London, BL, Add. 14678
source date: A. Gr. 1548
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/534, Add. 14,678, London, BL, Add. 14,678, BL Add MS 14678, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 189, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CLXXXIX

[This manuscript contains: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version; The Canticles. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

title: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version
ܫܠ̣ܡ ܬܫܒ̈ܚܬܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܡܲܠܟܐ ܘܢܒܝܐ ܕܗ̇ܘܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܡܐܐ ܏ܘܢܢ ܦܬ܏ܓ ܕܝܢ ܗ̇ܘܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ ܐ̈ܠܦܝܢ ܘܬܡܢܡܐܐ ܘܬܪ̈ܝܢ:
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.

title: The Canticles
There remains only the first song of Moses
  title: The first song of Moses

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.

84 ff.

- 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.

This manuscript is written in a large, regular hand, dated A. Gr. 1548, A.D. 1237.

See additions.

- Colophon

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.]
- Colophon

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. . . .

AD 1237 AG 1548

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 CLXXXIX 1:132-133