London, BL, Add. 14703
source date: xiith or xiiith cent.
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/569, Add. 14,703, London, BL, Add. 14,703, BL Add MS 14703, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 467, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CCCCLXVII

[This manuscript contains: A Maronite collection of hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ and ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ) prayers for the Vigils, etc. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 12 items.]

Syriac

title: A Maronite collection of hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ and ܣܘ̈ܓܝܬܐ) prayers for the Vigils, etc.
rubric: ܥܠ ܚ̇ܝ̣ܠܐ ܠܐ [ܡـ]ܒܗ̣ܬܢܐ ܕܐܒܐ ܘܕܒܪܐ ܘܕܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܘܕ ܡܫ̇ܪܝܢܢ ܕܢܟܬ݂ܘܒ ܩ̈[ܠܐ] ܫܗܪ̈ܢܝܐ ܘܡܐ . . . ܒܝܬ ܓܙܐ.
  title: Of the holy Virgin
  rubric: ܕܝܠ̣ܕܬ݀ ܐܠܗܐ
    title: Two lessons from the Pauline Epistles
    A later hand has inserted these two lessons.
      title: A lesson from 1 Corinthians, ch. xii. 28—xiii. 10
      Inserted by a later hand.
      title: A lesson from Romans, ch. viii. 28—39
      Inserted by a later hand.
  title: Of the holy Martyrs
  rubric: ܛ̇ܟܣܐ ܕܣ̈ܗܕܐ ܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ
  title: Of the Resurrection
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܥܠ ܩܝܡ̣ܬܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܒܒܣܪ
  left unfinished
  title: Of Repentance
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܬܝܒܘܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ
  left unfinished
  title: Of the Dead
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܥܢܝ̈ܕܐ
  title: Of the holy Cross
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ ܡ̇ܥܒܕ ܚ̈ܝܐ
  title: Of the holy Apostles
  rubric: ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܫܠܝ̈ܚܐ ܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ
  title: a ܣܘܓܝܬܐ for the Resurrection

Paper, about 9 7/8 in. by 6 5/8, consisting of 268 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 2, 42,43, and 257—268. The quires, signed with letters, are 35 in number. Leaves are wanting after foll. 106, 120, 247 and 267. There are from 22 to 34 lines in each page.

Fol. 1 is so much torn, that the notes written upon it are no longer intelligible.

268 ff.

- Paper, about 9 7/8 in. by 6 5/8, consisting of 268 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 2, 42,43, and 257—268. The quires, signed with letters, are 35 in number. Leaves are wanting after foll. 106, 120, 247 and 267. There are from 22 to 34 lines in each page.

Fol. 1 is so much torn, that the notes written upon it are no longer intelligible.

This volume is written in a rather peculiar hand of the xiith or xiiith cent.

Foll. 44 and 268 are somewhat more modern.

A later hand has inserted two lessons from the Pauline Epistles.

Fol. 268 contains a ܣܘܓܝܬܐ for the Resurrection, written by a different hand.

The prayer on fol. 2 a is apparently in the same handwriting as the note by the priest Ibrahim or Abraham, see additions.

See additions.

- The notes written upon fol. 1 are no longer intelligible.

- On fol. 268 b there is a note in Syriac and Arabic, by a priest named Ibrāhīm or Abraham, dated A. Gr. 1558, A.D. 1247. The Arabic text is the better preserved.

القس ابرهيم من ال .... سنه الف وخمسمايه وثمنيه وخمسين من سنين لاسكندر ابن اليوناني في عشين يوم من حٍٍ[زيران] يوم الثلثه ء....

- There is another note on fol. 268 b, in which the priest Daniel, from the village of Hagūlī mentions that he read this volume twice, once at Haguli, and again at the village of Benīsa.

ܦܓ̣ܥ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܘܩܪܝ ܒܗ ܒܩܪܝܬܐ ܚܓܘܠܝ. ܘܬܘܒ ܙܒܢ̣ܬܐ ܐܚܪܝܬܐ ܒܩܪܝܬܐ ܒܢܝܣܗ ܩܫܝܫܐ ܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܕܡܢ ܚܓܘܠܝ. ܨ̈ܠܘ ܥܠܝ ܒܒܥܘ ܡܛܠ ܡܫܝܚܐ.

- The priest Daniel, the author of the above note, has add in Arabic and Latin:

الاهم اغفر لعبدك المدعيا القس دنيال

amen micerere mei deus

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 CCCCLXVII 1:370-371