Add. 17,140
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/769
Date:
11th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 130 leaves.
Features:
Decoration
Wright's Subject Classification:
Hymns
This manuscript contains: Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā. The Hymns of Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā, etc. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 20 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 130 leaves, a few of which are slightly stained and torn, especially foll. 1 and 123. The quires, signed with letters, and by a later hand with Coptic arithmetical figures, may have been 18 or 20 in number; but ܐ, ܝܐ, ܝܗ , and all after ܝܙ are lost, and several of the others are imperfect. Leaves are wanting after foll. 8, 88, 108, 116, 122, and 123. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 20 to 26 lines.
Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script):
This volume is written in a neat, regular hand of about the xith cent.
Decoration (Ornamentation):
There are some interlaced ornaments in this manuscript
Decoration (Illustration):
On fol. 15 a there is a drawing of a palm-branch.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā. The Hymns of Severus, John bar Aphtūnāyā, etc [defective]
Note: They are numbered, the last now extant being ܫܓ (303), and a letter is appended to each to indicate the tone (e.g. ܟܕ, ܟܒ, etc.).
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The Epiphany [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 4a): Lent
Item 4 (Fol. 8a): The Miracles [defective]
Item 5 (Fol. 15a): Palm Sunday
Item 6 (Fol. 18b): The Passion
Item 7 (Fol. 18b): Litanies on the holy Cross
Title: ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
Title: ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
Item 8 (Fol. 29b): The Resurrection
Item 9 (Fol. 29b): Various Litanies
Title: ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
Title: ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 41b): The Ascension
Item 11 (Fol. 43b): Pentecost
Item 12 (Fol. 1a): The Commemoration of the blessed Virgin, the Saints and Martyrs, and the Dead, hymns of repentance, and hymns for times of wrath and calamity [defective]
Note: Arranged according to the tones, with appropriate ܬܟܫ̈ܦܬܐ.
Item 13 (Fol. 47b): First Tone
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ
Item 14 (Fol. 55b): Fifth Tone
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܚܡܝܫܝܐ
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܚܡܝܫܝܐ
Item 15 (Fol. 71a): Second Tone
Title: ܐܝܟܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ
Title: ܐܝܟܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ
Item 16 (Fol. 84b): Sixth Tone [defective]
Title: ܛܟܣ̣ܐ ܫܬܝܬܝܐ
Title: ܛܟܣ̣ܐ ܫܬܝܬܝܐ
Item 17 (Fol. 93a): Third Tone
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܬܠܝܬܝܐ
Item 18 (Fol. 101a): Seventh tone [defective]
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܫܒܝܥܝܐ
Title: ܛܟܣܐ ܫܒܝܥܝܐ
Item 19 (Fol. 117a): Fourth tone [defective]
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܪܒܝܥܝܐ
Item 20 (Fol. 118b): Eighth tone [defective]
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܬܡܝܢܝܐ
Title: ܛܟ̣ܣܐ ܬܡܝܢܝܐ
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 103b):
The scribe has left blank the second column of fol. 103 b, and written at the
foot of the page
ܥܪܦܠܐ ܕܚ̈ܛܗܝ ܩ̇ܝܡܐ ܩܕܡ ܥܝ̈ܢܝ̣ ܘܡ̇ܚܫܟܐ ܠܝ. ܫܒܘܩܘ ܠܝ ܐܚ̈ܝ ..
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