Add. 17,118
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/747
Date:
8th or 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 90 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament
This manuscript contains: The four Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 6 5/8 in. by 5, consisting of 90 leaves, the first eight of which, in particular, are slightly stained and mutilated. At present it consists of 12 quires, signed with Syriac (and, at a later period, with Greek) letters, of which the first three and the last are very imperfect. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 4, 6, 8, and 89. There are from 24 to 29 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This manuscript is written in a small, neat hand of the 8th or 9th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Greek script):
Greek.See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The four Gospels, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Note: The lessons are rubricated in the text.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Matthew [defective]
Notes:
- Missing portions: ch. i. 1—iv. 4, vi. 31—-xvii. 11, xviii. 34— xx. 16, and xxi. 26—xxii. 32.
- The writing on fol.2 b(ch. v. 20—31) has been almost completely erased.
Item 3 (Fol. 21a): Mark
Item 4 (Fol. 48a): Luke [defective]
Note: ending with ch. xxii. 4.
Item 5 (Fol. 90): John [defective]
Note: Of the Gospel of S. John there remains only a single leaf, fol. 90, containing ch. iii. 8—34.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Quires were signed at a later period with Greek letters.
Addition 2:
Many lessons have been added by different hands on the margins.
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