Add. 17,175
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/827
Date:
10th century
Unspecified Syriac script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 66 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Collected Lives; Lives of Saints, etc.
Part of an Abridgment of the, "Illustrations of the
Book of the Paradise."
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 1/8 in. by 5 3/4, consisting of 66 leaves, some of which are much stained and others slightly torn, especially foll. 1—7, 18, 19, 52, 57, 59, and 60. The quires, signed with letters, are now only 7 in number. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, and also after fol. 63. There are from 21 to 27 lines in each page.
Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script):
This manuscript is written in a good, regular hand of the xth
cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
Foll. 41 and 48 are more recent and apparently palimpsest.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (folio not specified): Part of an Abridgment of the, "Illustrations of the
Book of the Paradise." [defective]
Title: ܢܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܕܦܪܕܝܣܐ
Title: ܢܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܕܦܪܕܝܣܐ
Notes:
- See Add. 17,264 and 17,263 .
- It preserves the form of a dialogue between certain brethren (ܐܚ̈ܐ) and their teacher (ܣܒܐ), but there is no division into books and chapters.
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