London, BL, Add. 14671
source date: xiiith 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/523, Add. 14,671, London, BL, Add. 14,671, BL Add MS 14671, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 2, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, II

[This manuscript contains: Part of the Pentateuch, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-263
title: Part of the Pentateuch, according to the Peshitta version
  Foll. 1a to 42
  title: Genesis
  Marginally divided into 35 sections (ܠܗ).
  The missing portions are: ch. i. 1—iv. 12, v. 11—xvii. 10, xviii. 5—27, xxiii. 8—xxiv. 11, xxxi. 53—xxxvi. 4, and xxxvi. 30—xxxvii. 15.
  Foll. 42b to 101
  title: Exodus
  Divided into 26 sections (ܟܘ).
  Foll. 101a to 147
  title: Leviticus
  Divided into 20 sections (ܟܟ).
  Foll. 147b to 212
  title: Numbers
  Divided into 26 sections (ܟܘ).
  Foll. 212a to 263
  title: Deuteronomy
  Sections not marked throughout.
  The missing portions are: ch. xxx. 1—20, and xxxii. 14— xxxiv. 12.

Paper, 10 ½ in. by 6 ¾, consisting of 263 leaves, some of which are much torn, especially foll. 1, 2, 8, 10, 23, 24, 26, 115, 262, and 263. The quires, signed with letters, were originally 30 in number; but of these the first (with the exception of a single leaf), the second, and the last, are now missing. Leaves are also wanting after foll. 2, 8, 22, 23, and 260. There are from 21 to 27 lines in each page. This volume is written in a good, regular hand of the xiiith cent. Some Syriac vowels have been added by the scribe, and other hands have inserted numerous Greek vowels, as well as the points rukkākh and kushshāi, both in red and black ink.

paper

263 ff. 10 1/2 × 6 3/4

The quires, signed with letters, were originally 30 in number.

- Some leaves are much torn, especially foll.1, 2, 8, 10, 23, 24, 26, 115, 262, 263.

- Of the quires, the first (with the exception of a single leaf), the second, and the last, are now missing.

- Leaves are also wanting after foll.2, 8, 22, 23, and 260.

There are from 21 to 27 lines on each page.

This volume is written in a good, regular hand of the xiiith cent.. See additions.

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[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- Some Syriac vowels have been added by the scribe

- Other hands have inserted numerous Greek vowels, as well as the points rukkākh and ḳushshāi, both in red and black ink.

- There are also many marginal notes and glosses, chiefly in Arabic, by different hands

- A few lessons (ܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ) have been marked on the margins; e.g. foll.40 b, 41 b, and 44 b.

13th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue abbreviated by the Syriaca.org project team.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 II 1:3