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Add. 17,105

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/732
Description based on Wright XXXVI ()
This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.

Add. 17,105, foll. 1–129

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1176
Date: 6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 130 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Old Testament
This manuscript contains: The book of Jeremiah, including the Lamentations, and the Prayer of Jeremiah, (Lament. ch. v.), according to the Peshitta version.; The two epistles of Baruch. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 11 1/8 in. by 8 3/4, consisting of 130 leaves, a few of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 10, 127 and 130. The quires are 14 in number, the last being imperfect, and are now signed with letters. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 21 to 24 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): The writing is an elegant Estrangela of the vith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script): See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, ): See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Greek script): See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 7 (minor, ): See additions.
Decoration (Rubrication):

Contents

This manuscript contains 7 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. 1b): The book of Jeremiah, including the Lamentations, and the Prayer of Jeremiah, (Lament. ch. v.), according to the Peshitta version.
  Subscription (Fol. 115b): ܘ:ܘ .ܫܠܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܢܒܝܘܬܗ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ ܢܒܝܐ
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): The book of Jeremiah, according to the Peshitta version
 
Title:
ܢܒܝܘܬܗ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ
Item 3 (Fol. 108a): The book of Lamentations, according to the Peshitta version
 
Title:
ܐܘ̈ܠܝܬܗ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ
Item 4 (Fol. 115a): The Prayer of Jeremiah, according to the Peshitta version
 
Title:
ܨܠܘܬܗ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ
Note: (Lament. ch. v.)
Item 5 (Fol. 116a): The two epistles of Baruch.
Notes:
  • This manuscript has been used by de Lagarde in his edition of the Apocrypha, Libri vet. Test. apocryphi Syriace, 1861.
  • This manuscript has been used by de Lagarde in his edition of the Apocrypha, Libri vet. Test. apocryphi Syriace, 1861.
Item 6 (Fol. 116a): The first epistle of Baruch.
 
Title:
ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܒܪܘܟ ܣ̇ܦܪܐ. ܕܫܕܪ ܡܢ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܠܒܒܠ.
  Subscription (Fol. 121b): ܫܠܡܬ ܐܓܪܬܐ ܩܕܡܝܬܐ ܕܒܪܘܟ ܣ̇ܦܪܐ. ܘ:ܘ.
Item 7 (Fol. 121b): The second epistle of Baruch.
 
Title:
ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1: There are a very few marginal notes in Arabic; e.g. fol.12a, ܐܩܠܘܒܝܐ, marg. ; fol.44b, ܡܪܝܐ ܨܒܐܘܬ, marg. .
Addition 2 (Fol. 18a): On fol.18a, at the foot of the page, the Syriac word ܨܗܠܐ is represented in Greek letters by cεγλω.
Addition 3 (Fol. 1a): On fol. 1a there is a note stating that this book belonged to the brothers Matthew, Abraham and Theodore of Tagrīt: ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗ[ܢܐ] ܕܡܬܝ ܘܐܒܪܗܡ ܘܬܐܕܪܘܣ ܐܚ̈ܐ ܬ݁ܓܪ̈ܝܢܬܢܝܐ ܕܙܒܢܘܗܝ ܡܢ ܡܕܡ ܕܙܢܬ ܐܢܘܢ ܛܝܒܘܬܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܠܚܐ ܠܥܘܗܕܢܗܘܢ ܡܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ. ܢܬܠܚܐ ܫܡܗ ܡܢ ܣܦܪܐ ܕܚܝ̈ ܘܢ̈ܬܝܢ (sic) ܥܠܘ[ܗܝ] ܠܘ̈ܛܬܐ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܟ̈ܬܝܒܢ ܒܬܢܝܢ ܢܡܘܣܐ. ܘ. . .
Addition 4 (Fol. 1a): Above this is written in cursive Greek characters the single word ερεμιασ.
Addition 5: Of the lessons, some are rubricated in the text, whilst others have been noted on the margins by different hands.
Addition 6: Greek vowels have been not unfrequently added by a later hand (ܰ, ܶ, ܺ, ܳ, ; , , , ܡܢ ܩܘܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ, but also and ; , e.g. ܙܰܘܽܬܪ̈ܐ); the points rukkākh and kushshāi very rarely (e.g. fol.98a).
Addition 7: The same reader who added the vowels has divided the Prophecies into 33 sections (fol.102b, ܨܠܓ).

Add. 17,105, fol. 130

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1177
Date: 6th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Other, 1 leaf.
Wright's Subject Classification:
This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.

Physical Description

Fol. 130 does not, apparently, belong to this volume .

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): An old hand.See additions.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 130a): On the recto are two notes, the one stating that a certain book belonged to the convent of S. Mary Deipara, the other that it was brought thither by the abbat Moses of Nisibis. The, latter, so far as it is legible, runs as follows: ܫܡܝܐ ܘܐܪܥܐ ܘܟܠ ܕܒܗܘܢ ܢܬ݂ܠܘܢ ܘ̇ܝܐ ܠܡ̇ܢ ܕܐܡ̣ܪܚ ܘܫ̣ܛ ܠܡܠܬܗ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܕܟܗܢܐ ܕܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝ ܡܘܫܐ ܪܝܫܕܝܪܐ ܏ܩܕܝ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܗܕܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝ̇ܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ. ܗܢܐ . . . ܘܐܬܛ̇ܪܦ ܫܬ ܫܢܝ̈ܐ ܡܢ ܒܓܕܕ ܥܕܡܐ ܠܡܨܪܝܢ ܘܐܝܼܬܝ ܟܬܒ̈ܐ . . . ܟܐܒܐ ܕܠܒܗ ܥܠܝܗܘܢ܆ ܟܬ̣ܒ ܦܣܩܐ ܗܢܐ ܏ܘܫ
Addition 2 (Fol. 130b): On the verso there is another note, in an old hand, now much mutilated, apparently recording that the book was presented by the monk Ephraim, of Marak(A village between Mosul and Nisibis), to the convent of S. Mary Deipara. . . . [ܐ]ܦܪܝܡ ܡܪܩܝܐ ܡܢ ܥܘܡܪܐ . . . ܒܝܨܝܦܘܬܐ ܘܫܩܠ . . . ܪ̈ܝܫܝ ܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ [ܝܠܕܬ] ܐܠܗܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈[ܝܝܐ] ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܡܨܪܝܢ ܡܪܝܐ ܢܚܣܐ ܠܗܘܢ ܘܠܟܠ ܕܐܫܬܘܬܦ ܐܡܝܢ♱

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