Add. 14,678
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/534
Date:
AD 1237 / AG 1548
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Paper Codex, 84 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Psalters
This manuscript contains: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version; The Canticles. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.
Physical Description
Paper, about 10 1/8 in. by 6 1/2, consisting of 84 leaves, most of which are more or less stained and torn. The quires are signed with letters. Leaves are wanting at the beginning, as well as after foll. 1, 9, 12, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 24, 34, 43, 51, 60, 67, 70, 73, and 80. The number of lines in each page varies from 15 to 18. Foll. 81 and 82 have been almost completely torn out.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This manuscript is written in a large, regular hand, dated A. Gr. 1548, A.D. 1237.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): The Psalms, according to the
Peshitta version [defective]
Subscription (Fol. 79a): ܫܠ̣ܡ ܬܫܒ̈ܚܬܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܡܲܠܟܐ ܘܢܒܝܐ ܕܗ̇ܘܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܡܐܐ ܘܢܢ ܦܬܓ
ܕܝܢ ܗ̇ܘܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ ܘܬܡܢܡܐܐ ܘܬܪ̈ܝܢ:
Notes:
- The alternations of the choir are indicated, as in Add. 14,676, foll. 1—42, by one or two large red points, and each versicle is halved by the letter (ܗܠܠܘܝܗ) ܗ The missing portions are: Ps. i. 1—xxxi. 17, xxxii. 8—liii. 1, lxii. 12—lxvii. 6, lxix. 3—17, lxxi. 4—21, lxxii. 11—lxxiii. 6, lxxvi. 5 — lxxviii. 4, lxxviii. 17—47, lxxviii. 62—lxxix. 7, lxxxii. 6—lxxxv. 12, xciv. 4—xcv. 10, civ. 27—cv. 7, cviii. 9—cix. 14, cxviii. 37—94, cxxv. 5— cxxxii. 2, cxxxv. 26—cxxxviii. 15, and cxlii. 3—cxliii. 6.
- With the usual marginal division into ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ and ܫܘܒ̈ܚܐ.
Item 2 (Fol. 79a): The Canticles [defective]
Note: There remains only the first song of Moses
Item 3 (Fol. 79a): The first song of Moses
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 83):
On fol. 83 there is a mutilated note, which states that this Psalter was
written A. Gr. 1548,
A.D. 1237, in the convent of S. Mary Deipara.
[ܐܬܟܬ]ܒ ܘܐܫܬ݁ܡܠܝ ܕܘܝܕܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܬܫ̈ܒܚܬܐ ܕܛܘܒܢܐ [ܕܘܝܕ] ܡ̇ܠ̣ܟܐ
ܘܢܒܝܐ. ܐܝܟ ܪܓܬܗ ܕܪܒܢ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܗܘܼ . . . ܨ: ܒܫܢܬ ܐܠܦ ܘܚܡܫܡ̈ܐ ܘܐܪ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܘܬܡ̈ܢܐ
ܒܕܝܘܢ̈ܝܐ ܒܕܝܪܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝܡ ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܐܣܩܝܛܝ ܕܥܠ ܓܒ ܕܝܪܐ
ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܐܒܐ ܒܝܫܘܝ: ܒܝܘ̈ܡܝ ܪܝܫܕܝܪܐ ܪܒܢ. . . ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܡܢ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܕܫܡܗ̇ ܙܪܓܠ
Near Hisn Kīfā. See add. 17,227, fol. 151 a, ܙܪܓܠ ܩܣܛܪܐ
ܕܒܐܬܪܐ ܕܚܣܢܐ ܕܟܐܦܐ
Ignatius II. See Aseemani, Bibl. Or., t. ii. P. 371
Cyril III. See Renandot, Hist. Patr. Alexander. Jacobit, p.
576; Le Quien, Oriens Christ., t. ii., col. 491.
Addition 2 (Fol. 84a):
There is a note, written in very large letters, recording the name of one
Bar-saumā, who not improbably bore part of the expense of
writing and binding the book for the use of the convent.
[ܝܫܘܥ] ܡܫܝܚܐ ܐܠܗܐ ܚ̇ܣ̣ܐ ܒܛܝܒܘܬܟ ܠܥܒܕܟ ܒܪܨܘܡܐ. ܘܚܣܐ
ܠܐܒܗ̈ܘܗܝ [ܡ̈ܢـ]ܚܐ ܘܠܟܠܗܘܢ ܝ̈ܠܕܝܗ̇ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܟܢܝܫܐܝܬ ܒܝܕ ܨ̈ܠ. . . .
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