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Add. 17,204

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/866
Description based on Wright DCCCCXXXIV (1081) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 5th century
Estrangela script ܀ Parchment Codex, 33 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Lives; Lives of Saints, etc.
Acts of Martyrs

Physical Description

Vellum, about 9 1/2 in. by 7 1/2, consisting of 33 leaves, several of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 1—4, 9, 11, 13, 25, and 33. The quires are signed with letters (fol. 16 a, originally ܗ, afterwards ܝܛ). Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14, and 25. Each page is divided into two columns, of from 19 to 24 lines.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a large, bold Estrangĕlā of the vth cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1): Acts of Martyrs [defective]
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): The martyrdom of Paphnutius [defective]
 
Title: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܦܦܢܘܛ
Notes:
Item 3 (Fol. 2b): The martyrdom of Apollonius, Philemon, Arrianus, and the four Protectores [defective]
 
Title: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܐܦܠܘܢ. ܘܕܦܠܝܡܘܢ ܘܕܪܝܢܘܣ (sic) ܘܕܗܠܝܢ ܐܪܒܥܐ ܦܪ̈ܛܩܛܘܪܐ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ ܫܪܝܪ̈ܐ.
Notes:
Item 4 (Fol. 8a): The Martyrdom of Mīles and Abrūsīm [defective]
 
Title: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܠܝܣ ܘܕܐܒܪܘܣܝܡ.
Notes:
Item 5 (Fol. 15a): The martyrdom of Maria [defective]
 
Title: ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܡܪܝܐ
Note: Compare Surius, "De Probatis Sanctorum Vitis," t. iv., Nov., p. 6.
Item 6 (Fol. 22b): The martyrdom of Sophia and her three daughters, Pistis, Elpis and Agape [defective]
 
Title: ܗܘܦ̈ܡܢܡܛܐ ܕܢܨ̈ܝܚܬܐ ܕܐܬܟܠܠ ܒܣܗ̈ܕܘܬܗܝܢ ܕܒܡܪܢ. ܕܦܣܛܝܣ. ܘܕܗܠܦܝܣ. ܘܕܐܓܦܐ. ܘܕܐܡ̈ܗܝܢ ܣܘܦܝܐ. ܒܪܘܡܐ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ.
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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 17204” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/866.

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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 17204.” 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/866.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 17204

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