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Add. 14,630

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/374
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Add. 14,630, foll. 1–27

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/375
Description based on Wright DCCCX (2:818-819) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 27 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Palladius. Anecdotes of the Egyptian Fathers from the work of Palladius; Ephraim. Metrical discourses of Ephraim; Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 10 items.

Physical Description

Vellum about 7 7/8 in. by 6, consisting of 27 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 11, 12, and 15—17. The quires are signed with letters, but only two of them are complete, ܛ and ܝܙ. A later hand has marked them with Greek letters, Θ and ΙΖ. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 25. There are from 19 to 23 lines in each page. This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xth cent.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): The quires are signed with letters, but only two of them are complete,ܛ and ܝܙ.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Greek script): A later hand has marked them with Greek letters,Θ and ΙΖ.

Contents

This manuscript contains 10 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): Palladius. Anecdotes of the Egyptian Fathers from the work of Palladius [defective]
Note: Imperfect
Item 2 (Fol. 13a): Ephraim. Metrical discourses of Ephraim [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 13a): Ephraim. A fragment [defective]
  Explicit: ܒܝܘܡ ܦܘܪܥܢܐ ܠܦܘܪܥܢܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 13b): Ephraim. A funeral discourse on strangers [defective]
 
Title: ܥܠ ܐܟܣ̈ܢܝܐ   Incipit: ܟܡܐ ܚܢܝܓܐ ܫܢܬܗ ܕܡܘܬܟ̣. ܘܡܪܝܪ ܝܘܡܗ ܕܥܘܢܕܢܟ. ܏ܘܫ.
Note: Imperfect
Item 5 (Fol. 15b): Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae [defective]
Item 6 (Fol. 15b): Jacob of Batnae. A funeral discourse [defective]
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠ ܬܓܡ̈ܝܢ   Incipit: ܓܕܝܢܝ ܒܬܪܟ ܡܚܐ ܡ̈ܝܬܐ ܕܐܪܕܐ ܥܡܟ
Notes:
  • Only the first two or three lines remain.
  • Cf. Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 313, no. 44, serm. iv.
Item 7 (Fol. 16a): Jacob of Batnae. On S. Matthew's Gospel, ch. xiii. 44 [defective]
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܐܡ̣ܪ ܡܪܢ. ܕܕܡܝܐ ܡܠܟܘܬܐ ܕܫܡܝܐ ܠܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܡܛܝܐ (sic) ܒܩܪܝܬܐ
Notes:
  • Imperfect at the beginning.
  • Cf. Assemani, p. 320, no. 109.
Item 8 (Fol. 19b): Jacob of Batnae. On the love of money [defective]
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܪܚܡ̣ܬ݀ ܟܣܦܐ
Notes:
  • Imperfect at the end.
  • Cf. Assemani, p. 320, no. 114.
Item 9 (Fol. 26a): Jacob of Batnae. A fragment from the conclusion of a discourse on the End of the World and the last Judgment. [defective]
Item 10 (Fol. 27a): Jacob of Batnae. An extract from the discourse on the Rich Man and Lazarus [defective]
 
Title: ܡܢ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܗ ܥܠ ܥܬܝܪܐ ܘܠܥܙܪ
Note: Imperfect.

Add. 14,630, fol. 28

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/376
Description based on Wright DCXLVIII (2:512) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th century
Estrangela script ܀ Parchment Leaf, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors
This manuscript contains: Jacob of Batnae. Part of a discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Ascension of our Lord. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

A vellum leaf, much stained and torn, written in a good, regular Estrangela of the viith cent.

Hand 1 (sole, Estrangela script): Written in a good, regular Estrangela of the viith cent.

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. 28a): Jacob of Batnae. Part of a discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Ascension of our Lord

Add. 14,630, foll. 29–41

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/377
Description based on Wright DCIII (2:481) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 13 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors
This manuscript contains: John Chrysostom, John IV, patriarch of Constantinople. The discourse ofJohn Chrysostomon Virginity and Repentance. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 3/8 in. by 6 1/8, consisting of 13 leaves (Add. 14,630, foll. 29—41), all slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 29—32, 38, and 41. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 33 to 38 lines. This manuscript is written in a neat hand of the ixth cent.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a neat hand of the ixth cent.

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. 29a): John Chrysostom, John IV, patriarch of Constantinople. The discourse of John Chrysostom on Virginity and Repentance [defective]
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܐܢܝܣ ܕܥܠ ܒܬ܏ܘܠ ܘܬܝܒܘܬܐ ܘܡܪܬܝܢܘܬܐ   Colophon: See below.
Notes:
  • The text is rather of John IV, called ὁ Νηστευτής(Jejunator, or the Faster), patriarch of Constantinople, A.D. 582—595
  • Imperfect at the beginning.
  • Cf. Le Quien, Or. Christ., t. i., col. 226; the Works of Chrysostom, ed. Saville, t. vii., p. 641.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 41b): A note at the end, in the handwriting of the scribe, states that the manuscript was written for the monk Joseph, of the place called "little Baddāyā,"ܒ̇ܕܝܐ ܙܥܘܪܬܐ, near Harrān

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William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/374.

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William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/374.

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