Add. 17,116
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/745
Date:
6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 148 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
The first two Gospels, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 3/4 in. by 5 1/2, consisting of 148 leaves, a few of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 41, 42, 76, 147 and 148. The quires are 16 in number, the first and second being imperfect. They are now signed with letters, and the folios have been numbered with Coptic arithmetical figures, up to (i.e. 148, fol. 146 a). A leaf is wanting at the beginning, and another after fol. 7. There are from 18 to 26 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This manuscript is written in a neat, regular Esṭrangĕlā of the 6th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Coptic script):
See foliation.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
9th or 10th century. See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
13th century. See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The first two Gospels, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version [defective]
Note: The lessons are rubricated in the text.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): S. Matthew, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version [defective]
Note: Missing portions: ch. i. 1—8 and iv. 24—v. 15.
Item 3 (Fol. 92b): S. Mark, according to the Pĕshīṭtā version
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1 (Fol. 7):
Fol. 7 is of the 9th or 10th century.
Addition 2 (Fol. 147):
Foll. 147 and 148 are paper leaves of the 13th century.
Addition 3:
Many more lessons are indicated by later hands on the margins.
Addition 4:
The larger sections have also been noted on the margins in the Gospel of S. Matthew, but not, as it would seem, in that of S. Mark.
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