British Library, Add. 14470
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British Library, Add. 14470, Syriac
manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century. It is one of the oldest manuscript of Peshitta
with complete text of the New Testament.
The manuscript is written in a small and elegant Edessene hand.
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11), according to the Harklensian version, prefaced by additional remark, was added by a later hand in the 9th century. It was placed before Gospel of Matthew, on folio 1.
On folio 2 recto there is a note, of the 10th century, stating that the codex belonged to the covenant of S. Mary Deipara, in the Nitrian Desert. In 1842 it was brought to England along with the other 500 manuscripts.
The manuscript is housed at the British Library
(Additional Manuscripts 14470) in London.
Other manuscripts
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Syriac language
Syriac is a dialect of Middle Aramaic that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. Having first appeared as a script in the 1st century AD after being spoken as an unwritten language for five centuries, Classical Syriac became a major literary language throughout the Middle East from...
manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, on parchment. Palaeographically
Palaeography
Palaeography, also spelt paleography is the study of ancient writing. Included in the discipline is the practice of deciphering, reading, and dating historical manuscripts, and the cultural context of writing, including the methods with which writing and books were produced, and the history of...
it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century. It is one of the oldest manuscript of Peshitta
Peshitta
The Peshitta is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition.The Old Testament of the Peshitta was translated into Syriac from the Hebrew, probably in the 2nd century AD...
with complete text of the New Testament.
Contents
- Pericope Adulterae
- four Gospels (usual order)
- 14 Pauline epistles (usual order)
- Acts of the Apostles
- Three Catholic epistles: James, 1 Peter, and 1 John
Description
It contains the whole text of 22 books Peshitto New Testament, on 176 leaves (23 by 14 cm). Written in two columns per page, in 40-44 lines per page. The Hebrews is placed after Philemon.The manuscript is written in a small and elegant Edessene hand.
The Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11), according to the Harklensian version, prefaced by additional remark, was added by a later hand in the 9th century. It was placed before Gospel of Matthew, on folio 1.
History
On the first folio, below the Pericopa Adulterae, is written in an irregular Arabic hand: "We have received this book from the Syrian priest known by the name of Ibn ---, and Salib the abbat was present to take it in charge and convoy it to the covenant of the Syrians in the desert of Bu Makar (Abba Macarius)."On folio 2 recto there is a note, of the 10th century, stating that the codex belonged to the covenant of S. Mary Deipara, in the Nitrian Desert. In 1842 it was brought to England along with the other 500 manuscripts.
The manuscript is housed at the British Library
British Library
The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom, and is the world's largest library in terms of total number of items. The library is a major research library, holding over 150 million items from every country in the world, in virtually all known languages and in many formats,...
(Additional Manuscripts 14470) in London.
See also
Other manuscripts
- British Library, Add. 14455
- British Library, Add. 14669British Library, Add. 14669British Library, Add. 14669, Syriac manuscript of the New Testament, according to the Peshitta version, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 6th century. It contains fragments of the Gospels.- Description :...
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- Syriac versions of the BibleSyriac versions of the BibleSyria played an important or even predominant role in the beginning of Christianity. Here were written the Gospel of Matthew, the Gospel of Luke, the Didache, Ignatiana, and the Gospel of Thomas. Syria was the country in which the Greek language intersected with the Syriac, which was closely...
- Biblical manuscriptBiblical manuscriptA biblical manuscript is any handwritten copy of a portion of the text of the Bible. The word Bible comes from the Greek biblia ; manuscript comes from Latin manu and scriptum...
Further reading
- William WrightWilliam Aldis WrightWilliam Aldis Wright , was an English writer and editor.William Aldis Wright was son of George Wright, a Baptist minister in Beccles. He was educated at Beccles Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1858...
, Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum (1870; reprint: Gorgias Press 2002).
External links
- William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum