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Add. 17,205

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/867
Description based on Wright DCCCCXXXVIII (3:1087) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 6th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 30 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Collected Lives
This manuscript contains: The martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus.; The martyrdom of George. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 2 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 8 3/8 in. by 5 3/8, consisting of 30 leaves, some of which are much stained and torn, especially foll. 2, 14, 15, 23—26, and 28. The quires are signed with arithmetical figures (fol. 15 a, ٢٢). Leaves are wanting at the beginning, and after foll. 1, 7, 22, 26, 27, and 28. There are from 20 to 25 lines in each page.

Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script): The greater part of this volume (foll. 1—22) is written in a fine, regular Estrangela of the vith cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): The remainder (foll. 23—30) is in a less elegant and somewhat later hand.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script): See additions.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The martyrdom of Sergius and Bacchus. [defective]
 
Title:
ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܣܪܓܝܣ ܘܒܟܘܣ
Item 2 (Fol. 23a): The martyrdom of George. [defective]
  Subscription : ܫܠܡܬ ܣܗܕܘܬܐ ܕܢܨܝܚܐ ܓܐܘܪܓܝܣ ܘܕܥܡܗ. ܕܐܣܗܕܘ ܘܐܬܟܠܠܘ ܒܝ̈ܘܡܝ ܕܕܝܢܐ (sic) ܡܠܟܐ

Additions

N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.
Addition 1: On fol. 30 a, at the foot of the page, a reader called Sergius has recorded his name. ܐܠܗܐ ܚܣܐ ܠܥܒܕܟ ܣܪܓܝܣ ܒܨܠܘܬ ܡܪܝ ܓܘܪܓܝܣ ܐܡܝܢ
Addition 2: On fol. 30 b there is a short extract from a metrical discourse of Jacob of Batnae on the raising of Lazarus; and beneath it, in Coptic, the name of one "Mercurius the sinner."

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17205” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/867.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 17205.” 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/867.

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Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 17205

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  • 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, and Jessica Pagan, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 17205

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Jessica Pagan
  • Based on the work of William Wright
  • Edited by Lindsay Ruth
  • 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
  • Folio extent edited by Kurt Urban

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