Add. 14,429
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/85
Date:
AD 719 / AG 1030
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 166 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Old Testament
This manuscript contains: . In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 9 items.
Physical Description
Vellum, about 10 1/8 in. by 6 7/8, consisting of 166 leaves, several of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 59, 65, 68, 70 and 128. The quires, signed with letters, are 18 in number, the last having now only one leaf. Single leaves have also been lost after foll. 76, 77 and 86. Each page has from 19 to 23 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
This manuscript is written in a large, beautiful Estrangela, much resembling the handwriting of Sābā of Rās'ain
(see Add. 12,135
, and 14,428
), and dates from about A. Gr. 1030, A.D. 719. See additions.
Hand 2 (minor, West Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
A later hand in red ink.See additions.
Hand 4 (minor, Unspecified Greek script):
Greek words in elegant characters.See additions.
Hand 5 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Hand 6 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
A monk of Tagrīt, who visited the convent of S. Mary Deipara. See additions.
Hand 7 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
A more modern hand.See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): [defective]
Colophon:
See additions.
Item 2 (Fol. 2b): Index to the lessons
Item 3 (Fol. 3): The two books of Samuel and a portion of the first book of Kings according to the recension of Jacob of Edessa
[defective]
Note: See Assemani, Bibl. Or., t. ii. p. 335-36;Ceriani, Monumenta Sacra et Profana, t. ii. fasc. i., pp. x., xi.; and his memoir, Le Edizioni e i Manoscritti etc., p. 27.
Item 4 (Fol. 3b): Summary of the contents of the first book of Samuel
Note: This is not a translation from the Synopsis of Chrysostom.
Item 5 (Fol. 5a): The first book of Samuel, according to the recension of Jacob of Edessa
[defective]
Title: ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡܠܟܘ̈ܬܐ
Title: ܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Title: ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡܠܟܘ̈ܬܐ
Title: ܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Notes:
- It is divided into 15 chapters,ܩ̈ܦܠܐܐ
- The other missing portions of the text are: 1 Sam. 25:11—20, 29 — 39, and 30:2—13.
Item 6 (Fol. 90b): Summary of the contents of the second book of Samuel the portion of the first book of Kings
Item 7 (Fol. 91): The second book of Samuel, including the first book of Kings, ch. 1:1—49, according to the recension of Jacob of Edessa
[defective]
Note: It is likewise divided into 15 chapters.
Item 8 (Fol. 91): The second book of Samuel, according to the recension of Jacob of Edessa
Title: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ
Title: ܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Title: ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ ܕܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ
Title: ܫܡܘܐܝܠ
Item 9 (Fol. 162a): The first book of Kings, ch. 1:1-49, according to the recension of Jacob of Edessa
[defective]
Note: The fifteenth chapter extended as far as 1 Kings, ch. 2:11:ܝܗ ܥܠ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܟܕ ܣܐ̣ܒ ܕܘܝܕ ܠܐ ܫܚ̇ܢ ܗܘܐ ܒܠܒܘ̈ܫܐ܆ ܘܐܝܬ̣ܝܘ ܠܗ ܥܠܝܡܬܐ ܒܬܘܠܬܐ ܕܬܫܟ݂ܒ ܥܡܗ: ܘܥܠ ܪܘܪܒܗ ܕܐܘܪܢܝܐ ܒܪ ܚܐܓܝܬ ܠܘܬ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܢܡܠܟ̇ ܘܥܠ ܦܘܕܗ ܕܡܢ ܪܓܬܗ: ܘܥܠ ܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܫܠܘܡܘܢ ܘܥܠ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܦܩܕܗ ܐܒܘܗܝ ܩܕܡ ܕܢܡܘܬ܀
Additions
N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1:
Greek vowels are rarely added; for example,fol. 5 a, ܦܶܐܢܰܐܢܰܐ, fol. 88 b, ܕܒܣܐܦܝܡܘܬ, ܕܒܐܪܝܩܐܢ,and ܕܒܢܘܳܢܬܘܳܡ.
Addition 2:
The lessons (ܩܪ̈ܝܢܐ, abbreviated ܩܪܝ and ܩ) are indicated on the margins in red ink, sometimes by a later hand, the end of each being usually marked by the letter ܫ.
Addition 3:
A few Greek words are written on the margins in elegant characters, e.g. foll.5 a, 69 a, 71 a, 78 b, and 88 b.
Addition 4:
There are a considerable number of various readings and notes, some of the latter being taken from the works of Severus of Antioch(foll.36 a, 100 a).
Addition 5 (Fol. 1a):
ܫܢܬ ܐܠ ܒܝ ܒܢܝܣܢ ܫ̇ܪܝ ܒܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܠܥܙܪ ܘܥܐܕܝ ܒ. .in the year 1030(A.D. 719), on the tenth of Nīsān,Lazarus and ‘Adī began in this book . . . .
Addition 6 (Fol. 1a):
Below this, in the same hand, but smaller and less distinct, are the words
ܩܨܝܪܝܢ ܘܟܬܝܒܝܢ,the meaning of which is not clear. It is, therefore, uncertain whether the manuscript was written A.D. 719 or a little earlier, as the above-named persons were probably the collators and correctors.
Addition 7 (Fol. 1b):
:[ܐܢܐ ܚ]ܛܝܐ ܘܡܚܠ (sic) ܡܢ ܬܓܪܝܬ ܡܬܬܝܬ (sic) ܠܥܘܡܪܐ ܕܝܠ ܕܝܠܬ(sic) .ܐܠܗܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܪܐ
Addition 8 (Fol. 2a):
ܒܒܥܘ ܡܛܠ ܡܪܢ ܨܠܘ ܥܠ ܚܛܝܐ ܕܣܪܛ
Addition 9 (Fol. 2a):
Just below this stands the name of the abbat John of Beth-Severīna(See Assemani, Bilb. Orient., t. i. pp. 215, 216):
ܝܘܚܢܢ ܚܛܝܐ ܣܒܝܪܝܢܝܐ ܪܝܫܢܐ ܕܝܪܐ(sic).
Addition 10 (Fol. 90a):
ܐܬܬ݁ܪܨ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܢܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܟܘܬܐ: ܐܝܟ ܕܡܨܝܐ ܘܗܘܬ݀ ܘܣ̇ܓܝ ܥܣܩܐܝܬ: ܡܢ ܡܫܠܡ̈ܢܘܬܐ ܡܫܚ̈ܠܦܬܐ: ܡܢ ܗ̇ܝ ܟܝܬ ܕܠܘܬ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ̇ ܘܡܢ ܗܠܝܢ ܕܠܘܬ ܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ̣. ܒܐܝ̈ܕܝ ܚܣܝܐ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܦܝܣܩܦܐ ܕܐܘܪܗܝ: ܒܫܢܬ ܐܝܘ ܕܡܢܝܢܐ ܕܝ̈ܘܢܝܐ ܐܘ ܟܝܬ ܕܣܠܘܩܘܣ ܡ̇ܠܟܐ: ܐܝܢܕܩܛܝܘܢܐ ܕܬܠܬܐ ܒܕܝܪܐ ܪܒܬܐ ܕܬܠܥܕܐ.
“This first book of Kings was corrected, so far as possible and with much labour, from the different versions, viz. from that of the Syrians and from those of the Greeks, by the hands of the pious Jacob, bishop of Edessa, in the year 1016 of the Greeks or of king Seleucus
(A.D. 705), third indiction, in the great convent of Tel-'Adā.
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