Add. 14,643
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/407
Date:
8th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 60 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
History
Geographical notes, imperfect both at beginning and end; A Chronicle, or rather a
collection of historical notes; A list of the Arab Caliphs, from the time of the prophet
Muhammad down to that of Yazid II.; Short Hymns
Physical Description
Vellum, about 9 1/4 in. by 6, consisting of 60 leaves. The quires, signed with letters, are 7 in number, but of ܐ only the last leaf remains, and of ܒ the first two leaves are missing. There are from 24 to 32 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This volume is written in a good, regular Esṭrangělā, and belongs in all probability
to the middle of the viiith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Estrangela script):
foll. 57b-60a
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Estrangela script):
fol. 60b
See additions. A later owner erased the original possessor's name, and substituted
his own (John).
Hand 4 (minor, Estrangela script):
fol. 60b
See additions. A later hand has in its turn been almost completely effaced the second
possesor's name (John).
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Geographical notes, imperfect both at beginning and end [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 2a): A Chronicle, or rather a collection of historical notes
Item 3 (Fol. 2a): Eusebius. Part of a Chronicle, or rather a collection of historical notes
Note: The first part of which, fol. 2 a, is chiefly derived from the Chronicle of Eusebius.
Item 4 (Fol. 35b): Part of a Chronicle, or rather a collection of historical notes
Notes:
- The second part, fol. 35b—56b, seems to be a compilation from several later authorities. The latest date mentioned in these notes is A. Gr. 947, A.D. 636 (fol. 50 b; compare Land, Anecd. Syr., t. i., p. 168).
- Cf. From the former, which is slightly imperfect at the beginning, Professor Roediger has edited considerable extracts in his Chrestomathia Syriaca, 2nd ed., p. 105; Professor Roediger has also given a Latin translation in Schoene's edition of the Chronicle, vol. ii., p. 201.; The latter has been published by Land in his Anecd. Syr., t. i., pp. 2—22 of the text.
Item 5 (Fol. 56b): A list of the Arab Caliphs, from the time of the prophet Muhammad down to that of
Yazid II.
Title: ܥܘܗܕܢܐ ܕܚ̈ܝܘܗܝ ܕܡ̇ܚܡܛ ܪ[ܣܘܠܐ] ܕܐܠܗܐ
Title: ܥܘܗܕܢܐ ܕܚ̈ܝܘܗܝ ܕܡ̇ܚܡܛ ܪ[ܣܘܠܐ] ܕܐܠܗܐ
Notes:
- This list appears to have been drawn up during the caliphate of Hisham, A.D. 724—742, not improbably by the transcriber of the manuscript himself.
- Cf. It has been published by Land, Anecd. Syr., t. i., p. 40.
Item 6 (Fol. 57b): Short Hymns
Title: ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ
Title: ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ
Additions
Addition 1:
Short hymns apparently added by a later hand.
ܒ̈ܬܐ ܕܚܫܐ
Addition 2 (Fol. 60b):
The note on fol. 60 b, in the handwriting of the scribe, once contained the name of the original possessor;
but a later owner erased it, and substituted his own (John), which has in its turn been almost completely effaced.
ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ [ܕܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ . . . ܠܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ . . ـܬ . . . ]. ܟܠ ܕܩ̇ܪܐ ܢܨܠܐ̇. ܥܠ ܡܢ
ܕܐܫܬ̣ܘܬܦ. ܕܐܠܗܐ ܗ̇ܘ ܕܡܛܠ ܫܡܗ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܣ̣ܡ ܣܝܡ̣ܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܪܘܚܢܝܬܐ ܒܕܘܟܬܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܫܡ̣ܗܢـ̣ܢ. ܗ̣ܘ
ܢܫܘܬܦܝܘܗܝ ܠܚ̈ܝܐ ܕܠܥܠܡ ܒܓܢܘܢܗ ܕܠܐ ܦܛ̇ܪ݂. ܘܫ.
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