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Add. 14,435

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/93
Description based on Wright CLXXI (1:122-123) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Estrangela script ܀ Parchment Codex, 70 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Psalters
This manuscript contains: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version; The Canticles. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 4 items.

Physical Description

Vellum, about 7 7/8 in. by 5, consisting of 70 leaves, most of which are much stained, and several more or less torn, especially foll. 2, 48, and 70. The quires are signed with letters. Leaves are wanting at the beginning and end, as well as after foll. 8, 17, 18, 19, 28, 32, 34, 40, 42, 58, 59, 61, and 62. Each page has from 19 to 23 lines.

Hand 1 (sole, Estrangela script): This manuscript is written in a good, regular Estrangela of the ixth cent.

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version [defective]
Note: The following portions are missing: Ps. i. 1—xvi. 9; xxiv. 8—xxv. 19; xxxvi. 7—li. 17; liii. 6—lvi. 13; lviii. 6—lxi. 2; lxxi. 17—lxxii. 12; lxxvi. 10—lxxviii. 51; lxxx. 4—lxxxiv. 2; xc. 2—civ. 30; cv. 44—cvi. 22; cxviii. 162—cxxvi. 3; cxxix. 7—cxxxi. 17; cxxxv. 18—cxxxvii. 5; and cxxxviii. 18—cxliv. 11. There is a marginal division into ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ and ܫܘܒ̈ܚܐ, the former being denoted by ܪܝܫ ܡܪܡܝܬܐ, to which ܫܘܒܚܐ is also usually added.
Item 2 (Fol. 66a): The Canticles [defective]
Item 3 (Fol. 66a): The first song of Moses
Item 4 (Fol. 67b): The second song of Moses [defective]
Note: Imperfect.

Additions

Addition 1 (Fol. 67a): On the margin of fol. 67 a there is a note in a good Arabic hand, but much stained and torn: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ..........صحيحه كامله مايه وخمسين صوره رحم الله من قرا وكتب وقال امين وهو....الراهب الم...النحاطى المحتاج الي رحمة الله

How to Cite This Entry

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14435” in A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library, last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/93.

Bibliography:

William Wright et al., “London, BL, Add. 14435.” 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/93.

About this Entry

Entry Title: London, BL, Add. 14435

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, and Anna Kelly, entry contributors, “London, BL, Add. 14435

Additional Credit:

  • Created by Anna Kelly
  • 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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