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- Record Id:
- 040-002086095
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002086090
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001404.0x0001cc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100170895428.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 14429
- Title:
- Syriac codex
- Scope & Content:
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A codex of various religious texts in Syriac, the contents of which are as follows:
ff. 2v-3r : A listing of lessons formed of various passages contained within the codex, with each reading contained within a red circle arranged in a 5x3 matrix on a background of green bars and red dots (f. 2v); or inside a mock architectural sketch of a cathedral (?) façade in red, green and yellow inks (f. 3r) ;
ff. 3v-4v : A table of contents for the following First Book of Samuel;
ff. 5r-90r : The first book of Samuel, entitled ܟܬܒܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ, which is divided into 15 chapters or ܩܦܠܐܐ. This section contains a colophon on f. 90r, which states that this book was copied as correctly as possible from Syriac and Greek sources by the Pious Bishop Yaᶜqúb of Edessa in the year 1016 AG (705 CE) in the Monastery of Tell ᶜādā;
ff. 90v-91r : A table of contents for the second Book of Samuel ;
ff. 91v-166v : The second Book of Samuel, ܟܬܒܐ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ, also divided into 15 chapters or ܩܦܠܐܐ. The first Book of Kings is included in this section in ff. 162r-166v.
There are numerous missing passages from the complete text of the Books of Samuel, including 1 Sam xxv.11-20, 29-39, and xxx.2-13.
The manuscript features marginalia throughout, some of it indicating the start of the lessons, which are occasionally abbreviated ܩ or ܩܪܝ, and on occasion by ܫ. Some of the marginalia is in Greek, while other pieces appear to be notes taken from the works of Severus of Antioch.
A partially imperfect note on f. 1r states that this book was begun by Lazarus and ᶜAdí in Nísan 1030 AG (719 CE). It is not clear what relationship these two individuals might have to the work, and therefore when the item might have been copied.
A Syriac inscription by a monk from Tagrít can be found on f. 1v, while f. 2r carries a Syriac request for the reader to pray on the Sinner Saraṭ, under which we find the name of Yúḥanan Ḥaṭāyā Sabírínāyā.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002086090
040-002086095 - Is part of:
- Add MS 14425-14741 : Manuscripts obtained from the Syrian Monastery of St. Mary Deipara, in the Desert of Nitria, or Scete
Add MS 14429 : Syriac codex - Hierarchy:
- 032-002086090[0005]/040-002086095
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Codex, 166 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100170895428.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Syriac, Classical - Scripts:
- Greek
Syriac - Start Date:
- 0600
- End Date:
- 0799
- Date Range:
- 7th century-8th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Tel ᶜādā Monastery, near Aleppo, Syria
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Vellum
Dimensions : 265 mm x 85 mm x 65 mm
Foliation : Western, 166 ff.; Syriac quire notation
Ruling : No text boxes; approximate text area 195 mm x 115 mm, in a single column, containing 19 to 23 lines of text
Script : Estrangelā
Ink : Main text in black ink, with titles, headers, catchwords and some marginalia in red ink; illumination on ff. 2v-3r contains red, green and yellow inks
Binding : Western binding
- Custodial History:
- Formerly held at the Monastery of St. Mary Deipara
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Rev. H. Tattam in 1843.
- Publications:
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For complete catalogue record, please see:
Wright, W., Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts in British Museum Acquired Since the Year 1838 (London : Trustees of the British Museum, 1870), pp. 37-39.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)