter

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 1/2, 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 . . . .   Excerpt: ".... 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 (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; Theology
Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels

Physical Description

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 1/2.

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

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