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Add MS 14467
- Record Id:
- 040-002086133
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002086090
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001404.0x0001f2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100177686792.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 14467
- Title:
- Fragments from the Gospels of Matthew and John
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains portions from Matthew and John. Another part of the manuscript is found in Leipzig, University Library, Or. 1075.
These fragments contain an early Arabic rendition of the Gospels, presented in parallel with a Syriac rendition. As such, they serve as witnesses to the bilingual character of Christians in the Near East; a characteristic still pertaining to these communities today.
It contains Matthew 7:22-11:1; 11:22-12:10; 16:21-17:13; John 8:59-10:18; 16:13-18:3; 19:27-20:25.
Bilingual Arabic and Syriac renditions are found in parallel columns.
The manuscript is lacking a colophon, but was likely copied in the 10th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002086090
040-002086133 - 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 14467 : Fragments from the Gospels of Matthew and John - Hierarchy:
- 032-002086090[0043]/040-002086133
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 14425-14741
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Codex; ff. 15.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100177686792.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Arabic
Syriac, Classical - Scripts:
- Arabic
Syriac - Start Date:
- 0900
- End Date:
- 0999
- Date Range:
- 10th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment
Dimensions: ca 210-250 x 170 mm leaf ca 200 x 130 mm written
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Lines per page: ca. 28-32 lines (Arabic column).
Script: Rather angular script with many New Style (curvy) features; horizontal extension.
Ink: Black-dark brown ink, with encircled dots in red in some parts of the manuscript.Binding: British Museum binding.
Condition: Waterstains, wormholes, etc. Generally good, yet the text on fols. 1; 14-15 is partly difficult to read. The margins have been largely restored.
Marginalia: a few notes in extant margins.
- Finding Aids:
- Wright, William, Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum, acquired since the year 1838 (London, 1870-72), pp. 66-67.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)