Add. 12,136
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/8
Date:
7th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 100 leaves.
Features:
Decoration
Wright's Subject Classification:
Old Testament
This manuscript contains: Index of reading lessons; Ezekiel, accordingto the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 9 3/8 in. by 6, consisting of 100 leaves, of which foll. 1, 29, 30, and 100, are more or less mutilated. The quires, originally 13 in number, are signed with letters. Leaves are wanting after foll. 28, 29, 30; and 38. Each page has from 23 to 25 lines. The writing is a fine, regular Estrangela of the viith cent. Vowels have occasionally been added in faint characters by a later hand.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
The writing is a fine, regular Estrangela of the 7th century.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Decoration (Illustration):
At the foot of foll.80 b, 93 b, and 99 b, there are drawings, of a later date than the manuscript, representing a peacock, and birds feeding their young in the nest.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): Index of reading lessons
Excerpt:
Colophon:
See below.
| ܦܘܪܫ ܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ ܕܥܐ̈ܕܐ ܕܡܬܩܪܝܢ ܒܛܟܣܐ ܒܥܕܬܐ |
| ܕܒܝܬ ܝܠܕܐ ܒܟܘܪܣܐ ܕ ܒܕܦܐ ܙ |
| ܕܒܝܬ ܕܢܚܐ ܒܟܘܪܣܐ ܐ ܒܕܦܐ ܐ |
| ܕܡ̈ܥܠܝ ܨܘܡܐ ܒܟܘܪܣܐ ܐ ܒܕܦܐ |
Item 2 (Fol. 1): Ezekiel, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Title: ܢܒܝܘܬܗ̣ ܕܚܙܩܝܐܝ Colophon: See below.
Title: ܢܒܝܘܬܗ̣ ܕܚܙܩܝܐܝ Colophon: See below.
Notes:
- The following portions of the text are missing: Ch. 14:14-16:17, 16:32-53, 17:3-22:2, and 24:18-25:3.
- The lessons are rubricated in the text, the end of each being usually indicated by the letter ܫ [ ܫܠ̣ܡ ]
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Vowels have occasionally been added in faint characters by a later hand.
Addition 2:
A later hand has indicated a marginal division into 24 sections (ܨܚܚܐ=ܨ).
Addition 3 (Fol. 1a):
ܣܡ̇ܬ ܠܟ ܝܕܥܐ ܥܠ ܪܫܐ ܕܟܘ̈ܪܣܐ̣. ܕܕܠܐ ܬܘܗܝܐ ܬܫܟܚ ܩܪܝܬܐ ܕܒܥܐ ܐܢܬ݁. ܡܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܟ̈ܬܝܒܢ ܡܢ ܠܥܠI have put a mark for thee at the commencement of each quire, that thou mayest find without delay the lesson which thou seekest among those written above.By ܕܦܐ is meant a single leaf of the manuscript.
Addition 4 (Fol. 1b):
ܕܡܪܝ ܐܬܢܣܝܘܣ ܡܛܠ ܡܬܒܪܢܫܘܬܐ
Addition 5 (Fol. 100b):
ܫܠ̣ܡܬ ܢܒܝܘܬܗ ܕܚܙܩܝܐܝܠ ܢܒܝܐ ܡܫܒܚܐ ܕܢܒ̈ܝܐ
followed by the usual doxology, and by two lines of writing in a more cursive character, which are now only partially legible, but may be supplied as follows:
ܟܠ ܕܝܢ ܕܩ̇ܪܐ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ [ܢܨܠܐ ܥܠ ܟܬܘ]ܒܐ ܚܛܝܐ ܕܟܬ̣ܒܗ ܕܢܬܚܢܢ [ܒܝܘܡ ܕܝܢ̣ܐ. ܐܡܝܢ] ܘܐܡܝܢ .
Addition 6 (Fol. 100b):
There is a note in a much later hand, part of which is torn away and the rest almost obliterated. The words ܐܝܬܘܗܝ, ܕܠܚܐ, and ܚܪܡ are still legible, from which it is evident that it contained one of the customary anathemas.
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