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Add. 14,677

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/533
Description based on Wright CLXXXVII (1:131-132) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th century
East Syriac script ܀ Paper Codex, 147 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Psalters
This manuscript contains: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version; The Canticles; Several hymns. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 8 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 5 in. by 3 3/8, consisting of 147 leaves, most of which are more or less stained and torn. The quires, signed with letters, are 15 in number, the first and last being imperfect. There are from 17 to 23 lines in each page. Fol. 147 has been almost completely torn out.

Hand 1 (sole, East Syriac script): This volume is written in a neat, small, Nestorian hand of about the xiiith cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version
  Subscription (Fol. 139b): [ܫܠܸܡ] ܠܡܟܬܒ ܙܡܝܪ̈ܬܐ [ܕܛܘ]ܒܢܐ ܕܘܝܕ ܡܠܟܐ ܘܢܒܝܐ ܕܗܘ̈ܝܢ ܙܡܝ̈ܪܬܐ: ܡܐܐ ܘܚܡܫܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ: ܘܨܚܚ̈ܐ ܥܣܪܝܢ ܘܬܫܥܐ ܘܗܘ̈ܠܠܐ ܏ܟ ܣܛܪ ܡܢ ܕܒܝܬ ܗܝܕܝܢ ܘܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ ܫ܏ܬܝܢ ܥܡ ܕܒܝܬ ܗܝܕܝܢ: [ܘܦܬ]ܓܡ̈ܐ ܐܪܒܥܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ . . . ܡܐܐ ܘܬܠܬܐ ܣ܏ܛܪ [ܡܢ ܒܝܬ]ܗ̇ܝܕܝܢ.
Notes:
  • The arguments are the same as in Add. 14,674, foll. 1—78, and other Nestorian manuscripts.
  • Divided on the margin into ܗܘ̈ܠܠܐ and ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ.
  • I.e., the two songs of Moses and the song of Isaiah. See Badger, The Nestorians and their Rituals, vol. ii. p. 21..
Item 2 (Fol. 140a): The Canticles
Item 3 (Fol. 140a): The first song of Moses
Item 4 (Fol. 141b): The song of Isaiah
Item 5 (Fol. 142a): The second song of Moses
  Subscription (Fol. 145a): ܫܠܡܸ ܙܡܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ [ܥܡ] ܬܫܒ̈ܚܬܐ ܕܡܘܫܐ.
Item 6 (Fol. 145a): Several hymns [defective]
 
Title:
ܬܘܒ ܬܫܒ̈ܚܬܐ ܕܚ[ܕܒܫܒ̈ܐ] ܘܕܥܐܕ̈ܐ: ܘܕܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ [ܫܚܝ̈ܡܐ.]
Item 7 (Fol. 145a): Hymn of Narses [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܪܝ ܢܪܣܝ
  Incipit: ܬܘܕܝ ܠܛܒܐ ܕܚܪܪ ܓܢܣܢ
Notes:
Item 8 (Fol. 146a): Hymn of Theodore of Mopsuestia [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܪܝ ܬܐܘܕܘܪܘܣ ܡܦܫܩܢܐ
  Incipit: ܢܘܗܪܐ ܕܕܢܚ ܠܙܕܝܩ̈ܐ
Notes:

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14677” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/533.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14677.” 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/533.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14677

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  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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