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Add. 14,717

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/594
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Add. 14,717, foll. 1–58

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/595
Description based on Wright DXVIII (1:395-396) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Codex, 58 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Funeral Services
This manuscript contains: Funeral Services. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 9 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 8 ¾ in. by 5 ¾, consisting of 58 leaves, the first and last of which are much torn. The quires, signed with letters, must have been originally at least 9 in number, but the first two and the last are now missing. There is a lacuna between foll. 57 and 58. Each page has from 14 to 16 lines.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a coarse, inelegant hand of the xiii cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 9 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Funeral Services [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): For Priests [defective]
 
Title: ܕܥܠ ܟܗ̈ܢܐ
Note: The first three services are lost.
Item 3 (Fol. 1a): [defective]
 
Title: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܐܪܒܥ
Note: Imperfect at the beginning.
Item 4 (Fol. 7a):
 
Title: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܚ̈ܡܫ
Item 5 (Fol. 14a):
 
Title: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܫ̣ܬܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 20b):
 
Title: ܬܫܡܫܬܐ ܫܒܝ̣ܥܝܬܐ
Item 7 (Fol. 27a):
 
Title: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܬܡ̈ܢܐ
Item 8 (Fol. 34a): Lessons from the Old and New Testaments, etc.
Item 9 (Fol. 55a): For Monks, who are not priests [defective]
 
Title: ܬܘܒ̣ ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܕܝܪ̈ܝܐ ܕܥ̇ܢܕܝܢ ܕܠܐ ܐܝܬܝܗ̈ܘܢ ܩ̈ܫܝܫܐ

Additions

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

Add. 14,717, foll. 59–102

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/596
Description based on Wright CCCLXXXVII (1:311) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Codex, 44 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books
This manuscript contains: Services for the Commemoration of Bar-saumā. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 9 in. by 6, consisting of 44 leaves (Add. 14,717, foll. 59—102), some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 59 and 96—102. The quires, signed with letters, are four in number, the first being imperfect at the beginning. There are from 17 to 21 lines in each page.

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

Contents

This manuscript contains 6 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 59a): Services for the Commemoration of Bar-saumā [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 59a): Part a [defective]
 
Title: ܕܪܡܫܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 65b): Part b
 
Title: ܕܠܠܝܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 80a): Part c [defective]
 
Title: ܕܨܦܪܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 97a): Part d [defective]
 
Title: ܕܬܠܬ ܫ̈ܥܝܢ
Item 6 (Fol. 98b): Services for the Commemoration of the archangel Michael [defective]
 
Title: [ܛܟܣܐ ܕ]ܥܠ ܡܠܐܟܐ ܢ̣ܨܝܚܐ ܡܪܝ ܡܝܟܐܝܠ

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 98a): A note on fol. 98 a states that the manuscript was written by one 'Abdā, for the abbat Basil, rabban Yuhannān, rabban Gabriel, and the rest of the brotherhood; but the name of the convent is not mentioned, though it was probably that of S. Mary Deipara. ܐܬܟܬܒ ܟܘܪ̈ܣܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܛܟܣܐ ܕܥܠ ܢܨ̇ܝܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܒܪܨܘܡܐ ܒܐܝ̈ܕܝ ܚܛܝܐ ܘܡܠܸܐ [ܡܘ]ܡ̈ܐ ܘܚܒܪ̈ܬܐ ܥܒܕܐ ܕܘܝܐ ܘܚܛܝܐ܀ ܒܝ̇ܨܝܦܘܬܐ ܕܪܒܢ ܒܐܣܝܠ ܪܫܕ[ܝܪܐ] ܪܚ̇ܡ ܐܠܗܐ. ܘܪܒܢ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܘ . . . ܘܪܒܢ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܣܒܐ ܥ . . . ܐܚܘܬܐ ܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܘܨܡܝܕܬ . . . ܩܕܝܫܐ. ܒܒܥܘ ܨ̇ܠܘ ܏ܘܫ

Add. 14,717, foll. 103–130

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/597
Description based on Wright CCCLXXIX (1:307) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th or 14th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Paper Codex, 28 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books
This manuscript contains: The first part of a Choir-book containing hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ,ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ) and prayers (ܒܥ̈ܘܬܐ) for the following occasions. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 9 1/8 in. by 6, consisting of 3 quires or 28 leaves (Add. 14,717, foll. 103 —130), several of which are slightly stained and torn. There are from 18 to 27 lines in each page. The first quire is in a different handwriting from the other two.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is of the xiiith or xivth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): The first quire is in a different handwriting from the other two.

Contents

This manuscript contains 6 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 103a): The first part of a Choir-book containing hymns (ܩ̈ܠܐ,ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ) and prayers (ܒܥ̈ܘܬܐ) for the following occasions
 
Title: ܦܠܓܘܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 103a): The Decease of the blessed Virgin
 
Title: ܕܫܘܢܝܗ̇ ܕܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 112a): The Feast of Tabernacles, or the Transfiguration of our Lord
 
Title: ܕܥܐܕܐ ܕܡ̈ܛܠܠܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 114b): The Feast of the holy Cross
 
Title: ܕܥܐܕܐ ܕܨܠܝܒܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 118a): The Consecration of the Church
 
Title: ܕܩܘܕܫ ܥܕܬܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 120a): The six Sundays in Lent
 
Title: ܕܚܕܒ̈ܫܒܐ ܕܨܘܡܐ

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14717” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/594.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14717.” 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/594.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14717

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  • 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, Emma Claire Geitner, Justin Arnwine, William Wright, David A. Michelson, Jacob A. DeBoer, Robert Aydin, and Jessica Pagan, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14717”

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  • Created by Emma Claire Geitner
  • Created by Jacob A. DeBoer
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Edited by Jessica Pagan
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by Lindsay Ruth
  • Project management by Elizabeth Walston
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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