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Add. 17,137

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/766
Description based on Wright CCCCLXV ()
This manuscript record does not have a summary list of contents. For composite manuscripts, the list of contents can be found under each individual part.

Add. 17,137, upper text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1186
Description based on Wright CCCCLXV (369-370) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 12th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 24 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Hymns; Service-books
A collection of hymns for the Vigils, arranged according to the eight tones

Physical Description

Vellum, consisting, as at present bound up, of 24 leaves, most of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 3, 5, 6, and 14. They are all palimpsest, and formed parts of three manuscripts (see

  • Add. 17,137, foll. 1-5, lower text
    • ,
  • Add. 17,137 foll. 6-11, lower text
    • , and
  • Add. 17,137, foll.12-24, lower text
    • ). These leaves, the upper and lower halves of which are not always correctly joined together, have been folded so as to form this manuscript, about 5 1/2 in. by 4 1/4. The quires are signed with letters, and the leaves have been numbered at a later period with Coptic arithmetical figures.

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in an inelegant hand of the xiith cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 1a): A collection of hymns for the Vigils, arranged according to the eight tones [defective]
     
    Title:     ܩ̈ܠܐ ܫܗ̈ܪܢܝܐ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܓܘ̈ܫܡܐ

    Add. 17,137, foll. 1–5, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1467
    Description based on Wright CCCCLXV (369-370) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 9th or 10th century
    Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 5 leaves.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    Hymns and Prayers

    Physical Description

    Vellum leaves, much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 3, 5. These leaves are palimpsest (see

  • Add. 17,137, upper text
    • ).

    Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): These leaves are written in a small, neat hand of the ixth or xth cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 1): Hymns and Prayers [defective]
    Note: The beginnings of some hymns and prayers are still legible on foll. 3 b (ܐܚܪܢܐ in two places, at the top of the page), 4 a, b, and 5 a.

    Add. 17,137, foll. 6–11, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1468
    Description based on Wright CCCCLXV (369-370) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 5th or 6th century
    Estrangela script ܀ Parchment Other, 6 leaves.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    The Obsequies of my Lady Mary

    Physical Description

    Six vellum leaves from a manuscript, written in two columns. These leaves are palimpsest (see

  • Add. 17,137, upper text
    • ).

    Hand 1 (sole, Estrangela script): These leaves are written in a fine Esṭrangĕlā of the vth or vith cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 6): The Obsequies of my Lady Mary
     
    Title:     ܠܘܘܝܗ̇ ܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ
    Note: From what is legible on fol. 9 a, it appears that they belonged to the apocryphal work entitled "the Obsequies of my Lady Mary, "ܠܘܘܝܗ̇ ܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ, Add. 14,484, foll. 1— 8 .

    Add. 17,137, foll. 12–24, lower text

    URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1469
    Description based on Wright CCCCLXV (369-370) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
    Date: 10th century
    Estrangela script ܀ Parchment Other, 13 leaves.
    Wright's Subject Classification: Unclassified
    Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels

    Physical Description

    Thirteen vellum leaves from a manuscript. These leaves are palimpsest (see

  • Add. 17,137, upper text
    • ).

    Hand 1 (sole, Estrangela script): These leaves are written in a large Esṭrangĕlā of about the xth cent.

    Contents

    This manuscript contains 1 item(s). N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

    Item 1 (Fol. 12): Fragments of a Lectionary from the Gospels [defective]
     
    Title:     ܟܬܒܐ ܕܦܘܪܫ ܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ
    Note: To the same volume belonged Add. 14,451, fol. 88, [lower text] , and 14,452, fol. 58, [lower text] .

    How to Cite This Entry

    David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 17137” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/766.

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    David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 17137.” In , edited by ., edited by D. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/766.

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    Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 17137

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