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Add. 14,698

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/564
Description based on Wright CCCXLIII (1:288-289) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 12th or 13th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Codex, 98 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books
This manuscript contains: A Tropologion or collection of Greek Canons and Syrian Anthems for the first half of the year. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 32 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 13 in. by 9, consisting of 98 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 87—98. The quires, signed with letters, seem to have been originally 20 in number, but the last eleven are very imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 95. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 28 to 42 lines. Green and yellow paints have occasionally been used in writing the rubrics of this volume; e.g. fol. 42 b.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a good regular hand of the xiith or xiiith cent

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): A Tropologion or collection of Greek Canons and Syrian Anthems for the first half of the year. [defective]
 
Title:
ܒܝܕ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܐ ܟܠ ܡܫ̇ܪܝܢܢ ܕܢܟܬܘܼܒ܇ ܛܪܦܠܝܓܝܢ܇ ܕܩܢ̈ܘܢܐ ܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ܇ ܘܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܥ̈ܢܝܢܐ (sic) ܕܟܠܗ̇ ܫܢܬܐ.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The Consecration of the Church
Item 3 (Fol. 5a): The Annunciation of Zacharias
Item 4 (Fol. 7b): The Annunciation of the blessed Virgin
Item 5 (Fol. 11a): The Visit of Mary to Elisabeth
Item 6 (Fol. 12b): The Nativity of S. John the Baptist
Item 7 (Fol. 15a): The Revelation of S. Joseph
Item 8 (Fol. 17a): The Nativity of our Lord
Item 9 (Fol. 26b): The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin
Item 10 (Fol. 28b): The Massacre of the Innocents
Item 11 (Fol. 30a): The Commemoration of Basil and Gregory
Item 12 (Fol. 32b): The Epiphany
  Subscription (Fol. 45a): ܫܠ̣ܡ ܒܥܘܕܪܢ ܡܪܢ ܩܢ̈ܘܢܐ ܕܕܢܚ̣ܐ ܡ̈ܠܝܛܝܢܝܐ ܘܐܘܪ̈ܗܝܐ.
Item 13 (Fol. 45a): The Decollation of S. John the Baptist
Item 14 (Fol. 47b): The Commemoration of S. Stephen
Item 15 (Fol. 50a): The Week of Nineveh
Item 16 (Fol. 51b): The Presentation of our Lord in the Temple and the Commemoration of S. Simeon
Item 17 (Fol. 54b): The Commemoration of Bar-saumā
Item 18 (Fol. 57b): Of Severus
Item 19 (Fol. 60b): Of Priests
Item 20 (Fol. 62b): Of king Abgar
Item 21 (Fol. 65b): The order of the miracle at Cana of Galilee
 
Title:
ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܬܕܡܘܪܬܐ ܕܒܩܛܢܐ ܟܕ ܫ̇ܚܠܦ ܦܪܘܩܢ ܡ̈ܝܐ ܠܚܡܪܐ
Item 22 (Fol. 67a): The Weeks of Lent
Item 23 (Fol. 67a): The first week of Lent
Item 24 (Fol. 72b): The Commemoration of Ephraim and Theodore
Item 25 (Fol. 74a): The second week
Item 26 (Fol. 76b): The third week
Item 27 (Fol. 79b): The fourth week
Item 28 (Fol. 83a): The fifth week
Item 29 (Fol. 86a): The Commemoration of the forty Martyrs [defective]
Item 30 (Fol. 88a): The Resurrection of Lazarus [defective]
Item 31 (Fol. 89a): Palm Sunday [defective]
Item 32 (Fol. 91a): Passion Week [defective]

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. 14698” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/564.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14698.” 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/564.

About this Entry

Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14698

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. 14698

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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