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Add MS 12174
- Record Id:
- 040-002041888
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002041846
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000451.0x0003db
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176736858.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 12174
- Title:
- Syriac Codex
- Scope & Content:
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A codex of various texts all relating to the lives of saints, martyrs and bishops of various Eastern churches. The codex contains biographies, hagiographies, anecdotes and accounts of over 80 different individuals.
The colophon of the codex (f. 452v) contains two notes, the first of which is by Michael the Great, Patriarch of Antakya (1478-1511 AG), stating that the manuscript was written at the expense of the Deacon Ṣalíbā of Dayrā d-Bar Ṣaumā at Melitene (Malatya, Turkey), to be deposited in the library of the monastery. This note is dated 1508 AG (1197 CE). The second note identifies the copyist of the manuscript as Monk Yūsuf of Dayrā d-Abú Galib, son of the paternal aunt of Deacon Ṣalíbā. In between these two notes is a short prayer for the monk who bound the volume.
The manuscript contains occasional marginalia, including a note on f. 175r about the "trial of vellum and writing" and one on f. 424v regarding "bad vellum". A reader by the name of Yuḥanan recorded his name on f. 259r. Folio 11r also contains considerable marginal text in the same hand as that of the copyist.
The vellum of the work is stained by water or ink and torn throughout various parts of the work. Quire alep is now missing, and there are a considerable number of sections of the text that are now deficient. Some folios at the start of the work exhibit considerable loss of ink.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002041846
040-002041888 - Is part of:
- Add MS 12133-12181 : Manuscripts in Syriac, obtained from the Monastery of the Syrians dedicated to St. Mary Deipara, in the Desert of Nitria,…
Add MS 12174 : Syriac Codex - Hierarchy:
- 032-002041846[0042]/040-002041888
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 12133-12181
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Codex, 452 ff
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176736858.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Syriac, Classical
- Scripts:
- Syriac
- Start Date:
- 1197
- End Date:
- 1197
- Date Range:
- 1197
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Malatya, Turkey
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Vellum
Dimensions : 500 mm x 350 mm x 150 mm
Foliation : Western, with Syraic quire marks; 452 ff.
Ruling : No text boxes, approximate text area 350 mm x 210 mm divided into two columns, each containing 43 lines
Script : Estrangelā
Ink : primarily black ink with red ink used for headers, titles and catchwords, as well as illumination at the end of passages
Binding : British Museum binding
- Custodial History:
- Formerly held at the Monastery of St. Mary Deipara in Egypt.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received by the British Museum from Rev. Henry Tattam in 1841.
- Publications:
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For complete catalogue details, please see:
Wright, W., Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838 (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1872), pp. 1123-1139.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)