London, BL, Add. 17223
source date: xivth cent.
edition published: 2023-04-21-05:00
language: ar; ar-Syrc; ar-Syrn; cop; de; en; fr; grc
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United Kingdom, London, British Library, Oriental Manuscripts, https://bl.syriac.uk/ms/984, Add. 17,223, London, BL, Add. 17,223, BL Add MS 17223, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, 197, William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838, CXCVII

[This manuscript contains: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version, Ps. cli. being added at the end.; The Canticles. In total, including sub-sections, this manuscript contains 11 items.]

Syriac

title: The Psalms, according to the Peshitta version, Ps. cli. being added at the end.
rubric: ܡܙܡܘܪܐ ܕܝܠܢܝܐ ܕܝܠ̣ܗ ܕܕܘܝܕ
The ܡܪ̈ܡܝܬܐ and ܫܘ̈ܒܚܐ are marked on the margins; and there is a farther division in the text into Services (ܬܫܡ̈ܫܬܐ) according to the usual canonical hours, commencing, in the present state of the manuscript.
The missing portions are: Ps. i. 1—xxix. 3; xxxi. 22—xxxvii. 25; xxxix. 3—lxxxviii. 8; and xciii. 3—xcv. 11.
  Foll. 10a-16
  title: Vespers, Ps. xcii— ciii.
  rubric: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܪܡܫܐ
  Foll. 16b-23
  title: Compline, Ps. civ.—cvii.
  rubric: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܥܕܢ ܨܠܘܼܬܐ ܕܣܘܼܬܪܐ
  Foll. 24a-30
  title: First nocturn, Ps. cviii.—cxvii.
  rubric: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܠܠܝ̣ܐ ܩܲܕܡܝ̣ܬܐ
  Foll. 31a-42
  title: Second nocturn, Ps. cxviii—cxxx.
  rubric: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܠܠܝܐ ܕܬܪ̈ܝܢ
  Foll. 43a-51
  title: Third nocturn, Ps. cxxxi—cxliii.
  rubric: ܬܫܡ̣ܫܬܐ ܕܠܠܝܐ ܕܬܠܵܬܐ
  Foll. 51b-55
  title: Fourth nocturn, Ps. cxliv.—cli.
  rubric: ܬ܏ܫ̣ܡ ܕܠܠܝܐ ܕܐܪ̈ܒܥܐ

title: The Canticles.
  Foll. 56a-57
  title: The first song of Moses.
  Foll. 58a-58
  title: The song of Isaiah.
  Foll. 58b-59
  title: The second song of Moses.

Paper, about 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 59 leaves, some of which are much torn, especially foll. 1—10, 58, and 59. The quires, signed with letters, were 13 in number; but the first eight are now lost (with the exception of 4 leaves), and the ninth is imperfect. Consequently, there are lacunae after foll. 2, 4, and 10. The number of lines in each page varies from 16 to 19.

59 ff.

- Paper, about 6 1/2 in. by 4 7/8, consisting of 59 leaves, some of which are much torn, especially foll. 1—10, 58, and 59. The quires, signed with letters, were 13 in number; but the first eight are now lost (with the exception of 4 leaves), and the ninth is imperfect. Consequently, there arc lacunae) after foll. 2, 4, and 10. The number of lines in each page varies from 16 to 19.

This volume is written in a regular, though rather inelegant hand of the xivth cent., with numerous Syriac and Greek vowels (, ܰ, ܶ, ܺ, ܳ, ܽ, , , , , ,) and the points ruhkkākh and kushshāi.

See additions.

[N.B., folio location may not be available for some items below.]

- On some of the Psalms there are Arabic notes, written by a later hand, of which the following, on Ps. cix., fol. 24 b, may serve as a specimen.

خذ خردلًا واجعلهُ في قدر فخار جديد (sic) واملاها ما وقُل عليها هذا المزمور ثلثه ايام ثم اهريقه قدام باب عدوك فانه يهلك باذن الله[^1]

[^1: "Take mustard-seed, and put it into a new earthenware pot, and fill it with water; repeat over it this psalm for three days; then pour it out before the door of thy enemy, and, by the permission of God, he will die."]

14th century

Manuscript description based on Wright's Catalogue . abbreviated by the Syriaca.org editors.

William Wright Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired since the Year 1838 London 1870 CXCVII 1:137