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Add. 17,196

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/852
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Add. 17,196, upper text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1559
Description based on Wright DCCLXXXVII (2:776-777) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Unspecified Syriac script ܀ Parchment Codex, 14 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Selections from the Fathers. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 6 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, consisting of 14 leaves, about 11 in. by 8, which have been folded so as to form 28 leaves of 8 in. by 5 1/2. Several of them are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14. These leaves are palimpsest (see Add. 17,196, lower text ), the number of lines in each page of the more modern text varying from 27 to 35. The quires are signed with letters.

Hand 1 (major, Unspecified Syriac script): The more modern text is written in a neat, current hand of the ixth cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 6 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. 1): Selections from the Fathers [defective]
 
Title: ܦܢܩܝܬܐ ܕܐܒ̈ܗܬܐ ܩܕ̈ܝܫܐ. ܡܡܠܠܐ ܕܟܠ ܓܢܣ
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Theodotus of Ancyra. Part of the third discourse of Theodotus of Ancyra against Nestorius
 
Title: ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܬܐܝܛܐ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܐܢـ[ـܩܘܪܐ] ܕܬ̈ܠܬܐ [ܕܣـ]ـܩܘܒܠܝܘܬ ܡܠܬܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܢܣܛܘܪܝܘܣ
Note: See Add. 17,148, no. 1, c .
Item 3 (Fol. 1): Gregory Nyssen. Fragments of the treatise of Gregory Nyssen on Virginity, divided into 23 chapters. [defective]
  Subscription (Fol. 1a): ܫܠ̣ܡ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܝܓܪܝܘܣ ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ ܕܢܘܣܐ܀ ܕܥܠ ܒܬܘܠܘܬܐ ܘܙܘܘܓܐ. ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ̣̇ ܩ̈ܦܠܐܐ ܥܣܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܬ̈ܠܬܐ܀
Note: See Opera, t. iii., p. 111.
Item 4 (Fol. 3): Gregory Nyssen. Part of the treatise of Gregory Nyssen on the Hexaemeron. [defective]
  Incipit:
Note: See Opera, t. i., p. 1. The portion of the treatise in this manuscript begins with the passage 'Αλλ' ἐπὶ τὸ ἔτερον τῶν ζητουμένων καιρὸς ἄν εἴη τρέψαι τὴν θεωρίαν, κ.τ.λ. (p. 36 E).
Item 5 (Fol. 3): Part of a discourse on the Incarnation.
Item 6 (Fol. 11): Notes and glosses on difficult words and phrases in the works of Gregory Nyssen and Gregory Nazianzen.
 
Title: ܫܠ̣ܡܘ ܢܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܝܓܪܝܘܣ ܕܢܘܣܐ܀ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܐܘܢܡܝܘܣ  
Title: ܢܘܗܪ̈ܐ ܕܟܬܒܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܐ ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܬܐܠܓܘܣ
Note: These notes and glosses are interspersed with illustrative extracts from the writings of Severus of Antioch, e.g. ܡܢ ܗܘܦܡܢܣܛܝܩܘܢ ܕܡܐܐ ܘܚܕ ܕܠܘܬ ܩܣܪܝܐ̣. ܕܟܬܝ̈ܒ̣ܢ ܒܟ̣ܪܬ ܐܝ̈ܕܘܗܝ, fol. 11a, lower half; ܕܠܘܩܒܠ ܓܪܡܛܝܩܘܣ, fol. 13a, upper half; ܡܢ ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܐܢܣܛܣܝܐ fol. 14a, lower half; from a letter of Gregory, the father of Gregory Nazianzen , fol. 12b, lower half, ܕܓܪܝܓܪܝܘܣ ܐܒܘܗܝ ܕܬܐܠܘܓܘܣ ܡܢ ܐܓܪܬܐ ܕܟܬ݂ܒ ܠܘܬ ܐܦܝܣܩ̈ܘܦܐ܀ ܟܕ ܚܦܛܘܗܝ ܕܢܥܘܼܠ ܠܩܣܪܝܐ ܡܛܠ ܟܝܪܘܛܘܢܝܐ ܕܐܦܣܩܘܦܐ; and from a discourse ascribed to S. Peter the Apostle, fol. 12 a, lower half, ܕܦܛܪܘܣ ܫܠܝܚܐ ܡܢ ܬܘܪܓܡܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܠܗ. ܡܪܬܝܢܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܬ ܕܬܚܝܬ ܪܝܫܐ܀

Add. 17,196, lower text

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/1560
Description based on Wright DCCLXXXVII (2:776-777) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Estrangela script ܀ Parchment Codex, 14 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Authors
This manuscript contains: Fragments of a manuscript of the New Testament, according to the Peshitta version. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 7 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, consisting of 14 leaves, about 11 in. by 8, which have been folded so as to form 28 leaves of 8 in. by 5 1/2. Several of them are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, and 14. This volume is written in two columns and is palimpsest (see Add. 17,196, upper text ).

Hand 1 (sole, Estrangela script): These leaves are written in a large, elegant Estrangela of the vith cent.

Contents

This manuscript contains 7 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. 1): Fragments of a manuscript of the New Testament, according to the Peshitta version. [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1): S. Luke, ch. ix. 54—ch. x. 27, ch. xii. 33—50, and ch. xiv. 26—ch. xv. 10.
Item 3 (Fol. 5): S. John, ch. vii. 40—ch. viii. 19, ch. ix. 30—ch. x. 9, ch. xi. 32—51, ch. xiv. 19— ch. xv. 6, ch. xv. 27—ch. xvi. 21, and ch. xix. 30—ch. xx. 3.
Item 4 (Fol. 11): 2 Corinthians, ch. xii. 21 to the end.
Item 5 (Fol. 12): Galatians, ch. i. 1, fol. 11 b; ch. iii. 13—39.
Item 6 (Fol. 13): Ephesians, ch. ii. 8—ch. iii. 6.
Item 7 (Fol. 14): Hebrews, ch. viii. 13—ch. ix. 15.

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17196” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/852.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17196.” 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/852.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 17196

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, Jessica Pagan, Justin Arnwine, and Justin Arnwine, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 17196”

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  • Created by Jessica Pagan
  • 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
  • English text entry and proofreading by Syriac Research Group, University of Alabama
  • 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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