Add. 17,122
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/751
Date:
6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 129 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
New Testament; Biblical Manuscripts
The Epistles of S. Paul, according to the Pĕshītṭā version
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 3/4 in. by 5 1/2, consisting of 129 leaves, some of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 9, 30, 69, 70, 128, and 129. The quires were 15 in number, but ܙ and ܚ are missing. Originally they were signed with both letters and arithmetical figures (see fol. 99 a, ܝܓ ), but they are now marked with letters only. There, are from 23 to 27 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This volume is written in a fine, regular Esṭrangĕlā of the 6th century.
Hand 2 (minor, West Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, East Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script):
See additions.
Hand 7 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
Gabriel. See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1b): The Epistles of S. Paul, according to the Pĕshītṭā version [defective]
Note: The lessons are rubricated in the text, and some have been noted on the margins by
later hands.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): Romans
Item 3 (Fol. 27a): 1 Corinthians
Item 4 (Fol. 54a): 2 Corinthians [defective]
Note: Ending with ch. v. 12.
Item 5 (Fol. 60a): Galatians [defective]
Note: Beginning with ch. v. 18.
Item 6 (Fol. 61b): Ephesians
Item 7 (Fol. 70b): Philippians
Item 8 (Fol. 77a): Colossians [defective]
Note: A leaf is missing after fol. 80, containing ch. iii. 5—22.
Item 9 (Fol. 82a): 1 Thessalonians
Item 10 (Fol. 88a): 2 Thessalonians
Item 11 (Fol. 91a): 1 Timothy
Item 12 (Fol. 99a): 2 Timothy
Item 13 (Fol. 104a): Titus
Item 14 (Fol. 107b): Philemon
Item 15 (Fol. 109a): Hebrews
Explicit: ܒܝܕ ܝܫܘܥ
Note: Ending with ch. xiii. 21.
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1:
Greek vowels occasionally added by a later hand (ܰ, ܶ, ܺ, ܳ, ܽ andܳ , e.g. foll. 100 a and 101 a).
Addition 2 (Fol. 25b):
The points rukkākh and ḳushshāi occur on foll. 25 b and 26.
Addition 3 (Fol. 129):
ܕܠܗ ܫܘܒܚܐ ܠܥܠܡ ܥܠܡܝܢ ܐܡܝܢ. ܐܠܗܐ ܢܚܣܐ ܠܟܠ ܕܫܬܘܬܦ ܐܡܝܢ.
Addition 4:
Some lessons have been noted on the margins by later hands.
Addition 5 (Fol. 1a):
On fol. 1 a the Lord's Prayer is written in an ancient Arabic hand, now much effaced.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ابونا الذى بسما (بالسما) يقدس اسمك ياتي ملكك يكون هواك كما
في اسما (السما) كذالك قي الرض (الارض) و…. معيشتنا يوم بيوم وغفر (واغفر) لنا …. كما
نحن نغفر بعذنا لبعذنا (بعضنا لبعضذا) ولا تدخلنا التجريب غير نجنا من اشرىر (الشرير)
ربنا يشوع ال[مسيح] …….. لكن من قرا هذا الكتاب …
Addition 6 (Fol. 11b):
One Gabriel has recorded his name on fol. 11 b:
ܨܠܠܘ ܥܠ ܓܒܪܐܝܠ ܡܛܠ ܡܪܢ ܘܟܠ ܚܕ ܐܝܟ ܨܠܘܬܗ ܢܬܦܪܥ ܡܝܢ ܡܪܝܐ
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