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THE LIBRARYOFTHE UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIALOS ANGELES


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A CATALOGUEOF THE

SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTSIN THE LIBRARY

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE


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HonDon: C J. CLAY and SONS,CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE,AVE MARIA LANE.

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A CATALOGUEOF THE

SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTSPRESERVED IN THE LIBRARY

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

BY THE LATEWILLIAM WRIGHT, LL.D.,

FORMERLY SIR THOMAS ADAMS PROFESSOR OF ARABIC.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIXBYSTANLEY ARTHUR COOK, M.A.,

FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE.

IN TWO VOLUMESVOL. II

CAMBRIDGE:AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

1901


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Add. 2016 n j^ ^C^j 549

Add. 2016Paper, about 7^ in. by 5| ; 258 leaves, some of which are

mutilated, especially tf. 49, 107, 108, 120, 123, 124, 126, 127,130, 227, 229, and 230. The quires, signed with letters, are 29in number, of 10 leaves. Eight leaves are wanting at thebeginning, and two at the end, and there are lacunae after ff. 1,9, 69, 77, 127, 135, 143, 151, 161, 169, 177, 217, 223, 233, 241,248, and 251. Tliere are from 26 to 34 lines in a page. Thewriting is a good, regular, Jacobite serta of the xiiith cent.The contents are as follows.

1. History of John the less or the younger, f 1 a,

Imperfect.2. History of Abba Bishai, written by John the less, f. 20 a,

,_ijjQ_. CTioAc) )? ._i..*î:3 1^] i-a-._r^ v9^ l? lA-^-ii^^ ôZ

3. History of the senator Xenophon, his wife Maria, andtheir sons John and Arcadius, who all entered convents, f. 36 6,

. )v--^^ U'lîj oooij wôio i o ^y^jlo ,_j_KiQ_.jo cjiZAj]4. History of Macarius the great, the Egyptian, f. 44 a,

5. History of Abba Shaniidin or Sanutius, f. 66 d,li \sLdo 1; I V)^ ^?0 1 '\d\\ 1Aj..LjZ ôZ

Slightly imperfect.


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550 Add. 2016G. History of Maximus and Domitius, f. 77 a,

(6'ic-) ,SDa^\0} wjOIQJLrb :*CDa-i_^050 (sic) Da.

Slightly imperfect.

7. History of Antony, f. 94 6, ijpujl-.? V_.5 ^cDaj-Jo^j] 1^1? IAjuI^jZ ôZ

8. History of Evagrius, f, 123 ,

9. History of John of the Well, 125 h,.G^y]^} ,_j_Kja_i5 j/^ i sZ kôL

Imperfect.

10. History of an ascete, a man of rank, who dwelt in atree, f. 131 b,. Xl^]^ ]oai s^Ll-) j.^ (sic) \^,,K^ ^j jAj_L^Z ôZ

11. History of a virgin of Alexandria, f. 131 b,]r^ ]iôL^ ]ocn A-.] .]^ lAXoA^j ]L>.:^^L ôZ

12. History of the revelation of certain saiuts, f. 134 a,loon |i.AjJ^ .pD i*J]? v?^Zaj..xZi.^ÂSD5 lA^-i^Z ôZ


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Add. 2016 551Zuocn ^^ ^\^ ]Jl? .-^]o ^4j_qid1j U^ ^ .juIImperfect.

13. History of John, the son of Euphemianus, of Rome,f. 136 b,

.. iV)o514. History of Simeon Salus (o o-aXo?) and John, f 141 a,

Imperfect.15. History of Mark of mount Tharmaka, f. 163 b,

.|nk)5Z5 l5a^j >cooo;V) ]mo (^? *ooZ16. History of the emperor Maurice, f. 168 a,

U].i. ^ff) lAjJbZ :>aL .]n\V) in^jQiD) lZ\i sZ soZ

^5 Qjcn .]Diôai ]oaiJ omj . u-.cno\V)S ^\^ ]oai ^îxdo]

.wo .]Zon\V)>17. Small fragment from the end of the history of some

saint, who lived 25 years in a cave, beside which was built aconvent with 30 monks. F. I70a.

18. History of Reuben (Rilbil) and his companions, f, 170 a,Vkkj^ ^-uô5 ^^Sd ^5 lA . v7 ôZ


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552 Add. 201619. History of Serapion, f. 177 ,

Slightly imperfect.Part of f 179 h has been intentionally left blank.On f. 209 b we have the subscription

.JVIDJLDO lAj>LiZ 0V)\Then fuUows the heading]\\V)^n ^îdAd .]aiZ:L5 IjZot^Ld ]J Ij-riirD ^ ôZ

l-j -r^ ]Zoi)]520. Extracts from Isaiah of Scete,

a. Precepts to those who renounce the world, f 209 b,

b. Sayings of twelve wandering monks, f 210 6,

c. Questions on the evil passions, f 212 6, C7i\-i? *ôZotZ^jJ ,^ , beginning :(TiA^^ .U?Q -j1 y U-m' 1Zq~oi .Ua.^1 oT.Â_,1 ]iloJa.KKj5w_.ai . In/^Q-.^^ Zo, n sV> . jZoi in>o . [^Zoj -IrH^-^?

21. Extracts from John Sabha,.jId ]nfr> odi ^ ooZ

a. Un the training of novices, f. 213 a,


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Add. 2016 553b. On guarding ourselves against evil passions, f. 214 b,

V.>j ^Sdj ]Loi^(T\\ \^^


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554 Add. 201625. Discourse of Jacob of Serugh on solitaries, f. 238 a,

]^r-->->-> ^^? *^0OS ^Jrk? *ôZ, beginning IAj-^ wjjicju lavlL -^ i (n2.ni g^\V)n

Imperfect.

26. A second discourse of his on solitaries, f. 243 6, begin-ning:

27. Excerpts from the sayings of the Egyptian Fathers, 247 6, 'U'i^ IZoiiblj IX^klLo ôZ, beginning:

Imperfect,

28. Extracts from Abraham Nethperaya, Jôoij. ::] %ôLUrÂj.a. F. 256a, beginning:

U^jo? )n I i'JZ ^ t5(Ti ^LD5 Ijio^l i.-i-*i jJlQ-^^. Zo . ^^1 I nm.K>AliO

6. F. 257 , beginning >^1 I ^ 5^^ ^-JÎZ U? *^-.?00 \ j.jOn AjOOI Âli.i:r3

c. F. 258 6, beginning

: j^j_CL2iki\ lieA JoiibAjZImperfect.

Some owners and readers of this volume have recorded theirnames in it; viz. (1) cnV)M ^jos -^ ,0^]]*) .'^v , ff. 12 6,


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Add. 2016, 2017 555115 6; (2) :>QjaT^ Behnam, ff. 55 a, 93 a; (3) Rabi' of Tekrit,j^ZjjX:) ^^j ^[::Q\ IJ.a l>:il, ff. 209 h, 233 6.

Add. 2017Paper, about 8 in. by 6 ; 128 leaves ; 13 quires of 10 leaves,

except the first, which has now only eight. The signatures areletters. There are from 15 to 17 lines in each page. Thewriting is a good, regular, Nestorian serta, fully pointed. Thisvolume is dated A. Gr. 2017 = A.D, 1700. It contains:

1. Selected Questions of Isho' bar Non the catholicus onthe text of all the Scriptures, t lb:ôîsSis^ Âôô )LJt.kS.bo ôx* *â^^ î^ ^^^lox îsA .îiop ihXjsfixio XÂôf^p'^ 'lis^Sjap^'a-aôaid. ^^ âa ^âatio ;Io^ ^XA^p .Îsii^

See B.O. iii. 1, p. 106.The Pentateuch, f. lb:

. ^baiflul paL^ lia]akThe Beth Mautebhe, f. 26 6.The Prophets, f. 35 b.The Psalms, f. 46 a.The Gospels, f. 68 a.The Acts, f. 93 b.


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556 Add. 2017The Epistles of S. Paul, f. 96 a.Subscription, f. 109 a,

2. Questions from the Books of the Solitary Fathers,f. 109 a:

lao^ \iiO -lis^Ln^ ^?^? Âm^ S :a\x

.ox3. The Marvels of the Six Days of Creation, f. 113 a :

.Upol :sou^*isxii3 lisoiîs ^^â *.b^ \.Mi3 ao^

Margin, Jj*i)l >6^l OÎ^Xate.^ ^^la..^ jî.Subscription, f. 126 a :


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Ou f . 127 6 begins a note by the scribe, imperfect at theend, giving an account of an outbreak at 'Umadiya ('Amediya,AjiU*JI) under a so-called Mahdi in the year 2017, a.d. 1706 :

.xoJoSl lisAOa^ o^-aisobo ^ ô .oi^saô^ ^bo â^.^l236^2 ^^^ -^^ 2a>L23 ;^29N^^ ;âÂ^ ai^ ^^&o.j:i^îsx2 ^'.b'^p^ ;iM


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.2'ô2^ Np^^ oi^^ô .;r309i30^ ^-iBDa oaô 2pxMâ;aaA


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^^ ôov>^ ^^^îi ÔC^bO 'JS^XbOIn the original binding.

Add. 2018Paper, about 8^ in. by of; 183 leaves; the quires, signed

with letters, are 21 in number, of 10 leaves. The leaves havebeen numbered at the foot by a reader. Three leaves are want-ing at the beginning, two of which were blank ; leaves are alsomissing after ff. 5, 49, 114, 151, 153, 155, 157, 170, 177, and183. There are 18 lines in a full page. The writing is a good,regular, Nestorian serta. The MS. is dated A. Gr. 1988 = A.D.1677. Its contents are as follows:

I. The work entitled 2'i303 ô5u^ (see f. 55 a), alsocalled rSâX ft>OX.^, Pulchritudo Morum or Pidchritudo Pid-chritudinum. In the Catalogue of 'Abhd-isho', B.O. iii. 1, p. 266,it is ascribed to John bar Khaldon (pa>j>a ia ^^


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Add. 2018 561of Mar Michael, on the Tigris above that city, and places its com-position in A.D. 1245. Gabriel Cardahi, ^.\ij.Ai\ J-j5j.*. j,âJI

^jjl^l ^_^*Aa*JI ^_^jl.;^J), in his Liber Thesauri de Arte Puehca

jjjj^y^^JI ^\j.x^, p. 118, places his death in A.D. 1270, w>jl^j

The preface, which Millos has omitted, is imperfect in thisMS. It is in the form of a dialogue between a layman, J^bbA^,and a monk, ^* a*3, to wit the author. It concludes thus,f. 16:

