London, BL, Add. 17118
source date: 8th or 9th 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/747, Add. 17,118, London, BL, Add. 17,118, BL Add MS 17118, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 81, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, LXXXI

[This manuscript contains: The four Gospels, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 5 items.]

Syriac

Foll. 1a-90
title: The four Gospels, according to the Peshitta version
The lessons are rubricated in the text.
  Foll. 1a-21
  title: Matthew
  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.
  Foll. 21a-48
  title: Mark
  Foll. 48a-89
  title: Luke
  ending with ch. xxii. 4.
  Fol. 90
  title: John
  Of the Gospel of S. John there remains only a single leaf, fol. 90, containing ch. iii. 8—34.

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.

Vellum

90 ff. 6 5/8 × 5

At present it consists of 12 quires, signed with Syriac letters.

- The first eight leaves, in particular, are slightly stained and mutilated.

- Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll.4, 6, 8, and 89.

- The first three quires and the last are very imperfect.

There are from 24 to 29 lines in each page.

This manuscript is written in a small, neat hand of the 8th or 9th century.

Greek.See additions.

See additions.

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

- Quires were signed at a later period with Greek letters.

- Many lessons have been added by different hands on the margins.

8th or 9th 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 LXXXI 1:57-58