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Add. 14,427

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/83
Description based on Wright IV (1:5-6) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 95 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Old Testament
This manuscript contains: Part of the Pentateuch, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 4 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, 13 7/8 in. by 10 ¼, consisting of 95 leaves, several of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 69 and 86—90. The quires are signed with the Syriac arithmetical figures (see foll. 10, 20, etc.). No less than nine quires and a leaf are missing at the beginning of the volume; and the last two quires are imperfect, leaves being wanting after foll. 88, 89, and 95. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 29 to 33 lines. The character is a large and beautiful Estrangela of the vith cent. Vowels have been added in a few cases by later hands.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): The character is a large and beautiful Estrangela of the vith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): Vowels have been added in a few cases by later hands.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): Part of the Pentateuch, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Leviticus [defective]
  Subscription (Fol. 28): ܫܠܡ . ܕܟܗ̈ܢܐ . ܣܦܪܐ . ܕܬܠܬܐ . ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ .
Item 3 (Fol. 28b): Numbers
 
Title:
ܡܢܝܢܐ . ܣܦܪܐ . ܕܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ . ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ
  Subscription (Fol. 67): ܫܠܡ . ܡܢܝܢܐ . ܣܦܪܐ . ܕܐܪܒܥܐ . ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ.
Item 4 (Fol. 67b): Deuteronomy [defective]
 
Title:
ܬܢܝܢܐ . ܕܢܡܘܣܐ . ܣܦܪܐ . ܕܚܡܫܐ . ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ.

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/83.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “.” In , edited by . Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2023. Entry published April 21, 2023. https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/83.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14427

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  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
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  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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