;isoA3 2auti^s3 m010u36i^s . ;ê l^^y Uy ^ ^2 ^6lo

.2'i303 ôi^^xp 2fv2bo u.c770ua>Aô -l*y*? \^ IL.^Jp^

The precise title of the book therefore is ^Soau^Xp 2^bo2bOladioa, and it is written in seven-syllable metre in stanzas offour lines, with rime. It commences on f. 2a:odl^ ^^*3^p -lê'îolsQ ^(j^ ^l^^^ '.^yiJ* Im^l yî^îpîa wâaîw î^ .lôxa pouAa ^baxiio .Uoui^^b.,;^^^ p3^2 la^^ .^bp2


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562 Add. 2018Ixai ^^ .,;x^^ liixl a),au230 .;^S.'^ Y?^^ ^^N^

1. Warnings and injunctions, f. 2b: ^&3ktio5o ISOfOf2. Of the guarding of the senses, f. 3 a :

3. On faith, hope and love, f. 3 6

4. On learning and the reading of the Scriptures, f. 4 a :^^^Slj. ^.b93 ;&3:SOUO ^^-^b îlxtJO ^jAÔU \^

5. On knowledge without purity, which is in truth blind-ness. ^^SOaÔO 233X3 W.07 wiOia ^ÔuSk/a ^3 ^^^>t ^^>wanting, except the first three words of the title, f. o h (Millos,

6. On fasting, ôl \s*, wanting (Millos, p. i ^).7. On prayer, ^JSo^^ >iJk^, imperfect at the beginning,

f. 6 a (Millos, p. ^).8. Exposition of the Lord's Prayer, f. 6 h,

9. On the different sorts of weeping at the time of prayer,f. h, ;iSO^^ *\?^,? ^?? ^-M *^

10. On compassion, f. 10 a, yL^ÔSiOMSbO \^9.


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Add. 2018 56811. On liospitality, f. 12,

.^JiaAoi ^'Slo Ijix^^l \30Jei \^12. Admonitions to the clergy, f. 12 6, }S3>^ ^*?,'? ^fsofOf13. On the observance of Sunday and the Dominical festi-

vals, f. 13 6,

14. On usury, f. 14 a, ^*S^0 ^ J^*^? ^^15. On moderation and temperance, f. 14 6,

16. On dreams, f. 15 6,

17. That a father must instruct his children in the doc-trines of the Church, f. 16 a,

^^i'^^X ^jA^cL. wkO^osoLJ^ '^^? ^P^ ^ H^^p m07 ^18. Of astrology and magic, f. 19 a,

19. On greed, f. 22 b,

20. On envy and the evil eye, f. 23 a,

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564 Add. 201821. On pride and arrogance in their different forms, f. 24 6,

22. F. 25 a, 07^1^30 IsÔm \^ .t ' '23. F. 25 6, o1âMO ^^soaaAO ^ôîâ \^.(sic) ^(Tâop ^3^.al.o ^ôx.aiio


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Add. 2018 56532. On the seven times of prayer, f. 35 a,

Av^boao lisiJp'i^ ^P't^? ^^o^^? ^3^ ^3-3: \smS^).38. That one should bear all evils willingly, and not hurt,

though able to do so, which is voluntary humility, not compul-sory, f. 50 a,


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Imperfect at the beginning (see Millos, p. l^, line 1).

od. Of drinking wine and drunkenness, f. 51 b,

On f. 54? 6 is the passage which Millos has placed as a foot-note on p. Om; but it is inserted here after the verse oô

4U. Of the training of novices, f. 55 b,

The contents of this chapter are taken in part from a treatiseby John of Daliyah, a^MJJI^ perhaps the same as 'Abhd-isho''s07^*J^33 ^3mmO*, Avho wrote ZfiS0uaM>b3 2m3o2 A^ de institu-tione luonastica (see B.O. iii. 1, 104).

41. A story of a holy man, f. 62 b, ^ a^p Z*Sf^-XfiKâ^ti , in prose. This is omitted by Millos.

Another similar story, f. 68 a, 6?^ U'SOpp l^si** l>s*Sx'^.Also omitted by Millos.

Subscription, f. 70 b,li-^\'^ o^p Isi^yja yôi \^p ;^îs ^'^'^^ ^^

.ar^^2^ ôu^xo .o^.yjA ô^ juX:^ ^Laoâ


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Add. 2018 56742. A metrical discourse on these two stories, f. 70 b,

;ÎîS3 ^07^3 liiobo, which Millos, p. 3^, has entitled}JSOMkbkM Ok^, of strife.

43. Exposition of the Eucharist, f. 71 6,Uiiip ;axo5 . S.^3

44. Selections from the Proverbs of Solomon, f. 80 h,ia . o.bau^b ucrouîlba ^ >.^k^.S3 ;&f>ôi0 2S.m2

.X.0345. Selections from Ecclesiasticus or Jesus the son of

Sirach, f. 92 a,

^ ;i3ô ^ââ 6s*lp isJio JsiouA ^?^? 2ibo2.bo^3 0107 .2aujQ3 aa o7.xaa ^199 ^ba*a^ ^bAXp }^bo^

46. Selections from Ecclesiastes, f. 114 a,oim .^ôrod ^3 \i^*ii^ ^^? ^^^^9 2ado:^

.9u03 3^ ^ba*9^ ^ba^Va; y.070^2 0010 .^.s^^bo ^3Imperfect.

47. Commands and warnings, f. 118 a,3ao^ô 23is^ ?.t.xtt\ ^fÂ>? .2'SarofO ;iktio^

48. Exposition of the hours of Prayer, f. 122 h,

Subscription, f 124 6,


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568 Add. 2018^^LmA xaâ I3M2 ..c^Îo A^ . dso^ p^;x.aLd lô^ ^3 ^â* ^'i . 2'vba\ ^01^.0 .23is*bo

.Iboî ^^,? ^P -^-^^f

II. x\. discourse by John bar Piiikaye (see B.O. iii. 1, p. 189),

It is in seveu-syllable metre. See Millos, p. OJQJb. Therest of Millos' book has been compiled by himself from differentsources.

According to the colophon, f 133 h, this MS. was finished onSaturday, 16th Heziran, A. Gr. 1988 = A.D. 1677, when Eliaswas catholic patriarch. It was written at Alkosh, beside theconvent of Mar Hormizd the Persian, b}' the priest George barIsrael bar Hormizd bar Israel, for Mar , son of the priest'Askar bar Kujkuj, from Arbel (Irbil). The name of the ownerhas been blotted out, both here and at f 165 a.

?>\y\ ^^l JSUCp .^03072 ^*33 îSOACr^ .w*&0.^3.^ôi^Î^ ^2 ^.^cLa .jco .js>6j^.\^ aa >jQ>ba>vo3>^2

â îâ>2 (f. 134 a) .^2 ô^^Cd^ c^boua Tîsxl^ ôul^ aiî.xtj j:aC1^2 2isâ6boo îsa^ba ;^y.xd.^


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[ J^] .iios^ loso ^'yajso ^c^l .^flUôV^ya \*3323 23^29 î.3 23a& ^p .i^îay^ ?3;^.d(f. 184 6) .jco .g?.3 î^9 ^2 oiâjyo . Aôa^Vôa 2a^*opo^.s.33 ^.V,30u\ i>opo U^-'ô ,^M.ao JK.i2 ^3 ^^.a

.oco .^bolfr^ ^r ^^^9^

III. Works of 'Abhd-isho' bar Berikha, metropolitan ofSiibha (Nisibis) and Armenia.

1. The Book of the Pearl, a theological work in five dis-courses, treating of God, the Creation, the Christian Dispensa-tion, the Sacraments of the Church, and the things thatprefigure the world to come, f. 135 b:

Imperfect. There is a careful analysis of its contents inB.O. iii. 1, 352360. It has been edited, with a Latin transla-tion, in Mai, Scriptorum veterum nova Collectio, t. x, and doneinto English by Dr Badger, The Nestorians, vol. ii. 380 sq.


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Imperfect. See B.O. t. iii. There is an older edition of itby Abraham Ecchellensis, Rome, 1653, and it has been trans-lated into English by Dr Badger, The Nestorians, vol. ii. 361 sq.

Add. 2019Paper, about 6f in. by 5i; 212 leaves, of which f. 118 is

mutilated ; 21 quires, signed with letters, of 10 leaves, exceptthe first, which has only 9 (f 1 being modern), and the twenty-first, which has only 6. The last six leaves are a somewhatlater addition. There are 20 lines in a page. The writing is agood, regular, Jacobite serta, of the year 1763 = A.D. 1452.This volume contains

1. Selections from the third part of ' the Paradise' of Palla-dius with questions and answers of the Egyptian fathers, f 2 a

Lo^-t JLo-.A^ -jjo^o Ulo-ao )^'pO ]iiiD5 U^ i*


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Add. 2019 571b. On fasting, asceticism, etc., f. 15 a:

iAij.rD ^ ^\i^ WnnArolo .^rDV^^ U^jojiii loan îloc. On the reading of the Scriptures, and nightly vigils,

and the service of the psalms and constant prayers, f. 19 6:];n\.V:^. Ijoiô .]:6l\Dy U-^ ^ lAliZj ^]12lo^ oocn î


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572 Add. 2019/. On endurance, f. 25 6

g. On carefully taking heed unto our thoughts andwords and deeds, f. 28 :

/^ On love and compassion and the receiving of strangers,f. 34 6 :

^1 U IdTDj oij-Lio .lnrr> ^ y^. ^>Z ]nrh ^v^ oZ]I. On humility, and that a man should despise himself

and count himself beneath all men, f. 36 b :

.CTLl OOT Oa._KJ - ^ ^^ ,_k5 w.A>jA1D50 TnVnn i n\]A . \o^ ^ l^icO looi AjIj . |Z(TLo]^ - i ) 1oOT li^AjfclD

.Z;o . lA-^^TD jocTi . I n\o .]] I .. m jlSoi. oiX )oot ZLIoJ. On fornication, f. 42 a :

* Chap. 7 is not mentioned, unless the mutilated marginal note on f. 28 arefers to it, viz nA Vo^ ]1 g^ ri V> .


