London, BL, Add. 14589
source date: xith or xiith cent.
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/325, Add. 14,589, London, BL, Add. 14,589, BL Add MS 14589

[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.] [Note to Readers: This manuscript has a complex transmission history. The volume is palimpsest throughout, and the lower texts come from four distinct manuscripts which are interleaved to form the upper text. The database structure is not fully able to model that complexity in this description.] [Wright's description of this manuscript is incomplete or insufficient. The folios of each lower text are not fully provided.]

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1502, Add. 14,589, upper text, London, BL, Add. 14,589, upper text, BL Add MS 14589, upper text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 830, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCXXX

[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.]

Syriac

author: John Chrysostom
title: Discourses of John Chrysostom
  author: John Chrysostom
  title: On the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple and on S. Simeon the Aged
  Imperfect at the beginning.
  title: On the ten Virgins
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܕܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܘܢܝܣ. ܕܥܠ ܥ̈ܣܪ ܒ̈ܬܘܠܬܐ
  See Opera, t. viii., p. 666.

author: Jacob of Batnae
title: Metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Dead
rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥ̈ܢܝܕܐ
See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 313, no. 44, serm. iii.

title: 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
See Add. 17,263 [...] and 17,264 [...] .

author: Jacob of Batnae
title: Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On Love
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܚܘܒܐ
  See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 316, no. 84.
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On the rich man and Lazarus
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܘܠܥܙܪ
  See Assemani, p. 316, no. 89.
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On the Dead
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢ̈ܝܕܐ
  See Assemani, p. 313, no. 44, serm. v.
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On Lent
  rubric: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܨܘܡܐ
  See Assemani, p. 315, no. 69, serm. iii.
  author: Jacob of Batnae
  title: On Lent
  rubric: ܬܘܒ ܕܨܘܡܐ
  See Assemani, p. 315, no. 69, serm. ii.

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.

74 ff.

- 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.

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).

11th or 12th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue , abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 DCCCXXX 2:858-859

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1507, Add. 14,589, foll. 2, 9, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,589, foll. 2, 9, lower text, BL Add MS 14589, foll. 2, 9, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 830, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCXXX

[This manuscript contains: Octôêchos of Severus. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.] [Wright's description of this manuscript is incomplete or insufficient. The folios of this lower text are not fully provided.]

Syriac

title: Octôêchos of Severus
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.]

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.

2 ff.

- 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.

9th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue , abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 DCCCXXX 2:858-859

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1504, Add. 14,589, foll. 3, et passim, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,589, foll. 3, et passim, lower text, BL Add MS 14589, foll. 3, et passim, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 830, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCXXX

[This manuscript contains: Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.] [Wright's description of this manuscript is incomplete or insufficient. The folios of this lower text are not fully provided.]

Syriac

title: Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels
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.

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½.

1 f.

- Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½.

late 9th or 10th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue , abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 DCCCXXX 2:858-859

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1505, Add. 14,589, foll. 35, et passim, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,589, foll. 35, et passim, lower text, BL Add MS 14589, foll. 35, et passim, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 830, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCXXX

[This manuscript contains: The commencement of a letter. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.] [Wright's description of this manuscript is incomplete or insufficient. The folios of this lower text are not fully provided.]

Syriac

title: The commencement of a letter
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……"

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.

- 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.

7th or 8th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue , abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 DCCCXXX 2:858-859

United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1503, Add. 14,589, foll. 66–71, lower text, London, BL, Add. 14,589, foll. 66–71, lower text, BL Add MS 14589, foll. 66-71, lower text, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 830, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCXXX

[This manuscript contains: Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.] [Wright's description of this manuscript is incomplete or insufficient. The folios of this lower text are not fully provided.]

Syriac

title: Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels
rubric: ܩܪܝܢܐ ܕܦܠܓܗ ܕܝܘܡܐ ܕܥܪ܏ܘܒ. ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ ܏ܩܕ. ܕܝܘܚܢܢ

Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½.

6 ff.

- Vellum, about 5 7/8 in. by 4 ½.

apparently 9th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue , abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 DCCCXXX 2:858-859