London, BL, Add. 17117
source date: the vth or the beginning of the vith cent.
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/746, Add. 17,117, London, BL, Add. 17,117, BL Add MS 17117, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 91, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, XCI

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

Syriac

Foll. 1b-68
title: The first two Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
  Foll. 1b-53
  title: S. Matthew
  Foll. 53a-68
  title: S. Mark

Vellum, about 11 3/8 in. by 9, consisting of 68 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and soiled. The quires, 7 in number, seem to have been originally signed with letters. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 22 to 27 lines.

Vellum

68 ff. 11 3/8 × 9

The quires, 7 in number, seem to have been originally signed with letters.

- Some of the leaves are slightly stained and soiled.

Each page is divided into two columns, of from 22 to 27 lines.

This manuscript is written in a good, regular Estrangela of the vth or the beginning of the vith cent.

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

- Foll.1, 8, 23, 24, 63, and 64 are perhaps three centuries later.

- Numerous diacritical points and marks of punctuation have been subsequently added throughout.

- On fol. 1 a there is a note, stating that the book belonged to the convent of S. Mary Deipara:

ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܕܝܪܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܬ ܐܠܗܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܕܡܕܒܪܐ ܕܣܩܝܛܐ. ܟܠ ܕܡܦܩ ܠܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܡܢ ܕܝܪܐ ܗܕܐ ܐܘ ܟܐܡ ܥܠܘܗܝ ܘ܏ܫ.

5th or early 6th century

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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 XCI 1:64