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k. That repentance is accepted, and how we should repentfor our sins in truth, f. 44 6 :

I. On the working of wonders, f. 45 a (lower margin,mutilated)

. >05lj oiZoiDj) ]-K^Q- I^oLd ^\^5 Un-I? . onV)g^Z^ .{sic) nKr^*~,


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These are followed by other extracts, i 5Q b :

0. Comparisons adapted to the slothful and idle, and tothose who care not for their souls, f. 74 6 :

V .]ln ]i 1 *^ ..\n . ^Ls;^ ^JiOil^j |AjaJl>Z *ôZ

^j-Sdj .|j..2i^mlD i^j ^j^^jo .îlliiiii ôaiA>^)o')

j9. Against the lovers of vain glory and those who boastof their own deeds, f. 74 6 :^'i(JLOLaLlD0 .\n^'rD Ijo^TZJa^ wj.klj^> ^miDaî jôL

g'. Questions and answers of pupil and master, f. 76 a :]i g^\ ]ô\'.? .jki^.A^ . I iQgô ]J1q.^ *r:ioZ

.iZo .Vo';)

r. Other questions and answers of the holy Fathers onmental vision, f. 82 a :\m^,jd ]L(Ti^]-> |lQ.r.A^ . I iQgô ]J]q_o ]Lqjl^L-^ kCôL


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..ô : (T\t >.\nn ] i\n Âjj Ur-^-KK^ w._3]J oil .s. Extracts from the Egyptian Fathers found in another

book, f 86 a :]^tn^ ^j] Aj.k:ij>|> |Zaiil) ôotX*? 1^',l* ôZoocn ^,


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ar. Admonitory counsels :

2. Letters of Abba Nilus the monk.

3. Profitable sayings of one of the holy Fathers, f. 105 6 :[marg. ] t'^Q IZcJLC)] ^J^ ,-kj] JAj-JJiZoiD ULd ^J ^CioZ^djZj ]ji_.]J .Ijdi ^J^ jjA-iJ^Dj l^jo] ^^o^jZj Ut^^ -^V ^jAj-CJlj ])01l yt^] m7n\^(rin ^OIOCTL^ ^_LD |>^ j V> ZoX

: IcnZL? oiZolIcuj^Sd ^ iiiUJo4. Discourses of Abraham Naphteraya [Nethperaya], f.

109 a:

(/. First discourse, f, 109 a :U-^^ ^l]kA Li] ib^? -ZJ.VK.? ^^.^ . U^r^ ]i^]^


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i^rbj ]u]y .^.i-K.1 ol Aj] V .^-.jZj lî^lSc cnl::^? ôZc. Third discourse, f. 116a;

^jjoQ_ Aj] j-.ai^ AjOOT ^.sNnn . \tSl-> ]il^]^ cttX5. Z^ .^]Z IJj

d Fourth discourse, f. 117 a:. ij_5a235 |j_2i2 A_V^? ^^ -U^^'l? 1r^t^ cn^j?

e. Fifth discourse, f. 119 6:

/. Sixth discourse, f. 121 a :

._o ]1 iV^*^ A^]? ^-j-Xcri IZjo. ôi^ ,^na iÂSdSubscription, f. 123 a :

5. Discourse of Yeshila' or Joshua, the scholar of Hah (inTur-'Abhdin), the son of Sellbha dhe-Khairon*, in twelve-syllable metre, f. 123 a :

^0;.j^5 lin^2^. ^^ U-Û- (sic) ]r)c^rr\ VXQ__i5 I^SdISD ôZ* Probably meaning tlie son of Khaiion.

B. c. 37


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jJo wj-iÂ-.] Â2ii. 1AXl5 oiknj -r^jj ir^J -i-jô )>Ql.lj:lL->

This writer was posterior to Barhebraeus, whom he quoteson f. 130 b as ]-;ns -^ |joJLLd ^QJ^].

6. Letter of the monk Simeon, f. 136 h :

7. Letter of the monk Sergius, f. 138 a :

Aj] -locn ]jj.l^_CD ilj^r: ^j ]nL^ .XoLm ^^] ^^cnl:^.Ijo .|i \? VoA^

8. Letter of the blessed Thomas

9. Works of Abba Macarius, f. 144 a.>m-.^nV) ]s2>]-> 12. rtt)o jZaj-iZjiij ôZ

a. Admonition to postulants, f. 144 a


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6. On the inward passions of the soul, that it shouldrebuke its impure thoughts so as to be pleasing to God when itis purified, f. 156 6 :

^ y^r-m^-i ^ ô .-AXX^Îj |Ld lcn\]J ^^Z? I;^.* .-i-XmVio .î:i^LD wjtnj .15^^? ]jvj5o]J aoîpA iA01^ HÂSd . joiZLj oij_i.rDf ^1 Aj]j_dZ dio ^55? ^ 1 \ .]J

10, A letter of Gregory the monk, f 170 h :

372


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11. Extracts from John of Mount Sinai (John Climacos),f 176 a :

^ôiALd Ij.-k.S50 1-30.1 mi? *|Ai.Jjo^5 li., ) . ._.c7ioA.. j ]^^_.).Ukj...1d ^^4iD y,Ln \ lyp U^^^ M ^1 ^01 .M..li ]Jo

12. Discourse of Mar Ephraim on tranquillity, f. 179 :]l\ .^XtS\ .] I \ ^5 Ul^'r^] ^^SDJ jr^l^D -OoZ.^Ldoj_dj ]_.vij ôoi .^ j,rLZ oir^j ]_ >^\7

13. Questions addressed by the brethren .to the holyFathers, with their answers, from ' the Paradise,' 182 a :ILqJÂs -iJoso ]nnii\ aXl^j X^]-i ]]\q^ ^^^Lh .jdoL

.] A ^ ^\ _oZ îj .01, > V)\Z ]Jq2i2i >goo I lo^] l.o'l ^k)].Jo .]?]-'? ]i I mi .nmZ?

14. Extract from Isaac of Nineveh, f. 204 b :0i2l ^?1 ] i \ *::ij.iJD> ^5 ooi .]qj.j_35 .n ....m . j^|s^ ii^bi? ^jlD AjA .ô^ ^ > 1 V 1 V ^ ^? ;_*_,.


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The colophon, f. 205 6, states that this book was finished inthe month of lyar, in the year 1763 = A.D. 1452, when thewriter was in the convent of Mar Abraham and Mar Abel nearMidyad in Tiir-'Abhdin :UiîlLo ]ai^ Â'-' ]r-^? ~^^ .^-L.j^5 ]o]J l^^â^]^-i-^ ]iV7'i'(tiSq\ |3q_ joaiZ ôoiZo^. ^n ôoiXooV ^---^lo ^ j ^^^r-l'i ]-~^-oO Uorô IÂdj C7i-.i n\o^jujI? 1A^5 ]J Ujî^ IZoib]? ]jOT IÂd wj.2iLdA^1o j^jAtdI

^5 .^j-rsoi ..^^kjo âi^TDl ^j-Ld) 1^-.,^ AjOoi w-.A^1^ Qi.^^ -ttT^-^ 'Q-4^? . |AD^r:ik) Ij-^jD r-ijlo ^^^^hiThen follow, in a rather later hand, sundry prayers, viz.15. Of Philoxenus of Mabbogh, f. 206 a :

16. An alphabetical prayer in twelve-syllable metre, f. 209 6:


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18. Of John the dwarf, f. 210 b :

.._o .uj.^2Ldj^.o 5(nji]o * t > Kj ^ ] ..- . vnOu f. 211a is a stanza entitled |-.iDQ-0 lO-iD lAj-iD, as

follows

]j_DUj . iSQl..L ÔT^ (TLO 0001 \^'6] ]nSV) JAXZ

ZoZo lZ.ai:LJZ . jZo^tO IÔt .j:DQ_L.*..^j_âr30 . iSoo^ôoau | iQ>j5 ^tijAXZj IZqA^ .|qJ.j.J5 ]^Vsd OOl ].*_2lJ

:^ hfLL ^cnZd\f oi ^--^Then comes a note stating that this MS. belonged by pur-

chase to Rabban Thomas bar Behnam of Beth Khudaida, aman of Taghritan family :U-r-o jjoi ]Âd5 ]^] ^_j_i_oAo ]an.lL ^^^ ôZ

(sic) AiD ^JLd :>qj(TLC3 |jl1q-cti^ r^ jkDoZ ^riij 01 mi Ijj'o?

There is a similar note on f. 1 a.


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years 1723 (a.d. 1412) and 1863 (a.d. 1552), beginning:

] n)'yaD ^Ti^ oV>rf)o .)-.)a^ Ui^ 6\^'iano ]i mK ôou^

On f. 212 (t is another extract of eight lines, relating to thedisputes about Easter, beginning :

..ô -In ÂSd

Add. 2020Paper, about 12 in. by 8 ; 190 leaves, of which several are

soiled and mutilated, especially f. 158. F. 190 is blank. Thequires were originally 20 in number, but the first and second,and one leaf of the third, have been lost, and their place istaken by the modern supply ff. 15. The remaining quireshave 10 leaves, except oj (8), Jl^ (22), and a^ (5). There is alacuna after f 184. The writing (27 to 30 lines in a page) is agood, Nestorian serta of the year 2009 = A.D. 1097. Thisvolume contains

Histories of Saints and other matters chiefly theological.


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584 Add. 20201. The history of Mar Horniizd the Persian anchoret,

written by Mar Simeon, the disciple of Mar Yozadak, f. 1 6:

He died at the age of 87, having spent 20 years as a lay-man, 89 in the convent of Mar Bar'idta, 7 in that of MarAbraham of E-esha, and 21 in his own convent near Alkosli,f. 41 h at the foot.

2. On the Resurrection of the Dead and the Events of theLast Day, f. 42 6 :OO] I'i^ -^^t^ ^-^ ^? Z^^*^? ^^ îS^ 30^43 ^^^ liahoJti ^soip o2 ;^3^N ^?4^? ^^? h*\? l^^3a7bf2 .9^ yaoio bisLbob Z^^^Jk^ o^ a^ttâo J^ ?ssaô .^bo23 o^^bbjcis ^Xas Z^b ?;^f^^^ ;iu^ ^.jco .3o î t^ô tô^ ^?^^? ^?^^? 2ô;s2 o^

3. The history of John bar Malke, or John of Rome, f, 52 b:

See Brit. Mus. Add. 14,649, f. 142 a (Catalogue, p. 1110).

4. The Martyrdom of Miles the bishop, Aborsam the priest,and Sinai the deacon, f. 61 a.?t>th :aucaba323o .^ôJOJSa^l jQ>^>*t)3 ;ô3avc9 do>^

.ôsbb o^kôxj .U^z-boxbo î^doSee Asscmaiii, Acta S. Mart., t. i. p. 60 s([.


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of Sanheribh, king of Assyria and Nineveh, f. G6 a :

^ÔJQ>3 23^^0 ^pJ* M^'-'^j? ;^*^^ fiS^lôi ^'^^Beginning

.â\bp3 0^9 l^m ktLî ^2 ^*oa\ J^^l .;o\\ao

.^ ;oor ^ 2iab vA }ooi 3^2:s2 ^*oa7 i^\ 3aoâU îsx . i>2ba^3 ^ %oa\ ^^^ is*oa\ î^tib 23ôSbo âita ;^îsSee Brit. Mus. Add. 12174, f. 2o?>h {Catalogue, p. 1129).

