Add. 14,427

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/83
Description based on Wright IV (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; Biblical Manuscripts
Part of the Pentateuch, according to the Pěshiṭtā version

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 Esṭrangělā 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 Esṭrangělā 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 Pěshiṭtā version [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Leviticus [defective]
  Subscription (Fol. 28): ܫܠܡ . ܕܟܗ̈ܢܐ . ܣܦܪܐ . ܕܬܠܬܐ . ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ .
Note: Levit. i. 1 — iii. 6 is wanting.
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.
Note: The following portions of the text are wanting: after fol. 88, Deut. xxii. 19 —xxvii. 19; after fol. 89, Deut. xxviii. 26 —xxix.13; and after fol. 95, Deut. xxxiv. 9 to the end.

How to Cite This Entry

David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14427” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/83.

Bibliography:

David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14427.” In , edited by ., edited by D. Michelson et al.. 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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  • Created by Peter G. Miller
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Syriac text entered by Robert Aydin
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