Add. 17,114
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/743
Date:
6th or 7th century
East Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 61 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
The four Gospels according to the Pěshiṭtā version
Physical Description
Vellum, about 10 5/8 in. by 6 3/4, consisting of 61 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll.1—3, 8, 16, and 58—61. Very few of the remaining quires are complete, nor does it appear how they were signed. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 33, 39, 40, 44, 53, and 55. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 30 to 40 lines.
Hand 1 (major, East Syriac script):
The writing is a small, Nestorian Esṭrangělā of the 6th or 7th century.
Hand 2 (minor, East Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Coptic script):
Written in Coptic.See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The four Gospels according to the Pěshiṭtā version [defective]
Notes:
- Of the lessons many are rubricated in the text, and some have been subsequently noted on the margins.
- The Ammonian sections and Eusebian canons are marked in the usual way, but only in the Gospel of S. Matthew; nor is the ordinary harmony, at the foot of the page, given in this manuscript. The larger sections have been noted throughout on the margins by a later hand.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Matthew [defective]
Note: The missing portions are: ch. i. 1—xii. 36, xiii.21—xiv.33, xv.34—xxv.20, and xxvi.
36—xxvii. 54.
Item 3 (Fol. 6a): Mark [defective]
Note: Missing portions: ch. i. 34—ii. 20, iii.29—viii.27, ix.23—x. 11, and xv.21 to the
end.
Item 4 (Fol. 17a): Luke [defective]
Note: Missing portions: ch. i. 1—iii. 5, xii.30—58, xvii.37—xviii.28, xix.19—xx. 2, and
xxii. 48—xxiii. 12.
Item 5 (Fol. 48a): John [defective]
Note: Missing portions: ch. v. 10—vi. 57, vii.49—x. 32, and xv.4 to the end (with the exception
of the small fragment which forms fol. 61).
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Syriac vowels and marks of punctuation have been added at a subsequent period, especially
on fol. 5 and fol. 17 etc.
Addition 2:
The larger sections have been noted throughout on the margins by a later hand.
Addition 3 (Fol. 33b):
On fol. 33 b a name is written in Coptic,ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁϥⲛⲓⲣ
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