9. The martyrdom of George and Antonine and the queenAlexandra, in the days of the wicked king Dadian, f. 97 a :

.;^â IbSâo ;u33 Môls .^â^^ 2a34A3^23o


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.ôlÂOuip X^^ ^ >^Vq ûâ lal^l aJa ê^11. The history of John of Dailam (see B.O. iii. 1. 182 sq.),in twelve-syllable metre, f. 109 a

: o7.bouaL^ ^Vw? ' ^^ ^-^ ^-P^^ ' l*^^-^ ' t'^'^^?

;o7^2 ^JS^^ Uôsi' '^'i ^


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See Brit. Mus. Add. 12174, f. dOQ a {Catalogue, p. 1132).

14. The history of Mar Daniel, the disciple of Mar Euge-nius, of Mar Miles and of Hash-Malka, f 141 b,

h*^^ ^2^'? ^^? ;Âx^ ô^beginning

h^^P .^4*^'^? ^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^?9 4^^

Subscription, f 1536:JQ>^*bO ^îlsoo ^2^p u.it03 ^Â^xis ^t0 \a.a*3 ^>bo Sjf

15. The history of the blessed Virgin Mary, f. 153 b :

The upper half of f, 158 seems to have been purposely cutaway, and a leaf is also wanting after f 184.

The colophon, ff. 188 6 and 189 a, states that this manu-script was finished on Tuesday, 18th of the first Teshri, A. Gr.2009 = A.D. 1G97, at Alkosh, when Elias was patriarch andIsho'-yabh metropolitan bishop, at the cost of the priest Yaldaand a woman of Alkosh named Zize, for the church of MarMiles at Tel-hash, by the priest Hormizd bar Hadh-be-shabbabar Israel of Alkosh.


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.a1o3 lai^/L ;ôx -3^93 %,^ l^qjcao ^yidp lisMisp^ya îla -lien ^^^ ;A.booxo âjca ^3 Xtlx .jco^3^ Îjcb . ;= t j^.S^ ôu .op .M-A .:33^ mS.s^;^^kcji3 ^9 ^^îi -ô .;^'aa ;âA ^ô ^'J^î

^30 ;jQ>^:S^boo ?aute3 .Z*^^ ÔMaa cnisfiJti ocofial39*^0300) ^S'O M^bOd ^^?9^ ccopud 2ib0O6M ^^ 0^^.2'3kao yMM>o .2'>oa3 Jôx-bo .^ôL'ao Jilj\>;ijLSoîl iH^l ^yaa .I'i^ô^ ?ôô -^'^^^ ^'^^

.;j.^03 ;5ajQ3 ^d'^M ;SifoVô .^5^3 JaaoA .?*ab

o^S :s.^.^2o ^^-fO ^> ^3 .ô .^.o2.ô U^l

2xSJ. ?t>th -liJtiis ?^\j.o .;^.>i ;iop .Î'-Lo-aLa23^1 }>isii /S.^ .2x.o;.S< ;ior pen 07.3:s.Aio .^ti


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odi Ucn his^ ^? sisA 'ô .U^bAS â>\,i ^ r^^

Add. 2021Paper, about 8|in. by 6| ; 100 leaves; quires, signed with

Arabic words and letters, mostly of 10 leaves ; 18 to 20 lines ina page. The manuscript originally consisted of ff. 2271, towhich the owner subsequently added ff. 121 and 72 100.There is a lacuna after f. 96. The writing, which is by dif-ferent hands, is Nestorian serta, of or about the years 208687 = A.D. 177576.

A Chaldean priest's manual of Repentance or Penitence,entitled jl'iyâ ^baxa or ' the Medicine of Sinners ' (ff. 93 h,97 a).

1. Canon regarding repentance from the Synod of theApostles, f. 1 b,


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: 3


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e. That the unclean should not be mentioned for thesake of transitory gains, and their names presented on thealtar when they are unworthy, f 4rt,dtx&^o U^\^ ^-^p'^^ iioaL U'a^Ou A\ ^p

f. In what condition the officiating priest should be,f 7 a,


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Canons numbered from wm& to i,2. General order of confession, f. 21 a,


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laSoJo^, Ix'^'iio^ 2?^ ô&aâuoM, and ;ô3Aad^bo

e. The five senses, f. 42 b, viz.

f. The three divine virtues, f. 43 b,

f/. Prayers of the penitent after confession, f 44 a,.mOA^3 ;Xa13 2301 ^Ô^^ 3^^ ^

A-. Prayer of absohition by the priest, f. 47 a,

.or^QiIaodb > Aetata sKa ^ ^lASoboSubscription, f. 47 6,

^^SJa ôlA o^22 î3L3


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^2 Uô^ : jsii U:mo ^lex : ôô ^lox xa^slaoMS oar Uô^ .iJîn 3Sao %lox : ôpâ oôdu^

The Apostles' Creed, f. 49 6 ; the Lord's Prayer, f. 53 a ; theDecalogue, f. 56 h ; orders and useful counsels of the Church,f. 59 a, ;4vaU>tJ Z^3i->'3 2if>i\O.S â^ô Uputio.^ ; of theseven sacraments, f. 59 h, j4saL.3J ^^3^3 U^l ^>^ ; thevirtues, f. 61 b, divided into Jfts'Iopi J^.3isi, viz. faith, charityand hope, and îsIx'S ^Js'S^*^, viz. ^^JCOÔ 2^0x6^k^lisOA>\*.^0 2^0J.0.^M0 ; of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit,f. 62 6, viz, . ;^0L3U3L^ lisa.ilisy.'ap .^.&o.A .;^.bo.>.iMlaii'l ft>^,? . JiSOuJQx^ . îS^X. ; the seven woiks of mercy,f. 63 a, \\z. ôiIjq.9ô : ^07^ ôslox^ : îâ ôâoiAôilli&boo : Iffî^ dvoSoô : iMCsAlp âdoao : 7 i \S^''>\.l^sM ^0Ô3Ljo : lawJoio 2&pu : of sins, f. 63, lffj i^^ ;of the four last things, }jSjaaM*2 ^332, f- 65 a, viz. death, theDay of Judgement, Hell, and the Kingdom of Heaven ; and ofthe Garland of Roses ; ibid.,

lisoya^L ;S>'t3tio .ôuiQ>^ ^t^? ^'ya yâSi liso : ox.:aua^ *\^^ dÔbl'Sao 'y-ioli, : o^ .Jôu^bo ^c^Îaâ^'op ^\*l Ip'ô Jf'il i>(i>^'isxjsa.^ do^ iSijcrisio^2 Â*2 .ox .Â^.tboSyQt* ^3M3 mOioL^ ^baisM


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^^^0^3^ ^^^? 2xiiafl> :^^03m ^f'Sl *^07Â2 \â]

:230^ ^^3 ^>ô =^^^? *n3^? ^No^m :o] .^x^

oôioo : ^^1^ 6s3 ^^ *\3M? orisâltj : 07 : l^MJso: ÎSilouO)^ )^Â^ ?^ S>3g \^3 )m033 ^^Mo : ?>*ttt ^3

4. The Athanasian Creed, f. 66 a,

5. Of the canons of Marriage, f, 68 b,.;V,oof3 Uoai \^

6. Service for Penitents, f. 72 a. Prayers for variousclasses of penitents, f. 78 a; prayers to be used by the penitent,f. 81 a ; prayers by the priest, f. 84 a.

7. Prayer for the consecration of new vessels for the altar,f 85 a,

. ?mS>^S âit^boa iis'i^ U2ao \^9 }ô^^382


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li.xL JS>Sy^\ ^i ^o^


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14. The consecration of the Chalice and Paten, f. 94 a,

15. Prayers when the priest puts on the eucharistic vest-ments, etc., f. 96ft,

On f, 97 a the first four lines of writing have been erased.Then follows the colophon, which states that this book wasfinished on the 9th of Adhar, A. Gr. 2087 =A.D. 1776, at Alkosh,by the bishop Isho'-yabh, son of Abhraha (Abraham), thebrother of Mar Elias.

Z6îCJL3 ^9 ^3Â^2 .^1 ^'x3 ^&0u^ .f.^22 .isM

^*2 07.3^.^0 .;^^Q.^b.V^ ^^03.33 aa^6.:i^ ^.ô

.wbo2 .;I^2 Mib93 wiOôî ;oiaa2 IxMi ia aaôsu


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f. 97 h,

Add. 2022Paper, about 8^ in. by 6 ; 186 leaves ; 19 quires, signed with

letters, of 10 leaves Q, has 9, and ^ 7) ; 20 lines in a pageA leaf is wanting after f. 180, and ff. 10, 123 and 126 are recentsupplements. Written in a good, regular, Nestorian serta ofthe xviith cent.

The Nomocanon of 'Abhd-isho' bar Berikha, whose namehowever is not mentioned in this manuscript. The work hasbeen fully analysed by Assemani in the B.O. iii. 1, 332851,and edited, with a Latin translation, by A. Mai, ScriptormnVeterum Nova CoUectio, t. x.

The colophon states that the manuscript was written in thedays of the catholicus Mar Elias, but ends abruptly on f. 180 b,

plô }ôaf op îsAo .^2 . l*îîo iixoTo it are appended the following pieces.1. Against fasting on Sundays, imperfect at the beginning,

f. 181 a. Here are cited canon Ix of the Apostles, canon xviiiof Gangra, and a letter of Mar Timothy I. the catholicus.


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2. Extracts from the Questions of Isho' bar Non, ÔS ia ôaL.9 ) ^lox, f. 182 a.

.7)2^ ;isl^0 liAp ;^3Lt^1 0^9 OC^2 \\'t3. Canon of the cecumenical Fathers, f. 182 6:

ao.a oj^? 2X.3 jk3 ^9^? (^''^0 ^-i*^ i^-*?? JfiÂ.*.^^ô .oi^S^^s 2itJL)L ;e: a^ : lôJOfy^l o2 .;5aeUQ>$2

This is followed by Question 46, with its answer, f. 183 a:zloaip l l*x


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600 Add. 2022, 20235. Specimens of the introductory formulae of letters to

catholics, metropolitans, bishops, priests, deacons, teachers,monks, laymen, and one's own brother, ^ti*a ^2 ^0^9.On f. 186 a is a note of purchase by the deacon Khaushabha,son of Thomas, of the village of Piyoz (see Badger, The Nesto-rians, i. 174).

Add. 2023Paper, about 9in. by 6| ; 317 leaves, some of which, espe-

cially towards the end, are stained by water and injured ; f 218has been purposely mutilated. The quu-es, signed with letters,were 37 in number, of 10 leaves (except fa, 14, and w^a, 12),but four quires are now wanting at the beginning, and one afterf. 168. Single leaves are missing after ff. 47, 129, and 217 ;five leaves after f. 204 ; and probably several at the end. Thenumber of lines varies from 18 to 25. Written in a good, clear,Jacobite serta, apparently by two hands of the xiiith cent.

