Add. 17,112
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/741
Date:
10th or 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 65 leaves.
Features:
Decoration
Wright's Subject Classification:
Psalters
This manuscript contains: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version; The Canticles. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 10 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 6 ½ in. by 4 3/8, consisting of 65 leaves, many of which are stained and some torn, especially foll. 9, 37, 57, 58, 64, and 65. The quires, signed with letters, were originally nine in number, but the first two are now lost, and ܓ and ܛ are imperfect. There are from 20 to 24 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This manuscript is written in a small and rather inelegant hand of the
xth or xith
cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Decoration (Rubrication):
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version
Subscription (Fol. 61b): ܫ̣ܠܡ ܠܡ̣ܟܬܒ. ܬܫ̈ܒܚܬܐ. ܕܕܘܝܕ. ܕܗ̇ܘܝܢ. ܒܡܢܝ̣ܢܐ. ܡܐܐ. ܘܚ̈ܡܫܝܢ
ܦ̄ܬ : ܕܝܢ ܗ̇ܘܝܢ. ܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ: ܐܠܦ̈ܝܢ. ܘܬܡ̈ܢܡܐܐ. ܘ̈ܬܠܬܝܢ ܘܬܪ̈ܝܢ.
Notes:
- The missing portions are: Ps. i. 1—xxxv. 9, and xlvii. 1—xlix. 8. The headings are different from these in Lee's edition.
- The ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ and ܫܘ̈ܒܚܐ are marked by a later hand on the margins.
Item 2 (Fol. 61b): The Canticles [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 61b): The first song of Moses
Item 4 (Fol. 62b): The song of Isaiah
Item 5 (Fol. 63a): The second song of Moses
Item 6 (Fol. 64b): The song of the blessed Virgin
Item 7 (Fol. 65a): The "Gloria in excelsis" [defective]
Title: [ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ] ܕܠܠܝܐ
Title: [ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ] ܕܠܠܝܐ
Note: Much mutilated.
Item 8 (Fol. 65a): A morning hymn [defective]
Title: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܨ̇ܦܪܐ
Title: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܨ̇ܦܪܐ
Note: Much mutilated.
Item 9 (Fol. 65b): The Beatitudes [defective]
Note: Mutilated.
Item 10 (Fol. 65b): The Nicene Creed [defective]
Note: Imperfect.
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 64b):
The Psalms and the first three Canticles have been arranged for part-singing in
the choir, by means of the red letters ܐ
and ܒ inserted between the lines. This
division, as well as that into ܫܘܒ̈ܚܐ
and ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ seems to have been made, some
time after the manuscript was written, by a monk named Jacob; for, on the margin
of fol. 64 b, there is a note, now much effaced and torn, which begins:
.......ܝܥܩܘܒ ܚ̇ܛܝܐ ܦܪܫܗ ܟܬܦܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܐ ܘܐܚܪܝܐ ܒ ܟܕ ܟܠ ܡܪܡܝܬܐ
"the sinner Jacob divided it (viz.
this psalter) into a first part (ܐ) and a second part (ܒ), each marmīthā....."
How to Cite This Entry
William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17112” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/741.
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