Add. 14,435

URI: https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/93
Description based on Wright CLXXI (122-123) Link to Archive.org Bibliographic record
Date: 9th century
Estrangela script (multiple hands) ܀ Parchment Codex, 70 leaves.
Wright's Subject Classification: Psalters; Service-books
The Psalms, according to the Pěshiṭtā version; The Canticles

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 Esṭrangělā of the ixth cent.
Hand 2 (minor, Unspecified Arabic script): On the margin of fol. 67 a there is a note in a good Arabic hand, but much stained and torn

Manuscript Contents

Note: Item numbering updated in digital edition.
Item 1 (Fol. 1a): The Psalms, according to the Pěshiṭtā 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 هذا المزامير ..........صحيحه كامله مايه وخمسين صوره رحم الله من قرا وكتب وقال امين وهو....الراهب الم...النحاطى المحتاج الي رحمة الله

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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14435” in , last modified April 21, 2023, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/93.

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David A. Michelson et al., “London, BL, Add. 14435.” 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/93.

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