London, BL, Add. 14640
source date: viith 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/404, Add. 14,640, London, BL, Add. 14,640, BL Add MS 14640, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 920, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, DCCCCXX

[This manuscript contains: John, bishop of Asia or Ephesus. The third part of the Ecclesiastical History of John, bishop of Asia or Ephesus. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-159b
author: John, bishop of Asia or Ephesus
title: The third part of the Ecclesiastical History of John, bishop of Asia or Ephesus
It is divided into six books, each book being preceded by an index of contents.
See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. ii., pp. 83, seqq., and Land, "Joannes Bischof von Ephesos, der erste syrische Kirchenhistoriker," Leyden, 1856. This valuable work has been edited by Dr. Cureton, "the Third Part of the Ecclesiastical History of John, bishop of Ephesus," Oxford, 1853. It was also translated into English by the Rev. R. Payne Smith, Oxford, I860. There is also a German translation by Dr. J. M. Schonfelder, "Die Kirchengeschichte des Johannes von Ephesus," Munchen, 1862.
  Foll. 1a-24a
  title: Book i., 42 chapters
  Of these there are lost, chh. 1 and 2, the beginning of ch. 3, the end of ch. 4, chh. 6—8, and the beginning of ch. 9.
  Foll. 24b-56a
  title: Book ii., 52 chapters
  Foll. 56b-83b
  title: Book iii., 56 chapters
  Of these chh. 44—56 are lost, and ch. 43 is imperfect at the end.
  Foll. 84a-115b
  title: Book iv., 61 chapters
  Of these there are lost, chh. 1—4, the greater part of ch. 5, the end of ch. 22, ch. 23—29, and the greater part of ch. 30.
  Foll. 116a-127a
  title: Book v., 23 chapters
  Foll. 127b-159b
  title: Book vi., 49 chapters
  Chh. 38—49 are entirely lost, and of ch. 37 only a small portion remains.

Vellum, about 11 1/8 in. by 7 1/2, consisting of 159 leaves, a few of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 3, 23, 83, and 109. The quires, signed with letters, were originally about 20 in number, but the volume now ends with the eighteenth. The tenth quire is also lost, and the first and twelfth are imperfect, leaves being wanting at the beginning, and after foll. 2, 83, and 96. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 30 to 38 lines.

Vellum

159 ff. 11 1/8 × 7 1/2

The quires, signed with letters, were originally about 20 in number, but the volume now ends with the eighteenth. The tenth quire is also lost, and the first and twelfth are imperfect, leaves being wanting at the beginning, and after foll. 2, 83, and 96.

- A few leaves are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 3, 23, 83, and 109. The quires, signed with letters, were originally about 20 in number, but the volume now ends with the eighteenth. The tenth quire is also lost, and the first and twelfth are imperfect, leaves being wanting at the beginning, and after foll. 2, 83, and 96.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 30 to 38 lines.

This volume is written in a good, regular Estrangela of the viith cent., perhaps by the same scribe as Add. 14,647 [...] .

7th 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 DCCCCXX 3:1061-1062