Add MS 14591

A codex of Syriac poetic and prose works containing the following texts :

ff. 1v-61v : Metrical discourses of Isaac, entitled ܡܐܡܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܐܣܚܩ ܛܘܒܢܐ, broken down into the gamírútā; a discourse on a passage from the Gospel of Luke; d-tíbútā; trén d-tíbútā; a discourse on the words of Christ, as found in the Gospel of Matthew; d-trén ᵓalúhí d-šarbā; d-tlātā ᵓalúhí d-šarbā; d-ᵓal šahrā d-hwā b-anṭiyúki; d-ᵓal gamírútā; lúqbal aylén d-āzlín lwāt mṣawme (against those who resort to soothsayers); d-trén ᵓalúhí d-šarbā; d-ᵓal madínat malkútā; d-ᵓal ṣalíbútā; súgítā díleh d-miᶜmrā;

ff. 62r-67r : Miᶜmrā d-ᵓal peṣḥā d-māran, which is ascribed to a writer known as Māri Qúrlúkā or Qúrílúkā;

ff. 67r-69v : Miᶜmre d-mār Isḥaq d-ᵓal Bét Yaldat d-Māran, in metre;

ff. 69v-72r : Miᶜmre d-ᵓal ṣalibútā d-māri Peṭrā Qalíníqiyā, a discourse in metre on the Crucifixion by Peter of Callinicus, Patriarch of Antioch;

ff. 72r-87v : A variety of writings by the aforementioned Māri Qúrlúkā, including Medrāše d-ᵓal qamíṣā w-ᵓal mardútā w-ᵓal qarbā d-húnāye d-qúrílúkā; súgítā díleh d-miᶜmrā; miᶜmrā d-ᵓal ḥaṭtā (a treatise on the grain of wheat); miᶜmrā d-ᵓal ṣalíbútā; miᶜmrā d-ᵓal gamírútā;

ff. 87v-139r : Hymns of Isaac, including Tešbāḥātā d-ramšā; tešbāḥātā d-lelyā; tešbāḥātā d-laḥmā (hymns for before meals); sixteen madrāše entitled madrāše ḥadte ᵓal qālā d-kulat malkā, lwāt aylín d-lā nasbín qúrbānā elā l-zabnā sagiyāᶜā d-amírín d-māri ísḥaq ṭúbnā; three madrāše entitled madrāše d-ᶜal matíteh d-māran ᶜal qālā d-knāšā ᶜalyā d-amírín l-ṭúbnā d- māri ísḥaq;

ff. 139r-150v : Hymns of Balaeus, mār bali, including madrāše d-mār bali kúr episqúpā ᶜal ḥúdtā d-ᶜidtā d-etbnét ḥadtít b-qenešrín madíntā; madrāše d-mār bali d-amírín ᶜal māri aqaq ṭúbnā episqúpā ᶜal qālā d-aw māri baṭník.

In addition to the main text, there is also a colophon on ff. 150v-151r, which states that the manuscript was written at the expense of the Priest Bas, the son of Mārā from the village of Kafr Sandal, for the convent of Telᶜādā when Eusebius was abbot.

On f. 151v, there is an illustration of a cross in yellow ink, surrounded by a circle with floral patterns in red, green and yellow ink. This is in turn enclosed within a border of geometrical patterns in red, green, yellow and purple ink. At the bottom of the illustration is a note that states that the image was created by a man named Aleksandrā, who might also be the scribe of the entire work.

There is also a partially obliterated note on f. 1r that makes reference to the madrāše in the Hymns of Isaac.

The manuscript features sparse marginalia and very occasional illumination, including floral patterns in silver and copper on f. 151r.

Some of the folios within the codex are stained, and a few of the them - particularly folio 1 - are torn.