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Add. 14,638

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/400
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. 14,638, foll. 1–18, upper text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/401
Description based on Wright DXXIII (1:398-399) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th or 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 18 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Funeral Services
This manuscript contains: Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead; Short ejaculatory prayers on various occasions, for the whole people and for individuals; Consolatory phrases. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 14 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 6 3/4 in. by 4 3/4, consisting of 18 leaves, several of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 11—13 and 18. The number of lines in each page varies from 26 to 37. This manuscript is palimpsest; cf. the lower text.

Hand 1 (minor, Estrangela script): The first two pages are written in Estrangela, of the ixth or xth cent.
Hand 2 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): The remainding pages (foll. 3-18) are in a more cursive character, also of the ixth or xth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 14 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. 1b): Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead [defective]
 
Title: ܒܘ̈ܝܐܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): For the clergy, monks, and men of rank
 
Title: ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܠܝܪ̈ܝܩܘ ܘܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܘܐܢܫܐ ܡܝܩܪ̈ܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 2a): For old men
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܣܒ̈ܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 3a): For children
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܛܠܝ̈ܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 3b): Another
 
Title: ܐܚܪܢܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 5a): For any person
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
Item 7 (Fol. 5a): For a priest
 
Title: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܕܡܛܠ ܟܗܢܐ
Item 8 (Fol. 7b): For deacons
 
Title: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܫܡ̈ܫܢܐ
Item 9 (Fol. 9a): For monks
 
Title: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 10b): For virgins
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܒܬܘ̈ܠܐ ܘܒܬܘ̈ܠܬܐ
Item 11 (Fol. 12a): For children
 
Title: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܛ̈ܠܝܐ
Item 12 (Fol. 13b): For any person [defective]
 
Title: ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
Item 13 (Fol. 14a): Short ejaculatory prayers on various occasions, for the whole people and for individuals
Item 14 (Fol. 18a): Consolatory phrases
 
Title: ܡ̈ܠܐ ܕܒܘܝܐܐ
Note: Left unfinished by the scribe.

Add. 14,638, foll. 1–18, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1478
Description based on Wright DXXIII (1:399) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 7th century
Unspecified Greek script ܀ Parchment Codex, 18 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript contains: Portions of a Greek Lectionary from the Gospels. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 1 item.

Physical Description

This manuscript is palimpsest; cf. the upper text. Some of the rubrics are still quite legible; for example, foll. 1 a, 4 b, 6 b, 7 a, 8 b, 11 a, and 13 b. The text can be read with considerable ease in most places, but particularly on foll. 1 a and 18 b, which have been left blank by the Syrian scribe.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Greek script): Viiith cent., written in rather elegant, slanting uncials, with larger initial letters and with accents.

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. 1a): Portions of a Greek Lectionary from the Gospels
 
Title: ܒܘ̈ܝܐܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ

Add. 14,638, foll. 19–26

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/402
Description based on Wright DXXIV (1:399) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Other, 8 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Funeral Services
This manuscript contains: Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 8 items.

Physical Description

Eight vellum leaves, 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, with from 18 to 28 lines in each page (Add. 14,638, foll. 19—26).

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is good and regular, of about the xth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): The character employed on fol. 23 b, etc., is more cursive than that of the previous pages.

Contents

This manuscript contains 8 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. 19a): Consolatory discourses and prayers for the Dead [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 19a): For any person [defective]
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
Note: Imperfect at the beginning.
Item 3 (Fol. 19b): Another
 
Title: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
Item 4 (Fol. 21b): Another
 
Title: ܒܘܝܐܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܠܢܫ
Item 5 (Fol. 23a): A prayer
 
Title: ܨܠܘܬܐ ܕܥܢ̈ܝܕܐ ܕܒܬܪ ܣܕܪܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 23b): Short addresses on the Commemoration of Saints and Martyrs
Item 7 (Fol. 25b): Address of the priest at a commemoration
 
Title: ܡܠܬܐ ܕܐܡܪ ܠܗ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܥܠ ܕܘܟܪܢܐ
Item 8 (Fol. 26a): Consolatory discourse for a priest [defective]
 
Title: ܒܘܝܝܐ ܕܥܠ ܟܗܢܐ
Note: Imperfect at the end.

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14638” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/400.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14638.” 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/400.

About this Entry

Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14638

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, Eliana Yonan, and Emma Claire Geitner, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14638”

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Eliana Yonan
  • Created by Emma Claire Geitner
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by William L. Potter
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by Lindsay Ruth
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Form and material support designations edited by Claire Chen
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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