A large Collection of Ecclesiastical Canons and extractsfrom various writers relating to Ecclesiastical Law.

1. The Canons and Laws of the Emperors, as promulgatedby the Emperor Leo about the year 517 of the era of Antioch,i.e. about A.D. 468, f 1 a. As this recension appears to bedifferent i'roui those edited by Bruns and Sachau (Spisch-Romisches Reclttsbach, 1880), the loss of the first four quiresof the MS. is greatly to be regretted. The text was here dividedinto 95 sections, of which 92 corresponds with 121 of theLondon MS. {Syr.-Mom. Rechtsh., Ziueiter Theil, p. 36), 93 with 141 of the Armenian text, {ibid., p. 148), and 94, 95 with 78, 79 of the Paris MS. {ibid., p. 72). Subscription, lib:


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.*|q_ P ^lo IcTlIL wjOIjJQ-k*2. Divisions of Inheritances according to the canons of the

Church, as collected and arranged by Mar John the patriarch,f. 26:

. jAi^jarA cTUîDOj ]D-î^]2i ^j^q_. .^^Lq^ ^ i ro^jôMoji .]A\oZ ^'il ]Ln VV) Zu_ ^ Ijcti L^Xoa jooi: ^Q-iiD ^L^L ]L\oLq : ^cLiiD A2iZ L^liô ^cLlSd

.ZJ6 : IAjJ^) iLTDO) IAXZ -UôZo lAôZoThis tract is divided into 121 sections, of which 107 treat of

inheritances. Special rubrics are : 32, f. 7 6, 1?ai ]i^ô ^lnJZV.?o lôo^ ^H^- 33, f. 8 a, jJjLj ooij ^coia^Ztjo IjJDO^ ^^4^- 36, f 8 6, 1ZAj]jo :]ZAj1 ^ 1-i^ IZoZ-^ ^J^k) 108, f. 16 6, ]Ja4b ^j U^l- 111, f. 17(/, U^ci^^.112, f. 17 6, 1_^j Ijjo^ ^. 116, f. 18 a, )l4D ...^l^j U^l ^.


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GVllD ^ylD.

121, f. 20 6, -rÛhi ^D? ^? U^' 1


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^k) âi2iD ]j;_iQjCD ,_^\c7i ^jAoi ^Ld pKK^j ^V>n]

](ji. ^ ^ IccijÂj jJj ^QDrJOTO *AkLK.Z .'^yj J 6] .ai2:i.8. Canons, Laws and Rules of the Christians, f. 28 a :

a. Canons of S. Paul on marriage, twenty in number,f. 23 a :

UAj] 1r^-ii >^rim ]J? -U-^ri^ ]jQJ-o .IZoîoV^? l^Ji.Zjtb .oiSd] (Tif^ô IZAjj ]t^::i-ii jlslo .;o .cJiZ;^:: cjitô

&. On the kinds of divorces, f. 24 al^î^50 Irî^ ^ UAjIj U^^ A.1^61 tAoj ^5Aj1LDj_d -InNo (^ Ajô] Ur-* loCTi |j.ji ]V)nn?o :)ZAj1 ^

The four ways are then specified.c. On the reasons of divorce, four in number, f. 24 b :

.-.ASdI ^jJ OJOl : UAjP Ir^-ll ^^ U^- TT-T^? l^r-


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thodox Teachers, f. 25 6 :

]i . {)fn .p2i i-^ D5i J -ôl-* l^'^r^ U^^cu -'5-''

The subscription tells us that these are taken from thejudgements of Mar Timothy the patriarch of the East*,f 34 h

e. Ecclesiastical judgements aud sentences of Isho' barNon, patriarch of the Eastf, f 34 6

^ . i>j0^r: -'^g^^ Aj]Sd,_d .]>,Kjyk)5 ]d;.j;_^]5 vQJ ;jo via._.ôcruilZ ôoij -Irî oiX A^5 ]LLi] \^2l^ 1v>i\v -.aj])r^>^l^ ^Q>2LQJZ\j ,^->r-'ô .UanuArD ocn? |1did iLoi

4. Various extracts, f 47 a.(I. From the Wisdom of Solomon, f. 47 a : ch. vi. 6

(loju U^J'O;^)11, 1621; vii. G; viii. 1921 {^


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^Q_,tjJDO ÔOIjAj] Ij^J? jlnOoX? |]] .|j-i5 ^Ô ]V>Vn >]Za^m \ ,_..xnlnk)5 tJ\ .^^^-.r- P

Imperfect, a leaf being wanting.

c. The last words of an extract, f. 48 a :

d Of the bird that came from Imlia to Athens, f 48 a :

jL.ji ZojljjZ .jL.j Zaj-îj-iDJ .Zoot ]j.i^ ]Sdj llnô,a^ lîii^ Ulo .w^j] CLi^r^ jJo ooiLdZo .]1.^3; ZaÂj-l^Z

l^^QôA^l p -.U^? Zoj^jZ .UôA^lr^lUii Zaî^*^5.li^cLK. ^ lîxi 6L.] p .]L^ ZoÂ^lZ

e. Story of a deacon of Edessa, f. 48 a :DQ_2^]4cD j^^l? ilr}> ii V)V>\ :>Q^jn.i.lJD ]0CJ1 Aj]]oai Aj] ]i aVâV) .-*j]5 Â lAlDo -]ZQj.j5ak) oooi ^.^ôtI

.wÔ .OlOl-KKrD JOCJI ;__L0 . lOlJo]^/ From S. Paul's epistle to the Romans, f 48 b

.IZoxniijAjLk) ^^k) ^^^.V^jCh. i. 1921, 24, 25, 2832.


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/t. John Chrysostom, f. 49 a :

? . Constantine (of Laodicea ?), f. 49 a

^1 ^Qj] ^ruLJ l>.>^r:) ^-.A^? : U-? ^^Z p o\ Ijj p 6]/*. Chrysostom on Romans, bom. iii, f. 49 & :

k. Extract beginning, f. 49 6 :

U>-^^ . l] Pj ] iNnonmo [read i^jji] ]j5j P ^-r^l|J> IZojoirc a^Z^lo . IcnZLj ]jpDa2) A^^:^'^ ^^dZId o]

/. Chrysostom on S. Luke xii. 6, f. 50 a :...Vk.? .^io] ]A^05 IjOlli JOlAlD jT: .^Q-D> .CDjJLj )q_i )


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w. Mar Ephraim, f. 50 a^.cnioiai.1 Ûio; ^^2>,, î^^ ^-^5,vl ^>^'\ '^J

?i. Moses bar Kepha, f. 50 a

lA^l^ Ir^'Û^l? -o^^ r-r^l^ ^r^ A^? U-r-? -r^r^

0. Chrysostom on 2 Corinth, iv. 4, f. 53 6

JoL l^^v; Icnl^? -otI ^..^^ p .m-uijla^l U-r^

p. Question of the brethren to Basil, f. 53 6

J :1A^4k? Ijr^^^^ ^liDA^? W -^-M Wg. Philoxenus of Mabbogh, f. 54 a

uVn. ]\ p, OCT ,^^ 001 3A^LD .^CLLmoal^^ -^?.^3^ .1^ ^ sCi^rSDO h^nm\ ^.^h o(yy ^ r^

r. Mar Ephraim, f. 54 h :


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s. Extracts from Genesis, ] j^îTD lA^rî r^^D, f- 55 ach. iii. 14, 1719 ; iv. 9, 11, 12 ; ix. 24, 25.

t. From Deuteronomy, ôV)l r^-^-^ ^r^' f- ^5 b: ch.xxvii. 16, 17, 19, 25.

11. From Proverbs (the rubric is left blank), f. 55 6 : ch.X. 18, xi. 25, xxvi. 2.

V. Cyril on S. Luke, hom. xl, f. 55 h :

w. From the Book of the Fathers, f. 55 6

w-.cn jj^r:; ô]? oiAâl^ -I'Or,? lA.i_DQ_i.jî^ M? diA^cAo.U>-'r-0? I'cu .JId )? oiA^cAo -llîOJ?

.T. Cyril, f. 55 h :

?/. Extracts from the Old Testament, ff. 55 b56 b,partly according to the Peshitta, |4- ^^ >*-l' partly accordingto the Hexaplar version, ] i 1 > Sn yJ\.

Micah(?), f. 55 6:,^min ]lnvV n ] > o\ M_,.inSD5 obl oAj] ]oV>)


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Job ix. 13, Lxx., f. 56 a.2 Chron. xix. 1, 2, lxx,, f. 56 a :

..-O .(Tit I n\ v^g^ >Q_. j^^OlO ]^VVn -g^m 'iiOJeremiah xxiii. 14, lxx.; Lament, ii. 14, Pesh, ; f. 56a.Isaiah v. 20 (lxx.), 21 (Pesh.), with the addition of the

words _j5,-LSd CTIijQ-kkX ^f^^V ^' ^^ Ezekiel xii. 24, lxx.; xiii. 10, 16, Pesh.; f. 56a.Proverbs xxiv. 24, 25, lxx.; xvii. 15, xxiv. 23, 24, Pesh,;

f. 56 a,z. Chrysostom on S. Matthew, horn. Ixxix.,

and hom. 1., ^ . v>k>^ ]^n-^ ctl^jj, f. 56 h.a. Other extracts from the Old Testament, f 57 a, viz.

Ezekiel xxv, 37, lxx., > ^ ^ > ytJ\, and Prov. xxiv. 17, 18,Pesh.

/3, Exposition of Ps. xv., f. 57 a:.V>M cuiD \^'^ .>^inV>n ;V>M oiV> V>r^? 1a-Q^

7. Verses from Proverbs, f 57 6, according to the LXX.,ch. xvi. 31, 32 ; x. 19 ; xvii. 28 ; xix. 5, 8,

B. c. 39


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jl.Vvn V-;^ ^Ad? ]^no\ -locn w^jy ^ UjQ-* 1 ^ ^^ ?

See .0. ii. 52, 53.

5. a. Where and how each of the Apostles died, f. 58 b :

.^^o : CDOJAsjFifteen are named, including Timothy,

.ffiacDjsl^ ai;-.(^ aiXi) cDa\o|^5 en, V}\Z >qdo1ZoV) i (^

6. Where each of the Evangelists wrote, f. 59 a :

Thf number of fitichoi in the Gospels is 9963.


