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Add. 14,720

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/600
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Add. 14,720, foll. 1–111

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/601
Description based on Wright CCCXCIV (1:313) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Paper Codex, 111 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books
This manuscript contains: Services for the canonical hours of the ferial days (ܢܓܗܐ, ܠܠܝܐ, and ܨܦܪܐ); Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday; Friday; .... In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 7 in. by 5, consisting of 111 leaves, many of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—40, 66—81, 97, 104, 105, and 110. The quires, signed with letters, were probably 16 in number; but the first three are lost, and leaves are wanting after foll. 8, 98, 105, 109, 110, and 111. The end of each quire is indicated by the letter ܡ (ܫܠܡ) on the verso of the last leaf (e.g. foll. 28 b, 48 b, 88 b, 98 b). There are from 14 to 16 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xiiith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script): See additions.

Contents

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

Item 1 (Fol. 1): Services for the canonical hours of the ferial days (ܢܓܗܐ, ܠܠܝܐ, and ܨܦܪܐ) [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Tuesday [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 19b): Wednesday
Item 4 (Fol. 48a): Thursday
Item 5 (Fol. 76a): Friday [defective]
Item 6 (Fol. 99a): Saturday [defective]

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1: The word (وقف), written on the upper margin of several leaves (e.g. foll. 17 b, 18 b, 21 b) shows that thi smanuscript was given as a present to the convent of S. Mary Deipara.

Add. 14,720, foll. 112–135

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/602
Description based on Wright CCCCXCII (1:381-382) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: apparently 14th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Codex, 24 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Hymns
This manuscript contains: Supplicatory hymns, arranged according to the eight tones; Mār Hananyā. A discourse of Mār Hananyā or Ananias; Ps. xix, vv. 1-10; Ephraim. A discourse of Ephraim on repentance; Hymns. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.

Physical Description

Paper, about 7 in. by 5, consisting of 24 leaves (Add. 14,720, foll. 112—135), the last four of which are much torn. The quires, of which the original number is uncertain, are signed with Syriac and Greek letters (ܛ and ΙΓ , fol. 122 b). There is a lacuna after fol. 132. Each page has from 17 to 22 lines.

Foll. 112 b, 113 a, and 122 b were left blank by the scribe.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a rather inelegant hand, apparently of the xiv cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): The quires were signed by a later hand.
Hand 3 (): On foll. 122 b another hand has written Ps. xix, vv. 1-10.

Contents

This manuscript contains 5 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 112a): Supplicatory hymns, arranged according to the eight tones [defective]
 
Title:
ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
Note: The first is imperfect.
Item 2 (Fol. 121a): Mār Hananyā. A discourse of Mār Hananyā or Ananias
 
Title:
ܕܡܪܝ ܚܢܢܝܐ
  Incipit: ܐ̇ܦܢܐ ܠܒܝܬ ܐܒܝ ܐܝܟ ܐܣܘܛܐ ܘܡܬܩܲܒܠ ܐܢ̣ܐ. ܘܐܝܟ ܕܥܒ̣ܕ ܗ̇ܘ ܐ̇ܥܒܕ ܐܢܐ ܕܠܡܐ ܢܥ̇ܠܢܝ. ܒܬܪܥܟ ܐܒܐ ܪܚܘܡܬܢܐ ܗܐ ܢܩ̇ܫ ܐܢ̣ܐ. ܦܬܚ ܠܝ ܐܥ̇ܘܠ ܥܕܠܐ ܐ̇ܒܕ ܘܐܪܚܩ ܘܐܛ̇ܥܐ. ܏ܘܫ
Notes:
  • In Dr. Payne Smith’s Catalogue of the Syriac MSS. In the Bodleian Library, col. 431, no. 3, this discourse is ascribed to Ananias Xenaias, or Ignatius XI, patriarch of the Jacobites, A.D. 1484-1493 (see Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. ii., pp. 386, 468); but the present mauscript seems to belong to the previous century.
  • It is composed in the metre of Jacob of Batnae.
Item 3 (Fol. 122b): Ps. xix, vv. 1-10
Note: Written by another hand.
Item 4 (Fol. 123b): Ephraim. A discourse of Ephraim on repentance [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܕܥܠ ܬܘܬ ܢܦܫܐ
  Incipit: ܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܥܘ̈ܗܕܢܝܢ ܡܪ̈ܝܪܐ ܕܡܠ̣ܝܢ ܙܘ̈ܥܐ ܘܣܘܪܕܐ. ܏ܘܫ
Note: Imperfect at the end.
Item 5 (Fol. 133a): Hymns [defective]
 
Title:
ܡܕܪ̈ܫܐ

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14720” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/600.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14720.” 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/600.

About this Entry

Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14720

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, Eliana Yonan, and Justin Arnwine, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14720

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Eliana Yonan
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by William L. Potter
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by Lindsay Ruth
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Locus information for manuscript items added by Ziyan Zhang
  • Syriaca.org URIs for authors edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Syriaca.org URIs for authors checked by Alexys Ahn Joseph DAlfonso
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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