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Add. 14,695

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/561
Description based on Wright CCCXLI (1:285-286) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 11th or 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 212 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books
This manuscript contains: A collection of Greek and Syriac Canons and Troparia, for the circle of the whole year. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 42 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 ¼ in. by 5 1/8 , consisting of 212 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and torn. The quires, apparently 22 in number, have no signatures. There are from 22 to 30 lines in each page. This volume is palimpsest throughout.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a good current hand of the xith or xiith cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): A collection of Greek and Syriac Canons and Troparia, for the circle of the whole year [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The Annunciation of Zacharias [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 3a): The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin
Item 4 (Fol. 8a): The Nativity of S. John the Baptist
Item 5 (Fol. 10b): The Revelation of the Angel to S. Joseph
 
Title:
ܥܠ ܓܠܝܢܗ ܕܥܝܪܐ ܠܘܬ ܝܘܣܦ
Item 6 (Fol. 14b): The Nativity of our Lord
Item 7 (Fol. 28a): The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin
Item 8 (Fol. 32a): The Commemoration of S. Stephen
Item 9 (Fol. 34a): The Massacre of the Innocents
Item 10 (Fol. 35b): The Commemoration of Basil and Gregory
Item 11 (Fol. 38a): The Epiphany
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܥܡܕܗ ܕܦܪܘܩܢ
Item 12 (Fol. 55b): The Decollation of S. John the Baptist
Item 13 (Fol. 60a): The Presentation in the Temple
Item 14 (Fol. 68a): The Commemoration of Severus of Antioch
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܣܘܪܐ
Item 15 (Fol. 70b): Of Priests
 
Title:
ܕܕܘܟܪܢܐ ܕܟܗ̈ܢܐ
Item 16 (Fol. 72b): Of the Dead
Item 17 (Fol. 75a): Of Theodore
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܢܨܝܚܐ ܬܝܕܪܘܣ
Item 18 (Fol. 76b): Lent
Item 19 (Fol. 91b): On the Miracles
Item 20 (Fol. 94a): For the Sundays in Lent
Item 21 (Fol. 103b): Troparia
Item 22 (Fol. 104b): The forty Martyrs
Item 23 (Fol. 107b): Palm Sunday
Item 24 (Fol. 113a): Passion (or Holy) Week
Item 25 (Fol. 113a): Monday
Item 26 (Fol. 114b): Tuesday
Item 27 (Fol. 115a): Wednesday
Item 28 (Fol. 116b): Thursday
Item 29 (Fol. 119b): The Consecration of the Chrism
 
Title:
ܕܩܘܕܫ ܡܘܪܘܢ,
Item 30 (Fol. 121b): Friday
 
Title:
ܕܥܪܘܦܬܐ
Item 31 (Fol. 127b): Saturday
 
Title:
ܕܫܒܬܐ ܕܣܒܪܬܐ
Item 32 (Fol. 129a): The Resurrection
Item 33 (Fol. 169b): The Ascension
Item 34 (Fol. 173b): Pentecost
 
Title:
ܕܦܢܛܩܘܣܛܐ: ܐܘܟܝܬ ܡܚܕܬܗ (sic) ܕܪܘܚܐ ܦܪܩܠܝܛܐ
Item 35 (Fol. 179b): New (or Low) Sunday
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܚܕܬܐ
Item 36 (Fol. 185b): The Adoration of the Cross
 
Title:
ܕܣܓܕܬܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ ܦܪܘܩܝܐ
Item 37 (Fol. 192b): The Commemoration of Sergius and Bacchus
Item 38 (Fol. 194b): Of Menas
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܡܐܢܐ
Item 39 (Fol. 197a): Of Barbara and Juliana
Item 40 (Fol. 198b): Of Achudemes
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܐܚܘܗ̇ ܕܐܡܗ
Item 41 (Fol. 200a): Of Simeon Stylites
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܕܣܛܢܗ(sic).
Item 42 (Fol. 202b): Of all Martyrs [defective]
 
Title:
ܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܓܘ̈ܢܝܐ ܕܟܠܓܢܣ

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14695” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/561.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14695.” 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/561.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14695

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • David A. Michelson, general editor, Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal
  • , editor, A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library
  • William Wright, David A. Michelson, Robert Aydin, and Anna Kelly, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14695

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Anna Kelly
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Jessie Pagan
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by William L. Potter
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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