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Number of stichoi, 6473.d. The number of stichoi, ^ > v>''Ag^ in each of the

Biblical books, f 59 b. The total of the^ New Testament isgiven as 20,585, and of the whole Bible 90,000.

e. The Names of God with their translation into Syriac,f 60 a, margin :

..jo .]v^\s? (sic) Ijni .. ](TL^ :>a^^5ZAl>D

6. From a discourse of Simeon of Taibutha*, f. 60 a :IZojinrnV) A^lo : IZoni l^ J^jdASdj ^sV)>? ])V)V> c:::oZ

(JljjaOj is ^JyJj .wcn IjCJI '. ojOJj

7. From the Recognitiones of S. Clement, f. 60 6,].A_.,^) jriiAa ,JiD c:::oZ

The first two extracts correspond with Lagarde's ed., p. |j,2628, and p. o.-., 2125.8. From the Epistle of Barnabas, f 61 6 :

B.O. iii. 1. 181.392


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v^VvV ^ IZolbj U'ol diXo (jiÂ^lo .lAôl. 1 1 \V)0

9. From the book of Dionysius the Areopagite, f, 62 a :

.wo .^(Ti'i' 1 n\ â.1 nV)10. Extracts from the writings of Basil of Caesarea, f. 63/>:

ft. From the letter to his brother Gregor}^ f. 63 b :

]zi^V)\ .n I ^ ]-5q_d ,_Sd (sic) ?Q-(i-^? 1^-*j'?

6. From the treatise c?e ascetica disciplina, to those whoare entering on the monastic life, i. Q>oh:


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rf. On Prayer, f. 73 a.

e. From the letter to the brethren that dwell in con-vents, f. 75 6:

.liV> ^5 lA^^nl. ^l^? ^j^-.l 1^5Aj5 ]i I O^n..;^

11. From the epistles of Ignatius, f. 77 a:wOl IZuAo .CDaj_^]j_^'j ]-L-.,-D5 (sic) jZ^-.j ^ *côl_ai U; I ^ > .lai.1^ ZaX ii_oi r^ A^l a ^j-iZAj> ^j^cn

12. From Gregory Nazianzen, f. 78 a :obi^ 001 IjA^q-^ .DQ^âô |Z cdq_.5q-^^... ) ipO?U5l ^5 ^ÔLO ^-^4..-l.K> IJjo .{.N* IJIk. ai\ Zu]>

.ZmO .Ol^jJ IjocTLI OlZL P] .(sir) Â-i]


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]oai ]Z| . U-^J ,_1j1 .n^'i ]r-.lo Ir-^l^ jZo?^ iViN? oin

14. Jacob of Serugh, from the discourse on Joshua the sonof Nun, f 83 a :

]_i_ii^o5 :ioi ] ^ ^V on .^,n^ ] i \ ^i n ] i i ii ^ i IJ>-hi'15. Discourse ascribed to S. John the Evangelist delivered

at Constantinople, f 83 a :Vn\7\ ]5fri > \ . ^n] ^>jQ_, (j_ipO> ]iQ-.5oZ ^CoZ

V- r^ jZajZuXZ : ]V) s? ]Zaa_.Z^lD50 : wdoi


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^5sAj .ô .chî^ W^ cnLD.r^? -en Ur^ l^ci^ ^^^1 ^2 -bi lA.Vv^ lASno^? 1A1.SD ,aîl-? Im.:^ r-^

A leaf is wanting after f. 129. The discourse ends onf. 157a, and is followed by a prayer: _]Jo lu>? loi:^ U^? -en .lL^ôir^TS:rUaôoi? obi : oo^ ^^? ^^1? lA^^n^ ^^0 : 1U.ALO

.:iib : i^JLlD ^cnol^r^? OCT : CTii...ni:iW oA-1Subscription, f. 159 a :V\^ .UinAyôl ^J--a. U^^7 KôZ Ul^

: ]LM^jn Ua? ^0^0 l^Q-^ vOjO^16. A treatise on the holy Chrism by a Jacobite writer

(probably Dionysius bar Salibi*), beginning, f. 159a:

* See B.O. ii. 171, nos. 6. 7, and pp. 210. 211, de Cruce, de Fide, aliisquesacramentis.


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VV-^V i}^^6] ]u^^^ ?nKn. m^\ ^ ,^ . ^5QiD ;iDlASD^jQlD .].K>^5 . iV>i m'^0 ]] I ,. col^ii:^^ >i^^? V^K-ai^

It ends abruptly in the middle of ch. 10, a quire havingbeen lost after f 168.

17. Extracts from the Didascalia Apostolorum or Teach-ing of the Twelve Apostles, f. 169 a :

.^Oi^j ), i'V)\ZoPart of f. 170 6 and the whole of f. 171a have been leftblank by the scribe. The last extract from ch. 21 is imperfect,

five leaves beins cut out after f. 204

]) . {)m .;n\See Lagarde's edition, p. 86.

18. From the books of Clement, imperfect at the begin-ning, f. 205 a :


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book ii., f. 209 h, . m i V^\n? ^>^? V^L^^ ^ ; from book iii.,f. 211 h, .m.Vn\r> ; ^ . \m^ ]t^L îA^

19. Canons extracted from the r/rXot, f. 218 6. They areimperfect at the beginning, about two-thirds of f. 218 havingbeen cut away

oi^D^ .nrng^Zbo .cn.ns ]m i io (ô; in? doijo .oi^^jm I rn5Ais jooiZ . .^.r>-.\i jZj^ ôcrLiyj]r^ : >v-.>jASd p

Prefixed is an index, f. 214 h :o\f)'i'^ ^ in Aa? îNoi Ijoi o ^'^^k) ^1 inAb *ôZ: ]joi n^ r>,Ao ^q_kkdA^j A-.'JQi a^^? ]in.l . A^Âl^'^.^(Jl iNs? fcaÔ? j-*.^ : ]^ - 0015 ]j_i'| ^^4^ U^? 1-J-1JyS\ ^011 V) ^^1 I nAi) V\ i\n V\ i\n .^ .]j_i_j.k> Aj.r:6 |

^ I \i] IZoi^lj Ij'^1 boi oN vOoiV>s ,^ 1 I g^ otso ^j sôLV n\/>l4^? ^ I Not :>aL oV> i mZZ] jJj

At the end we read, f. 228 h :^jO'ot O \ 5 V (^ ,_i_l;ÔT5 l^-iOTlD UoîD o ) VXyl AjOOT^5 ^_i_K . ,^ I sni>o ^ZJ ib ÔTi:)? ]jo i oo .pjô ^ i.V)^


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20. Canons of the Apostles and of the Synods of theFathers, which are scattered in various places and not con-tained in the tltXoi, f. 228 b :in^-ô .jjoLo ôCTiXrD ^^ 1 nV) olo? ô]12ld xCôL

a. Canons of the Apostles, 68 and 69, f. 228 b.

b. Canons from a letter written from Italy to the bishopsof the East, which were sent by the bishops assembled atAntioch, f. 229 a :Zal ].\Ou>l ^ -Ar^ôil? ]L-r^ ^ h'^] jjoio ôL

At the end of canon 15 we read, f. 231 b

: Ôl J,.-.]?? ^ ' \rn\ ^1 > 1'.; ]ini ZqjSlX }_-. q2i .lIoCuZj


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.j^rnXiZo jA^Z ]Jo .^._2iJ i:)iQ_ oiq_ . ÎcIj? î '==^\ i.-.. ^_j^li.c7i IJlaiD Ui::^^ : ^ i Noi iôL r^]j5 Wnn'i ^ î^-soi P

21. Extracts from letters of Basil.a. From the letter to Araphilochius of Iconium, f. 231 b :

cDj.2)] w.cnoA-.]5 cjiX-K. >coo i n i No g^V)] Lq.\ .l.-O0r)]r)j]j0 1 n\ Ol^ p (71^ : iupOl wj_.AjJilZ ^^4^ .Ô I 10O .]?

b. From another letter to the same, f. 235 b :CTiZcA p (TiZaX oiZi^? p cjlIjj IZ;^] ^ ooZ^JL-iJUi') U-Jl . ^N'=^1 IZo 1 lyo : OiZAjIj LtOOl Oll^ i^ jjj^mV)\ .-.oioXi. ^1 i mAIjD f_iAjo ^cTi j^.,]? ooiX

c. From another letter, f, 236 b :.OT1 5nn ]ifnnV>? lj_.l ^\^ .1Z^--1 U;-a1 ^ cnX^jl.^mîn p o] : 'A , fnn') CTlZcLOlO aVjN ZoOl ] .^ ^ ^ ^n p


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22, a. Extract from the letter of Philoxenus of Mabboghto the monks of Amid, f. 237 b :

Ijooijj ooi oiîa^ . jA^cnaSD ^^îD ]i 1 (^ ^ *oA^5 ^d] 1 g^Q-K>.0 OT^ T~^l^ 0010 ]g^mn'^ OU-nsl 0015 .]lV>\ V>^5 ]joi .^1 ]pK. oil ni obio .]k3>-Kl^5 V*ô . IjAqJj

See B.O. ii. 37, no. 12.6. Another extract, apparently from the same letter,

f. 238 a:Ue? ZoX? U^.J ^ >coo I \\-udU:d? 1r-*-4o ^H^PI . âXU IJ? ^


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24. a. Canons of Rabbula, bishop of Edessa, to the monks,f. 238 b

See Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri etc. ojjera selecta, pp. 212214, line 2.h. Other canons of Rabbula, f. 239 a

1)Cjioio IrXJo-a .]Jar:55 Xm^^ny oili-ij \2-^] ]jqj_o iioZ.]V) I n . i i no Ijoii) ZaX

See Overbeck, ojx cit., p. 216, line 6.25. Questions written from the East to the holy Fathers,

with their answers, f. 240 a :

.Iki^.As ujjoa ^oiX joaio jZdicj ] '.^^Compare Wright's Gated., p. 950, no, 19. Followed by:

a. Canons in the form of questions and answers, givenin the time of persecution by the holy father Constantine andhis companions, f. 243 a :

Compare Wright's Catal., p. 950, no. 20.b. Extract from a letter written by the holy Fathers to

the priests and abbots Paul and Paul, f. 243 b :

See Wright's Catal., p. 950, no. 21.


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the bishop Sergius, f. 243 b :

>V>rn j ^.^. ..Vn; n o .; . \ o ^\^ U^>| IjOJ-O *ôL.{sic) 30-^] 1 g^ t V) m I g^l .m I ^^ ^tli^

See Wright's Catal, p. 993, no. 47.d. Six other canons on the same subject, f. 244 a :

26. a. Admonitions and orders to the clergy by John barCursus*, bishop of Telia dhg-MauzSlath, f. 245 a :n o iv I \ o ZcAj ytJ\ ^30 1 hy ] I VÔy^ jyiDoô |5cnoi *ôL]JZ> ImLal (sic) joomoo jjd ,_j_k.q_. ^Îd ] rri \

They are 22 in number. Then follow :b. Extracts from a letter of the same, addressed to

deacons, containing directions for the celebration of the holyEucharist, f 250 6

27. From a letter of the bishop Severus, the syncellusof Mar John the patriarch, to a friend, containing answers toeight questions, f. 252 b

See B.O. ii. 53.


