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Add. 14,739

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/720
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Add. 14,739, foll. 1–6.

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/721
Description based on Wright DCCCXXXV (866-867) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Other, 6 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors; Theology
Three discourses on S. Stephen

Physical Description

It consists of six paper leaves, about 13 3/8 in. by 7 3/4, the last of which is much torn. Each page is divided into two columns of from 34 to 39 lines.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is neat and regular, of the xiith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 4 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): Three discourses on S. Stephen [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Of Gregory Nyssen
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܝܓܪܝܘܣ ܕܥܠ ܣܛܦܐܢܘܣ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܣܗ̈ܕܐ.
Note: See Opera, t. iii., from p. 356 C, διάκονον μυστηρίων Χριστοῦ, to p. 358 D, τίνα φέρει τῶν λυπούντων διόρθωσιν; and from p. 361 A, καὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς 'Αλεξύνδρου πόλεως σοφῶν αὐτῷ προσπαλαίουσθαι, to the end .
Item 3 (Fol. 4): Of John Chrysostom
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܝܘܐܢܝܣ ܕܥܠ ܣܛܦܐܢܘܣ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܣ̈ܗܕܐ  Incipit: ܫܘܦܪܐ ܕܢܨ̈ܚܢܘܗܝ ܕܣܗܕܐ ܣܛܦܐܢܘܣ: ܗܢܐ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܒܥܕܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܐܫܬܟ̣ܚܬ̇ ܒܟܪܡܐ ܕܣܗܕܘܬܐ: ܡܓܪܓ ܠܝ ܝܘܡܢ ܕܥܠܘܗܝ ܐ̇ܡܠܠ܆ ܏ܘܫ.
Item 4 (Fol. 5): Of Jacob of Batnae [defective]
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܠܦܢܐ ܕܥܠ ܩܕܝܫܐ ܣܛܦܐܢܘܣ ܪܝܫܐ ܕܡܫܡ̈ܫܢܐ ܘܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܣ̈ܗܕܐ  Incipit: ܒܘܟܪܐ ܕܣ̈ܗܕܐ ܩܪܢܝ ܠܚܠܘܠܗ ܪܘܚܢܝܐ̣. ܗܒ ܠܝ ܡܪܢ ܕܒܪ̈ܘܡܝܢܐ ܐܚܕܐ ܥܡܗ.

Add. 14,739, foll. 7–11

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/722
Description based on Wright DCLXVI (516-517) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 11th or 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Other, 5 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors; Theology
Part of the metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Rich Man and Lazarus

Physical Description

Five paper leaves, about 13 in. by 7 5/8, all more or less torn. There are from 38 to 43 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is large and rather inelegant, of the xith or xiith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 7): Part of the metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the Rich Man and Lazarus [defective]

Add. 14,739, foll. 12–14

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/723
Description based on Wright DCLXIII (516) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Other, 3 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors; Theology
A fragment of the metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on S. Simeon and the Presentation of our Lord ; Hymns for the Commemoration of S. Simeon

Physical Description

It consists of three paper leaves, about 11 3/4 in. by 8, much torn. There are 25 lines in each full page.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is large and inelegant, of the xiith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 2 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 12): A fragment of the metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on S. Simeon and the Presentation of our Lord [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 12): Hymns for the Commemoration of S. Simeon

Add. 14,739, foll. 15–18

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/724
Description based on Wright CCCXXXVII (280) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Other, 4 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Fragments of a Choral Service-book, containing hymns and prayers for various occasions

Physical Description

It consists of four paper leaves, all more or less stained and torn. Each page is divided into two columns of from 17 to 23 lines.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is large and regular, of the xiiith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 15): Fragments of a Choral Service-book, containing hymns and prayers for various occasions [defective]

Add. 14,739, foll. 19–22

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/725
Description based on Wright CCXLII (178) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th or 14th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Other, 4 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Lectionaries; Service-books
Part of the Index to a large Lectionary

Physical Description

It consists of four paper leaves, about 9 ½ in. by 7 ½, all much torn.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): The writing is of the xiii or xiv cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 19): Part of the Index to a large Lectionary [defective]

Add. 14,739, fol. 23

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/726
Description based on Wright CCCC (316) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: before AD 1483
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Leaf, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Choral Books; Service-books
Index to a Service-book, comprising a collection of sedras

Physical Description

It is a paper leaf, 10 1/4 in. by 7 1/8, much torn.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 23): Index to a Service-book, comprising a collection of sedras [defective]
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܩܘܕܝܟܣ ܡܚܲܘܝܢܐ ܕܛܟ̈ܣܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗܢܐ ܟܬܒܐ ܩܲܕܝܫܐ ܕܣܕܪ̈ܐ.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 23b): On the verso there are two notes. The first one is in Arabic, and dated in the year 1199 of the Coptic era, , , A.D. 1483.
Addition 2 (Fol. 23b): The other note is in Karshūnī, and states that this volume was given, as a waḳf or legacy, to the convent of S. Mary Deipara by a monk named Ephraim, ܝܩܘܠ ܡܣܛܪܗܐ ܐܦܪܐܡ ܐܠܪܐܗܒ ܐܠܣܪܝܐܢܝ ܐܢܝ ܐܘܩܦܬ ܗܕܐ ܐܠܟܬܐܒ ܐܠܡܒܐܪܟ ܐܠـ . . . ܐܠܚܣܐܝܐܬ ܥܠܝ [ܕܝܪ] ܣܬܢܐ ܐܠܣܝܕܗ ܐܠܡ̇ܥـ[ܛܡܗ] ܡܣܟܢ ܐܠܣܪ̈ܝܐܢ ܦܝ ܒܪ[ܝܗ] ܐܠܐܣܩܝܛ ܘܩܦܐ ܡܐ[ܒܕܐ] ܘܚܒܣܐ ܡܟܠܕܐ ܐܠ܏ܟ.

Add. 14,739, fol. 24

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/727
Description based on Wright MXXIX (1198-1199) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 13th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Paper Leaf, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification: Fly Leaves
Unspecified contents

Physical Description

The last leaf of a paper manuscript, much mutilated.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): It is written in a current hand of the xiiith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 24): Unspecified contents [defective]

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