Add. 17,146

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/775
Description based on Wright DLX (437-438) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th or 7th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 124 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors; Theology
Gregory of Nazianen. Discourses of Gregory of Nazianen, in a translation different from that of the abbat Paul

Physical Description

Vellum, about 9 ½ in. by 6, consisting of 124 leaves, some of which are much stained and otherwise slightly damaged, especially foll. 1—18, 108, and 120—124. The quires, signed with letters, were originally at least 14 in number; but leaves are now wanting both at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 2, 3, and 120. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 32 to 41 lines.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This volume is written in a small, regular hand of the vith or viith cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Gregory of Nazianen. Discourses of Gregory of Nazianen, in a translation different from that of the abbat Paul [defective]
Note: Judging by nos. 3, 4, 5, and 17, this manuscript is identical with that contained in Add. 18,815 . There is, however, nothing distinctively Nestorian in the appearance of the volume.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Gregory Nazianzen. In Theophania [defective]
 
Title:
ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܡܡܠܠ ܐܠܗܝܬܐ̣. ܡܐܡܪܐ ܥܠ ܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܐ
Note: See Opera, t. i., p. 663 . Of this discourse there remain only two fragments, one beginning with the words οὔτε χρόνου τι μἑρος• οὐδὲ γὰρ μετρητόν•, p.667 E , and ending with τέλος ἰσχυροτέρου δεῖται φαγμάκου ἐπὶ δεινοτέροις τοῖς ἀρῥωστήμασιν , p.671, B ; the other beginning with the passage Ἀπεστάλη μέν, ἀλλ' ὡς ἄνθρωπος•, p.673, A , and ending with the words τὴν Ἡρωδου παιδοκτονίαν•, p.674, E .
Item 3 (Fol. 4a): Gregory Nazianzen. In sancta Lumina
 
Title:
ܥܠ ܒܝܬ ܕܢܚܐ
Note: Beginning with the words ὥς φησι Παῦλος, in Opera, t. i., p. 680, D .
Item 4 (Fol. 9b): Gregory Nazianzen. In sanctum Baptisma
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܬ̈ܠܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ
Item 5 (Fol. 30a): Gregory Nazianzen. De Dogmate et Constitutione Episcoporum
 
Title:
ܡܛܠ ܬܐܘܠܘܓܝܐ. ܕܐܝܬܝܗ̇ ܡܡܠܠܘܬ , ܐܠܗܘܬܐ̣. ܘܡܛܠ ܩܛܣܛܣܝܣ ܕܐ̈ܦܣܩܦܐ
Item 6 (Fol. 34b): Gregory Nazianzen. De Theologia (theologica secunda)
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܚ̈ܡܫܐ. ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܝ̣ܢ ܕܥܠ ܬܐܘܠܘܓܝܐ
Item 7 (Fol. 49b): Gregory Nazianzen. De Filio (theolog. tertia)
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ̣ ܕܫ̈ܬܐ. ܗܢܘ ܕܝܢ ܩܕܡܝܐ̣ ܕܥܠ ܒܪܐ
Item 8 (Fol. 59b): Gregory Nazianzen. De Filio (theolog. quarta)
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ̣ ܕܫ̈ܒܥܐ. ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܥܠ ܒܪܐ
Item 9 (Fol. 68b): Gregory Nazianzen. De Spiritu Sancto (theolog. quinta)
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܬܡ̈ܢܝܐ̣. ܕܥܠ ܪܘܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 80b): Gregory Nazianzen. In Pentecosten
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܬܫ̈ܥܐ. ܥܠ ܦܢܛܩܘܣܛܐ̣ ܘܥܠ ܪܘܚܐ ܩܕܝܫܐ
Item 11 (Fol. 87b): Gregory Nazianzen. In sanctum Pascha et in tarditatem
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܣܪ̈ܐ̣. ܥܠ ܦܛܝܪ̈ܐ̣ ܘܥܠ ܬܘܚܪܬܐ. ܐܘ ܟܝܬ ܥܠ ܐܒܘܗܝ ܒܐܢܙܝܢܙܘܣ܇ ܟܕ ܣܝ̇ܡ ܐܝܕܐ ܕܩܫܝܫܘܬܐ ܩ̇ܒܠ
Item 12 (Fol. 89a): Gregory Nazianzen. In sanctum Pascha
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܚ̈ܕܥܣܪ̣ ܕܥܠ ܦܨܚܐ
Item 13 (Fol. 101a): Gregory Nazianzen. In Novam Dominicam, etc.
 
Title:
ܕܥܠ ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܚܕܬܐ. ܘܥܠ ܬܕܐܐ̣. ܘܥܠ ܣܗܕܐ ܡܡܐ. ܒܚܕܒܫܒܐ ܓܝܪ ܚܕܬܐ ܡܫܬܡܠܐ ܕܘܟܪܢܗ ܒܩܣܪܝܐ. ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܕܝܢ ܕܚܡܫܬܥܣܪ
Item 14 (Fol. 105a): Gregory Nazianzen. Adversus Arianos et de seipso
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܐܪ̈ܝܢܘ ܘܥܠ ܢܦܫܗ
Item 15 (Fol. 111a): Gregory Nazianzen. Adversus Eunomianos praevia dissertatio (theologica prima)
 
Title:
ܩܕܝܡܘܬ ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܐܘ̈ܢܘܡܝܢܘ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܕܥܣܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܚܕ
Item 16 (Fol. 114a): Gregory Nazianzen. In laudem Heronis philosophi
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܗܪܘܢ ܦܝܠܣܘܦܐ
Note: Ending with the words Μήτε τὴν μοναρχίαν κακῶς τιμήσῃς, Opera, t. i., p. 468, C , .
Item 17 (Fol. 121a): Gregory Nazianzen. In Aegyptiorum adventum
 
Title:
ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܥܠ ܛܘܦܐ̇. ܠܘܬ ܗ̇ܢܘܢ ܕܡܢ ܡܨܪܝܢ ܐܬܘ
Note: Beginning with the words ὅσῳ τῶν δεσμῶν ἐστιν ἑλεύθερος Opera, t. i., p. 620, D .
Item 18 (Fol. 124b): Gregory Nazianzen. In consecratione Eulalii Doarensium episcopi
 
Title:
ܒܟܪܛܘܢܝܐ ܕܐܘܪܘܢ (sic) ܬܘܪܓܡܐ ܕܐܬܝܗܒ ܠܐܘܠܘܠܝܘܣ ܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ
Note: Of this discourse only the first few lines remain, as far as δέχεται γὰρ καὶ Παύλου τὴν φυτείαν ὡς Παύλου.

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1: The margins contain occasional notes, in the same handwriting as the text, explanatory of difficult words or of proper names; e.g. foll. 5 b, 12 a, 14 a and b, 18 a, 21 a, 40 a, 45 b, etc. In one or two instances they relate to various readings, e.g. fol. 36 b.

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