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cnZajAâ^j j/m mg^vn Aju1)o1 )jpDa2) ,_Ldj ^j j ôAoi

6] . ^CnoNs ^^rCU? ]J0 CJllV) ^r^ ^--^Z? ^KK^r^

28. Letter of the bishop Jonah to the periodeutes Theodoreon the question of monogamy, f. 254 b :

^^'^ lr->^^ ^Q- --IJOjolZ ^^SD : Ij--050 1; O I V> ^Q-kj|J

. .g^V]v^V Aôcn 4^>oALo . IAX:^ A1j2l Zr^1? y^]

l;n ^\ ^ji y? .ôQ-KtZj yA ^Q^ liu] ^5 .-^.jJ^Z

29. a. Questions put by the priest Addai to Jacob ofEdessa, with his replies, f. 259 a>ô n V I \ |1V) s :>Q_iL.5 ^j] ] ^ ^]-? PoV ^ôZ

IkXyjA^ . I ipg^ cjLiiD ôcn\ looio .^cnJo]? -t^ - g^]See Lamy, Dissert, de Syrorum Fide et Disciplina in reEucharistica, p. 98sqq.; Lagarde, Reliqq. juris eccl. antiquiss.,

p. \jiJD sqq. ; Kayser, Die Canones Jacobi von Edessa ilbersetzt


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/ ^Q^D -Id cTi.^ WooVi^ 0015 oiA^ : IZAj] li-^^ ^rni ?

The passage missing at the end in Lamy, p. 170, runs thus,f. 275 h :

- > ^jV); j^ . ^ ]V)S? I^NV) . '|Zqj-.î^q-* ]rm ^n :>cA

6. Other canons of Jacob of Edessa, f. 275 6 :

|j-.1 ]^v ^ ^ÂJ5 jja.'/ a n\ D5l P .^C7105Q-kk1^1^-.]^ _-, oli. . JAj^jaZi rr'OiTi^ Vô^ ZoSd,^ . ÔlA V) ?

See Wright's Cato^., p. 223, 15 6.c. Other questions put by the priest Addai to Jacob of

Edessa, with the replies of the latter, f. 277 6 :


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_lD ^^k?]? ocn wjj] ] I o ooi ^V? \^'i^] Po]- ^^oL

.jOiQ-ocju ^cno Ut-ijo ]ji(j\) 6A-.1 ^ ^p^^r^^ '^^ ]J6 ^]o

d. Questions put by the priest Thomas to Jacob of Edessa,with his replies, f. 281 a :

looiJ ULd .U6 ]J y] 6] .oCTij U-* U^-cn5 6] ]Z_a? I^d]^e. Questions put by John the stylite to Jacob of Edessa,

with his replies, f. 285 arr^ >


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30. Orders, canons and ordinations of the Church, f. 291 a :

31. Question put by the brethren to Basil, with his answer,f. 293 a:

32. Basil and Gregory, question and answer, f. 294 a :

33. Of priests who swear and break their oath, f. 294 a :


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34. Extracts from a letter of Sevems to the priest Philip.f. 294 6

l_Q_>CrL2 ,_iD C7L_U |lr |j_ia4C;_i_2 iO^35. Copious extracts from the discourse of Philoxenus of

Mabbogh against the passions of the Soul and Body, and onPurity and how to acquire it, etc., in reply to the monk Patri-cius of Edessa, 296 6

al> OA ^A r^ UTIJc'I Lr--KK^ ^^-'r-Ll^ Ll^.r^ ^Imperfect at the end. See Wright's Catal., p. 533, no.

DCLXXXIII. 1.The name of the scribe, Constantine, appears in the sub-

scription of no. 1 as given above.On f. 171 a is written in Arabic a note of the sale of this

volume in the year 1902 = A-D. 1591, by the priest Jacob, sonof Isaac, son of Mark, of the village of Ba-Khudaida, to thepriest Matthew of Mosul, son of 'Abd al-Ahad, for the sum of120 'othmanis

402


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.Z0 - > iVriAv ^; > \o m Tvn \oVr>-, \^ . n^ 0010On the margin off. 316 a is tlie following entry of debts in

Arabic :

^ZuiD cn2^.1^ ,n\ j]]] . . \\o y^'^'p (sic) \^L > t .^1.0^ (?) lxj.>j . I \so i>oAi. ^t \'~^j] .^\n ^ U>-J? ^jAô

Add. 2810Vellum, about Oîn. by G^ ; 175 leaves; the quires (number

uncertain), of 10 leaves, are signed with letters (A ^ f. 168 i).Some of the leaves are much soiled and torn, especially ff. 32and 130 ; 2 leaves are wanting at the beginning (one of whichwas blank), eleven after f. 18, four after f 26, one after f. 33,two after f 71, one after f. 90, one after f. 148, two after f 168,and several quires after f. 174 ; only one leaf from the last quirehas been preserved, f. 175. The number of lines in a pagevaries from about 28 t(j 33. The writing is a good, regular,Nestorian Estrangelfi of the xith or xiith century.

This volume once comprised the whole New Testament, fullypointed with vowels and marks of interpunctiou.


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referring to the pronunciation of words in the text and similarmatters. The larger sections are indicated throughout by adouble series of letters, one for the whole volume, and the otherfor each book.

I. The Gospels, viz.1. S. Matthew, f. 1 a. Missing portions, ch. i. 117, xxi.

28 to the end.2. S. Mark, f. 19 a. Missing portions, ch. i. 120, vii. 21X. 13 (first word), xiv. 46xv. 4.3. S. Luke, f. 35 b.4. S. John, f. 71 a. Missing portions, ch. i. 38 (two words)iii. 29, xviii. 22 (two words)xix. 13.II. The Acts of the Apostles, f. 94 a; followed by the

epistle of S. James, f. 131a, the first epistle of S. Peter, f. 133 b,and the first epistle of S. John, f. 137 a.

III. The Pauline Epistles, viz.Romans, 140 6. Missing portion, ch. x. 14xi. 23.1 Corinthians, f. 153 a.2 Corinthians, f. 166 6, Missing portions, ch. iii. 18vi. 16,

xiii. 6 to the end.The remainder of the volume has perished, with the excep-

tion of a single leaf, containingHebrews, ch. xi. 631 (first word).With this volume are bound up seven leaves, ff. 176182,

mostly much soiled and torn, which formed parts of two quiresbelonging to a similar manuscript, but written in a more cur-sive character and less fully pointed. The contents are

Romans, ch. viii. 16xi. 19, xv. 18xvi. 13, with somesmall imperfections. Ff. 176179.1 Corinthians, ch. i. 19iv. 10, vi. 4vii. 14 (two words).Ff. 180182.


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Add. 2811Paper, about 12|in. by 8^ ; 112 leaves, of which the first

two and the last two are blank; 11 quires, signed with letters,of 10 leaves, except ^, which has 9 ; 28 lines in a page.Written in a good, regular, Nestorian hand, and dated A.D. 1883.

I. Metrical discourses of Mar Isaac of Antioch, of which alist, 2atMlb93 ^^f^f^*iff jas^ÔktJ, is given on the extra leaf,f. 3 &.

*

1. On love of learning, f 4 b,

See Zingerle, Monum. Syr. i. p. 13.2. On humility in the brethren, and admonitory, f. 8 6,

.^ .Ui 3:302 h^^^ 233^3. Admonitory, f 13 rt,

;isxad3 '. >S^23 J^ 007 Ul l^ .^ôuds^ ^^3.jco . 2%iiy(1'i ^.^'333

See Bickell's edit., vol. ii. p. 142.4. On covetousness, as disturbing the brethren in general

and monks iu particular, f. 17 a,.:s^2i^3 V3^3ô .^^2\h^ îi^ ^^? ^JSca^ A^3


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6. On solitaries and anchorets, f. 21 h,: laoV^ \ti^9 la^ Si'l .ââ^ô %-i^lo ^SuLm.* \^3

7. On the end of the world, f. 29 h,^cH obi \^ : m^^naa ^ i^^^ ^'a^ A^y^ ^^?

.OCO .07JS*^2^98. On repentance, f. 31a,

: ;3ibox y.a^ y^ ;. î .î ôô ;ô.au^ ^â

9. On solitaries and monks, f. 33 a,âm ;o7^2 .;^mj^3ô ;*3M,b ^lo %aL^ w^â

.Ô . *^^3 ^^2& ^Ô : l10. Admonitory, and regarding himself, 42 a,

ôL U.&J.3U .o7.aî Aô ^^.oio^bpo 2>ôaIJsak^ ^^â.ô . bdox \a ^bp u3 ^^ 2ktios :


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SS^s,iip ;lso2 ô^ 4îs ;^QjQ>i ^ ;^ .;ôaI^ ^p13. On p(werty, which is the true freedom, f. 52 ,

14. Admonitory, f. 55 a,

15. On those who accuse one another at the time of prayerand the Eucharist, f. 58 a,

.;f3230 ;^0^^9 h'y^ 2?3m ^^ ^d.2l'\^ .^*^92d }2L.3ii ô^ vSSiSSee Bickell, vol. i., p. 250.17. On Lent, f. 64 a,

See Bickell, vol. i., p. 274.


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19. Admouitory, f. 7 J6,

.OBo . orissL^xN^ 2aai>bo ;M^x.bo ôXd.3 oi^ôu^ ^ô ^23^ô ;22&^ô


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^3 .jQôiSilSatj ;ix.tf^bo ya 1^1 ia Ua^ U^Jaoatio.ô u*.î o^=L3 .âjjDp lafisia? 3oabd2 îs^xti

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with letters, of 10 leaves, except the first, which has 8, and thelast, which has only 5 ; 20 lines in a page. Written in a good,current, Nestoriau hand, at the beginning of the xixth cent,(see below).

The contents of this volume are all illustrative of theAristotelian logic, or connected with the study of that branchof science.

