London, BL, Add. 14681
source date: 12th or 13th century
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/537, Add. 14,681, London, BL, Add. 14,681, BL Add MS 14681, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 123, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CXXIII

[This manuscript contains: The Acts of the Apostles; The three Catholic Epistles; The remaining Apostolic Epistles; The Epistles of S. Paul. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 10 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-52
title: The Acts of the Apostles
Divided on the margin into 32 sections.
Missing portions: ch. i. 1 —ii. 42 and iv. 3 —23.

Foll. 52a-68
title: The three Catholic Epistles
Divided on the margin into 32 sections (ܠܒ, fol. 66 a).
  Foll. 52a-57
  title: The Epistle of S. James
  Foll. 57a-63
  title: The first Epistle of S. Peter
  Foll. 63a-68
  title: The first Epistle of S. John

Foll. 68a-71
title: The remaining Apostolic Epistles
The Epistle of S. Jude has been lost.
  Foll. 68a-68b
  title: The second Epistle of S. John
  Foll. 68b-69
  title: The third Epistle of S. John
  Foll. 69b-71
  title: The second Epistle of S. Peter
  Ending with ch. ii. 4.

Foll. 71a-169
title: The Epistles of S. Paul
In the usual order.
The Pauline Epistles are divided into 50 sections (ܢܢ, fol. 169 a).
The missing portions are:Romans, ch. i. 1—32, vi. 1— xi. 24; and Hebrews, ch. iv. 10 to the end.

Paper, about 9 3/8 in. by 6 5/8, consisting of 169 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 2, 69—78, 96, 100—108, and 163—169. The quires, signed with letters, must have been at least 40 in number; but the first 20 (which probably contained the Gospels) are lost. Of the remainder (ܟܐ—ܡ), the last is also missing, and there are, lacunae after foll. 2, 70, and 76. The number of lines in each page varies from 20 to 25. This volume is written in a regular, but inelegant hand of the xiith or xiiith cent. Greek vowels, as well as the points rukkākh and kushshāi have been added, both in black and red ink.

Paper

169 ff. 9 3/8 × 6 5/8

The quires, signed with letters, must have been at least 40 in number.

- Many of the leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.1, 2, 69 —78, 96, 100—108, and 163—169.

- The first 20 quires (which probably contained the Gospels) are lost. Of the remainder (ܟܐ—ܡ), the last is also missing.

- There are lacunae after foll.2, 70, and 76.

The number of lines in each page varies from 20 to 25.

This volume is written in a regular, but inelegant hand of the 12th or 13th century.

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See decoration note.

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There are ornamental designs in red, yellow, and black, on foll.51 a, 84 a, 106 b, 120 b, and 128 b.

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

- Greek vowels, as well as the points rukkākh and kushshāi have been added, both in black and red ink.

- Of lessons there are scarcely any noted in the handwriting of the scribe (see fol. 63 a) ; but a later hand has marked many in the Acts, Catholic and other Epistles, as well as in those of S. Paul. A partial index to these last, ܩܘܕܝܟܣ ܕܫܠܝܚܐ ܦܘܠܘܣ ܛܘܒܢܐ, has been written by the same hand on fol. 51 b.

- The same reader has covered the margins of the volume with various readings and notes. The various readings are either from other copies of the Pěshittā (i.e.ܒܨܚܚܐ ), or from the Harklensian version ( ܚܪܩܠܝܐ ). The notes are mostly explanatory of single words in the text, and introduced by i.e.ܗܳܢܰܘ . Occasionally, however, writers are cited; e.g. Basil, fol. 90 b; Severus, fol. 90 b; Philoxenus, ܡܪܝ ܐܟܣܢܝܐ fol. 116 a, ܦܝܠܠܟܣܝܢܘܣ fol. 161 b; Theodosius, ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝ foll. 137 a, 157 a; and the abbot Bar-Gagai, ܪܝܫܕܝܪܐ ܒܪܓ݁ܰܐܓ݁ܰܝ, fol. 85 a.

- There is also a Coptic division of the same portions of Scripture; viz. of the Acts into 48 sections (ⲯⲃ, fol. 50 a), the Epistle of S. James into 7 (ⲑ, fol. 56 a), S. Peter into 8 (ⲃ, fol. 62 a), and S. John into 5 (ⲉ, fol. 67 a). The second Epistle of S. Peter has 3 of these sections ( , fol. 70 b). In the Pauline Epistles they are not marked.

- On fol. 120 b there is recorded the name of one John, from Mount Lebanon.

ܕܦ̇ܓܥ ܘܩ̇ܪܐ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܠܐ ܚ̈ܝܐ ܘܝ̇ܬܪ ܡܢܗ: ܢܨ̇ܠܐ ܥܠ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܘܝܐ ܘܚܛܝܐ ܒܪ ܩܲܫܐ ܐܝܣܚܩ ܒܪ ܩܘܡܘܣ ܓܘܪܓܝܣ ܒܪ ܩܘܡܘܣ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܢ ܛܘܪ ܠܒܢܢ ܒܩܘܪܒܐ ܕܐܪ̈ܙܐ ܕܢܨܝܒ݂ܝܢ ܒܒܝܬܗ ܕܡܪܝܐ.

12th or 13th century

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 CXXIII 1:78-79