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Add. 17,162

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/805
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. 17,162, foll. 1–14

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/806
Description based on Wright CLXIV (1:111-112) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 10th or 11th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 14 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Punctuation
This manuscript contains: "Book of the Vowel-points of the Old and New Testaments and of the (Greek) Doctors.". In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 8 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 12 1/2 in. by 8 1/8, consisting of 14 leaves, the first of which is much stained and torn. The quires, now only three in number, are signed with letters,ܒ, ܓ, and ܕ. The first quire has been entirely lost, and of ܓ and ܕ only the first and last leaves remain. Each, page is divided into two columns, of from 29 to 32 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xth or xith cent. The points rukkākh and kushshāi are marked in red, and numerous Greek vowels are appended (ܰ, ܶ, ܺ, ܳ, ܽ, or , , and % , as ܘܢܶܫܛܺܝ̣ܘܗܝ fol. 5b, ܐܶܬ݂ܦܢܺܝܘ, fol. 11b)
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See Additions.

Contents

This manuscript contains 8 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 1a): "Book of the Vowel-points of the Old and New Testaments and of the (Greek) Doctors." [defective]
 
Title: ܟܘܪܣܐ ܕܫ̈ܡܗܐ: ܕܕܝܐܬܝܩܐ ܥܬܝܩܬܐ: ܘܕܚ̇ܕܬܐ: ܘܕܡ̈ܠܦܢܐ
Notes:
  • Part of a work similar in character to the preceding.
  • The fragments remaining extend over only a small part of the Old Testament .
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Book of the Vowel-points of Genesis [defective]
Note: It is very imperfect.
Item 3 (Fol. 1a): Book of the Vowel-points of Exodus
Item 4 (Fol. 5b): Book of the Vowel-points of Leviticus
Item 5 (Fol. 9a): Book of the Vowel-points of Numbers [defective]
Item 6 (Fol. 12a): Book of the Vowel-points of Deuteronomy [defective]
Note: It is very imperfect.
Item 7 (Fol. 14a): Book of the Vowel-points of Joshua [defective]
Note: It is very imperfect.
Item 8 (Fol. 14a): Book of the Vowel-points of Judges [defective]
Note: It is very imperfect.

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1: The margins are covered with notes by three or four hands, giving various readings (ܒ܏ܨ), explaining difficult words, etc. The Septuagint version is often cited ܒܕܫܒܥܝܢ ܒܕ܏ܫ ܒܫܒܥܝܢܝܐ). The authorities quoted are Daniel of Salach, ܕܢܝܐܝܠ ܨܠܚܝܐ commentary on the Psalms, fol. 4a;Ephraim, foll. 3a, 5a, 8a; Narses the Nestorian, ܢܪܣܝ ܢܣܛܘܪܝܢܐ ܡܠܦܢܐ ܠܝܛܐ ܨܢܝܥܐ fol. 10a, and Severus of Antioch, ܣܐܘܝܪܐ foll. 2b, 5a.

Add. 17,162, foll. 15–27

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/807
Description based on Wright DCLIV (2:513-514) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Other, 13 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Individual Authors
This manuscript contains: Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 3 items.

Physical Description

Thirteen vellum leaves, about 12 in. by 8, several of which are much stained and torn (Add. 17,162, foll. 15—27). There are lacunae after foll. 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 24 and 25. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 23 to 27 lines.

Hand 1 (sole, Unspecified Syriac script): This manuscript is written, apparently by more than one hand, in a large, regular Estrangela of about the ixth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 3 item(s) including nested subsections. N.B. Items were re-numbered for this online catalog and may not reflect William Wright's previous numeration.

Item 1 (Fol. 15a): Jacob of Batnae. Metrical discourses of Jacob of Batnae [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 15a): Jacob of Batnae. On David and Goliath [defective]
 
Title: ܬܘܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܣܝܡ ܠܩܕܝܫܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܠܦܢܐ. ܕܥܠ ܕܘܝܕ ܘܓܘܠܝܕ. ܘܪܐܙܗ ܕܡܫܝܚܐ.
Note: See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. i., p. 335, no. 215, serm. i.
Item 3 (Fol. 25a): Jacob of Batnae. For Palm Sunday [defective]
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܐܘܫ̈ܥܢܐ
Notes:
  • Very imperfect.
  • See Assemani, p. 322, no. 135.

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17162” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/805.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17162.” In A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/805.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 17162

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • David A. Michelson, general editor, Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal
  • , editor, A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library
  • William Wright, David A. Michelson, Robert Aydin, Lindsay Ruth, Justin Arnwine, Emma Claire Geitner, and Justin Arnwine, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 17162”

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Lindsay Ruth
  • Created by Emma Claire Geitner
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
  • Greek and coptic text entry and proofreading by Ryan Stitt
  • Project management by William L. Potter
  • Project management by Lindsay Ruth
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Form and material support designations edited by Claire Chen
  • Syriaca.org URIs for authors edited by Justin Arnwine
  • Syriaca.org URIs for authors checked by Alexys Ahn Joseph DAlfonso
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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