London, BL, Add. 17116
source date: 6th century
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/745, Add. 17,116, London, BL, Add. 17,116, BL Add MS 17116, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 93, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, XCIII

[This manuscript contains: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-148
title: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
The lessons are rubricated in the text.
  Foll. 1a-92
  title: S. Matthew, according to the Peshitta version
  Missing portions: ch. i. 1—8 and iv. 24—v. 15.
  Foll. 92b-148
  title: S. Mark, according to the Peshitta version

Vellum, about 8 ¾ 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.

Vellum Paper (147, 148).

148 ff. 8 3/4 × 5 1/2

The folios have been numbered with Coptic arithmetical figures, up to(i.e. 148, fol.146 a).

The quires are 16 in number. They are now signed with letters.

- A few of the leaves are much stained and torn, especially foll.41, 42, 76, 147 and 148.

- A leaf is wanting at the beginning, and another after fol. 7.

There are from 18 to 26 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written in a neat, regular Estrangela of the 6th century.

See foliation.

9th or 10th century. See additions.

13th century. See additions.

See additions.

See additions.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- Fol. 7 is of the 9th or 10th century.

- Foll. 147 and 148 are paper leaves of the 13th century.

- Many more lessons are indicated by later hands on the margins.

- 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.

6th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 XCIII 1:65