British Library Manuscript, Add. 14453
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British Library Manuscript, Add. 14453, designated by number 66 on the list of Wright
, is a Syriac
manuscript
of the New Testament
, on parchment, according to the Peshitta
version. Palaeographically
it has been assigned to the 5th or 6th century. The manuscript is lacunose. Gregory labelled it by 15e.
, on 182 parchment leaves (25 by 20 cm), with only one lacuna at the beginning and end. The Gospel of Matthew begins in 6:25, the Gospel of John ends in 20:25. Written in one column per page, in 22-27 lines per page. The writing is a large, regular Estrangela. Folio 173 was repaired with paper about the 12th century. The text is divided according to the chapters similar to the of the Greek manuscripts, which were inserted by two later hands; there are lectionary markings added by a later hand.
. In 1842 it was brought to England, with the other 500 manuscripts. The manuscript was examined and described by Wright.
The manuscript is housed at the British Library
(Additional Manuscripts 14448) in London.
William Aldis Wright
William 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...
, is a Syriac
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, according to the 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...
version. 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. The manuscript is lacunose. Gregory labelled it by 15e.
Description
The original codex contained the text of the 22 books of Peshitta translation of the New TestamentNew 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 182 parchment leaves (25 by 20 cm), with only one lacuna at the beginning and end. The Gospel of Matthew begins in 6:25, the Gospel of John ends in 20:25. Written in one column per page, in 22-27 lines per page. The writing is a large, regular Estrangela. Folio 173 was repaired with paper about the 12th century. The text is divided according to the chapters similar to the of the Greek manuscripts, which were inserted by two later hands; there are lectionary markings added by a later hand.
History of the manuscript
Formerly it belonged to the monastery of S. Mary Deipara in the Wadi El NatrunWadi El Natrun
Wadi El Natrun is a valley located in Beheira Governorate, Egypt, including a town with the same name. The name refers to the presence of eight different lakes in the region that produce natron salt. In Christian literature, the region is also referred to as the Nitrian Desert...
. In 1842 it was brought to England, with the other 500 manuscripts. The manuscript was examined and described by Wright.
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 14448) in London.
See also
- List of the Syriac New Testament manuscripts
- 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...
- Codex Phillipps 1388Codex Phillipps 1388Codex Phillipps 1388, Syriac manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It contains the text of the four Gospels. Palaeographically it had been assigned to the 5th/6th centuries...
- British Library Manuscript, Add. 14448British Library Manuscript, Add. 14448British Library Manuscript, Add. 14448, designated by number 64 on the list of Wright, is a Syriac manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment, according to the Peshitta version. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 699 or 700. The manuscript is a lacunose...
Further reading
- William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the British museum acquired since the year 1838, pp. 44-45