Add. 12,180
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/79
Date:
8th or 9th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 172 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Individual Authors; Theology
John Chrysostom. Thirty homilies of John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of Saint
Paul to the Corinthians; Jacob of Batnae. A prose homily, ascribed to Jacob of Batnae,
teaching that we should not be neglectful of nor despise our sins
Physical Description
Vellum, about 11 1/2 in. by 7 1/4, consisting of 172 leaves, many of which are much stained by water,and one (fol. 8) mutilated. The quires, 18 in number, are signed with letters, whilst the tenth has also the arithmetical figure(). Each page is divided into two columns, of from 37 to 43 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This manuscript is written in an elegant Esṭrangělā of the VIth or VIIth cent.
See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): John Chrysostom. Thirty homilies of John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians [defective]
Note: The homilies are preceded, as in Add. 14,564
, by an index of the homilies, fol.1 b, and a summary of the contents of the Epistle, fol.3 b.
Item 2 (Fol. 1b): John Chrysostom. Index of the Homilies
Item 3 (Fol. 3b): John Chrysostom. Summary of the contents of the Epistle
Item 4 (Fol. 4a): John Chrysostom. Thirty homilies of John Chrysostom on the Second Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
Item 5 (Fol. 169b): Jacob of Batnae. A prose homily, ascribed to Jacob of Batnae, teaching that we should not be neglectful
of nor despise our sins
Incipit: ܙܕܩ ܠܢ. ܕܢܚܫ ܝܘܡ ܡܢ ܝܘܡ. ܕܢܘܠ̣ܐ ܕܚ̈ܝ̣ܝܢ ܙܥ̣ܪ ܠܡܬܓܕܕܘ. ܘܗܐ. ܪܗܝܒܝܢ ܝܘ̈ܡܬܐ ܕܢܪ̈ܗܛܘܢ
ܠܢ ܡܢ ܥܠܡܐ. ܘܨܒܝܐ ܬܪܥܝܬܢ ܪܚܡܬ ܥܠܡܐ. ܕܬܩ̇ܝܠ ܪܗܛܐ ܥܠ ܫܦܝܪ̈ܐ. ܚ̇ܫܐ ܗ̣ܘ ܓܝܪ ܪܒܐ ܗܢܐ̣.
ܕܝܘܡ̈ܬܢ ܪܗܛܝܢ ܠܒܣܬܪܗܘܢ̇ ܘܚ̈ܛܗܝܢ ܠܩܕܡ̈ܝܗܘܢ. ܘܫ.
Note: See additions
Additions
N.B., items below may have been listed out of folio order in Wright's catalogue.
Addition 1 (Fol. 169b):
On fol. 169b, after the doxology, there is a note stating that the book belonged to
the congregation of monks dwelling in the valley of Castra
(?), having been purchased when Julian was their abbat, and Job and John his δευτεράριος and τριτευτής.
ܗܢܐ ܟܬܒܐ ܐܝܬܘܗܝ̣ ܕܟܢܘܫܝܐ ܕܝܚ̈ܝܕܝܐ ܕܥܡܪܝܢ ܒܢܚܠܐ ܕܩܣܛܪܐ. ܕܐܙܕܒܢ ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܪ̈ܚܡܝ ܐܠܗܐ ܡܪܝ
ܝܘܠܝܢܐ ܪܝܫܕܝܪܐ ܘܡܪܝ ܐܝܘܒ ܬܢܝܢܗ ܘܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܬܠܝܬܝܗ. ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܫܩ̇ܠ ܠܗ ܕܢܩܪܐ ܒܗ ܘܫ.
The words ܘܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܬܠܝܬܝܗ have been washed out as much as possible, but are still legible.
Addition 2 (Fol. 169b):
The remaining leaves contain a prose homily, ascribed to Jacob of Batnae, teaching that we should not be neglectful of nor despise our sins. The writing is
cursive, of the viiith or ixth cent.
Addition 3 (Fol. 1a):
On fol. 1a there is a note, stating that this was one of the 250 volumes brought to
the convent of S. Mary Deipara by the abbat Moses of Nisibis, A. Gr. 1243, A.D. 932.
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