Add. 14,433
URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/89
Date:
10th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 207 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification:
Psalters; Service-books
The Psalms, according to the Pěshīṭtā version; The Canticles
Physical Description
Vellum, about 8 1/4 in. by 6 1/2 , consisting of 207 leaves, many of which are much stained and a few slightly torn. The quires, 26 in number, are signed with letters, viz. Syriac at the foot of the first page of each quire, and Greek at the top (e.g. foll. 177, Δ, ܟܓ; 113, ΙΒ, ܝܗ; 105, ΙΓ, ܝܕ; 97, ΙΔ, ܝܓ; 89, ΙΕ, ܝܒ; 49, Κ, ܙ). Each page has from 13 to 15 lines.
Hand 1 (major, Estrangela script):
The writing is a stiff, angular Esṭrangělā of about the xth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
Owing to the fading of the ink, whole pages have been retouched at a later date.
Hand 3 (minor, Unspecified Syriac script):
See additions.
Manuscript Contents
Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The Psalms, according to the Pěshīṭtā version
Title: ܥܠ ܚܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܫܪܝܢܢ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܢܒܝܐ.. Subscription (Fol. 195b): .ܫܠ̣ܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܬܫ̈ܒܚܬܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܕܗܘ̈ܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܡܐܐ ܘܚܡ̈ܫܝܢ
Title: ܥܠ ܚܝܠܗ ܕܡܪܢ ܝܫܘܥ ܡܫܝܚܐ ܡܫܪܝܢܢ ܕܢܟܬܘܒ ܟܬܒܐ ܕܡܙܡܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܢܒܝܐ.. Subscription (Fol. 195b): .ܫܠ̣ܡ ܠܡܟܬܒ ܬܫ̈ܒܚܬܐ ܕܕܘܝܕ ܕܗܘ̈ܝܢ ܒܡܢܝܢܐ ܡܐܐ ܘܚܡ̈ܫܝܢ
Note: None of the Psalms have any heading, except the first.
Item 2 (Fol. 1a): Psalm 1
Title: ܩܕܡܝܐ ܚܘܦܛܐ ܕܕܚܠܬ ܐܠܗܐ. ܘܡܬܟܠܝܢܘܬܐ ܡܢ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܕܠܩܘܒܠܐ.
Title: ܩܕܡܝܐ ܚܘܦܛܐ ܕܕܚܠܬ ܐܠܗܐ. ܘܡܬܟܠܝܢܘܬܐ ܡܢ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܕܠܩܘܒܠܐ.
Item 3 (Fol. 195b): The Canticles
Item 4 (Fol. 195b): The first song of Moses
Item 5 (Fol. 198a): The song of Isaiah
Item 6 (Fol. 198b): The second song of Moses
Item 7 (Fol. 203b): The song of the Blessed Virgin
Item 8 (Fol. 204a): The Beatitudes
Item 9 (Fol. 205a): The hymn "Gloria in excelsis"
Title: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܠܠܝܐ
Title: ܬܫܒܘܚܬܐ ܕܠܠܝܐ
Item 10 (Fol. 206a): The Nicene Creed
Item 11 (Fol. 207a): The Lord's Prayer
Item 12 (Fol. 207b): The doxology
Additions
Addition 1 (Fol. 1):
A later hand has added a marginal division of the Psalms into ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ and ܫܘܒ̈ܚܐ.
Addition 2 (Fol. 207b):
On fol. 207 b, after the doxology, stands the following prayer, from which we learn
that the name of the scribe was Mārūthā.
ܪ̈ܚܡ̣ܐ ܕܚܢܘܗܝ ܠܓܢܣܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܐܕܡ. ܚܘܢܝܗܝ ܠܡܣܟܢܐ ܘܬܚܘܒܐ ܡܪܘܬܐ ܐܟܣܢܝܐ ܕܟ̣ܬܒ. ܘܚ̇ܣܐ ܠܗ ܘܠܥܢ̈ܝܕܐ
ܕܝܠܗ ܡܗ̈ܝܡܢܐ ܒܨ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܟܠܗܘܢ ܩ̈ܕܝܫܐ.
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