I. Extracts from the Book of Scholia of Theodore barKhunI or Khoni (see below, and compare B.O. iii. 1. 198),f. 16,

;.3fis.a ^bp lhafpt.x \\a ;&.^^^ lof^l yLa ao^s


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^mo>.S l*aol : oN*2 âtxVâ ^5Si.ao . ^troi^S la ^^2 .; ^'.^ âp ;c7^)L ^d^3.o;i ^^\.^3 001 Ô^ ^...^9 ÔA lis^^XAis: ^*2Âm ;3aii^^ lm^ ^p ^^^2x : ^îj^K .ôiouSpiaajd2 ^^.3 ^^9^ -t ^ ^^^? (^'^^) ?J?>^>'^ ''^^ ^^2 ^fo^JUk^ ^^Q^^ : o^ ao)^^jk3 0^ ^sAa py^ 00]

ii.&o i.buQ>3 ^^3lS^ ^*o7.â Z.^2 \.^ : ^07JS2 pp^-ds* ^^ *** ^?^C ;V^ o2 la^V. Similar distinctions by Elias of Nisibis, f. 27 b,

. wfiU^JDJ? ;a2 : en : i^^* .(^^c) ^5*? i^l -^?

w : o] : ;au^M .;isaflbAo ;ô^^^ c?*fc*2s .^ iJl2K.jco


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^1 ôiio bo^tio ôboo ;6'iar? U*a2 .^c?iM;ô35^ ^*a2 2fi>aao : Ja^'a^ ;i'2ia.3 jd2 ^*a2 J^^*S.2 (f. 29 6) .lislâ

ô?^ ;âLb3 ;^s^ ^2 ^.cv.^t2? ^ 2MisjQ>.b9 liô^y^^6c^ ^f^-î *Np^ ^^? -^^^ ^5 ^?? ^^?* î9*-?._ ô^^.*2 .XioltVa? v^MiSJOip? Â2 ;^S^ô ;&'iLoA;i^^^33 ^*c^ôa) oSîisoS UÂip ^*aîio 1^ )Lo.oco -Im^l J3>6lisi ^^'>f,?? ^ôAa i-'îc) ôi^bo^boVII. On the Ten Categories by Mar Isho'-bokht, metro-

politan of Rev-Ardashir (see B.O. iii. 1. 194), f. 69 6,

âodôXi. mS^^ ^3MaS

^ â^pâ.Txix ;&^c)u ^^Jaô {sic) yMptu^^ ;^ôâ\,ifl

^^^^ ;3â ;&ai ^^ -'^f^^Vv^? ^k 2Â>^;âllî^ ;^m0^^3 ^lo .^s^? ôôX^ ^^2&Aa *ôo^

JEO


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a. F. 72ft,

b. On the word ^^^, f 73 ,,

c. On the word 3o^34, f 73 6,

îabi ..Koopa^? ^JSaIIa ;ôta^3 o2 .^x.^^ ;^2

rf. The Greek numerals, f. 73 6,*:* \ : ^'^ *** ^ ^? ***?'** -^cn -Îibo yâox

VIII. The work of Gregory Barhebraeus entitled SewddhSophia, f. 74 a,

.^3^3 ^3b^ ^jocuaoÂ^ A'saÂt the end are the following verses, f. 106 a,

3b4< -^V,^,? ^*^-?f ^sAî ^^X.*^ ^&2 ^yA,3 au-V, sj^


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^6ai^^ oSLisl 6?.a? JV^î? Jx-J^J^? J*=>oi^3 ^.loo?^

IX. a. On the Categories, Syriac and Arabic, f. 106 ,

^ ;ôuLi .(7â^ S2 ^ ;ôuâ -boroiÂl ^ ;>o2v-is2 .^2 ^ ;j-i .(5ic) i2v \t ^-^ ^^ 'J44.>ô\,ay A^ yi*.m .{sic) ôfS \ ^*2 .^^ ^ (.?ic)

6. Oil the v\aL, Syriac and Arabic, f. 106 h,

^ U


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.JEO *> :0o^î U^ U^ oisfl ^jAôud. On the bird called ;JvJM \*;^S^ or iifip >*^1^,

i.e. the parrot, f. 107 a,

e. A universal canon, embracing all, with illustrations,f. 107 b,

^xlau* ocn-3 .J^mA^ ^.IiVJSoI uL\oA k^2o ($^c)ooT-i . l^Loiô Uâ^ t^^T^? ^'2t0O : ^laoô ^ôSoÂ

: ^^ : îsjQ^jô ^^^ Um y\ Uoih \sô.yjQ323 ue>ubpS2*a^j33

B. c. 41


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into Syriac, f 116 a,joAjkôi^bld u^yh ;j3L^ ;.n\fi\l i ^^-.a^s

.30This version comprises only the first seven chapters of the

Greek ; see Zotenberg's Gatal., no. 248, 7.

XII. Exposition of the second section of the De Interpre-tatione by Probus, f 130 ft,

\au^^^^3 oh] Ô pUA>3 ooi ^3 jQ>LQôi5See Hoffmann, De Hermeneuticis apud Syros Aristoteleis,

pp. 88, 89.The volume concludes with a short section on the distinc-

tion between Jila, âaJti and }ôJ^, f. 182 b,

On f. 1 a is the following title and list of contentsaJ) JQ>o^6^2^3 /&23 Ix^'so ^lâ(szc) ? vuo ^M 30iQ39 ^3^ o;.a ^2o


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The colophon, f. 132 a, states that this book was finished onthe 26th of the first Teshri, in the year 2118 =a.d. 180G, whenMar John was metropolitan, at Alkosh, by the deacon Hormizd,son of Hanna, from the village of Piydz.Îvaeds ^ya îl^ ^07 ^6sa :a(.Sâ:2o \t:âi y^^'isx^;*tf3Jd ;aiJL3x^3 hS\n l^^ po*a .07.3 :oa .p.*yJci

.îa ;îsibpô [read ;2boo] ;2^30 ^^^2

.^2 â^3 ^300 yJ^ }\ >\a^'a\^ ^^ ^'^^JsotAi ;iN3aaboo ^^sâo ;x3^^^jij:^3A1,o \3Ui 6n^ o2 aos . ao ^lai ôuaa o7Xi.3iiiV TV ^ ^SlAolo2aaLô .3^^3oor ;&x.âxbo ;âX3 uooN*23 ô ^ô

.jco .^2 ^^3bo aj^ n> aa\y 90*.*^

Add. 2813Paper, about 9^ in. by 6| ; 103 leaves, of which the first

and last are blank ; quires unsigned, of 8 leaves, except thelast, which has now only 5, three leaves having been torn out

412


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Hymns for the Fast of the Ninevites, by Khamis bar Kar-dahe, Warda, and other writers, f. 3 h,

;ôâ^ âc^ ^1 2?ô3 ^c^JsÎ ôîô U*h>'ih xs jqx^

I. Nineteen hymns by Khamis, viz.1. Beginning, f, 3 6,

;^^2^^ ^.lisois*iî>^ (sic) y.^b ;3ua ^La^ô /^^;ô^*Alphabetical.


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5. Beginning, f. 25 h,

ô .^>^ ;^sljx^ ;^x.dp*:* ^3>A ^^3 .ISaaîo^ .^'ib90 ôoro .^Ôfo ZAJaa

Alphabetical.

7. Beginning, f. 8 1 rt,

(sic) MC7A^d;(.io .âaCLioS^ ' â>i 2poa . ^.xôôAlphabetical. UÔ 2^138. Beginning, f. 33 b,

9. Beginning, f. 36 b,

Alphabetical. Ô


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.;^.V,oA ^ {sic) îJ* 2x3 .;3A^y ^ uoai ;3iAlphabetical.

11. Beginning, f. 39 6,

Alphabetical. -^^ .jlbopo

12. Beginning, f. 41 a,

Alphabetical. '^^ .;^30X

13. Beginning, f. 426,

;lia .;Jîsitp %hao .îôa aoâ ;3^ .â^

Alphabetical.

14. Beginning, f. 44 a.,

Alphabetical. -^^0 -^^^ -ou4 ^^Ô


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Alphabetical. -Ô .v^feCaâîi XSS^?16. Beginning, f. 47 b,

Alphabetical. .30 .ôa'aik vrfJ^ ^P^?


Xo)^ wdio ^.^ oaa -^^3 ^3isX.b03 I'isMAlphabetical. 0 .-âtx-l ^ ^ôSAba^18. Beginning, f. 50 6,

Alphabetical. -ô -^^^ ?=>^f.? i'^??0


Alphabetical.

II. By the priest Selibha, ^3lA^ jfldiXd ^âo, beginning,f. 54 a,


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;&^'dbo ^^ô2^^ .Z&ôu^ ^yî -^3^ l^\ ^2

Alphabetical, ;^;âJ:\\^^ etc.III. By the priest Asko (Ishak) Shebhadhnaya, ^XtSJb

âMa oaî, beginning, f. 58 6,

^3gaAlphabetical, >^ ^ JK ^ 9 ^ etc..IV. By the priest Israel, beginning, f. 61 6,

07^3 ^,3btJ 23k^Ô .^vi3b^ 07-^0^ ;^^3ois3 ' iJs^Ô

Alphabetical, I l6slif^^^\^pJciO] etc. ; twoalphabets.

V. By the priest George, grandson of the above-mentionedIsrael Alkoshaya, beginning, f. 67 a,

It ends with the acrostich UQXtXsObV, f. 71a.

VI. By George Warda or Hakkim of Beth Kasha, '^^^-^^^SJb iS3?, beginning, f. 71 b,


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o2 '\î^ M'?^ Xi^3 ^î -Uf^ ^4^? ^

VII. Seven hymns by George Warda, viz.1. Beginning, f. 78 a,

is^yh 07^9 .;^'au^jQ>3 ;&d3ao -lifstLksiip ^?isa^

2. Beginning, f . 81 6,

3. Beginning, f. 83 b,


5. Beginning, f. 89 a,^sâoo .;^>bpa ôa 2adoui39 5^20 .?^wd^ ^^-3,? o2

Alphabetical.


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^l 39pis^ ^3^Jf?? i2.fis^ ^^2p 23>xa \^ o^X.2o .oposb ^\cr 07.3 âw.*;ô^2 Jul .^p oior .vô'î ^6i.x 9^3 is^l ^bis ô.oiis/L23 ^2 o^X.2 u07 .;âi^^3 oiisdâila o>N.23

.jco .o7;sA^2bp yla ^29 ôau m .o;'iJjM.9Acrostich, uQ>A^30lA^; alphabetical, very artificially con-

structed.

VIII. By the archdeacon Mari bar Meshihaya, beginning,f. 94 a,l^^^ 6^33 ISih'is S,A: ^3 ol'al .^4.3 07.3 lssy-**2mis* soyJci.'3 au6s.iflp ;ô^2 ^^ ^^^ ^^.bo .;ô'i


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Add. 2813 651IX. Two hymns by George Warda, viz.1. Beginning, f. 96 a,

*:* Â^ 2XmS':s2 *s^3^ ^9^ ô^p ^3m2o .a^^ Ixy^l5^.bau*ab \^ .^êuru3 puo'S if o^3 .^ôlksb 23^:0

2. Beginning, f, 99 b,

;&^kduiboo .;:No^'^b ;ôbas o2


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;tT o6^9 ^)^ ^f^-l ^^^ 2^3Lj6a o^9 ^^Z

The scribe was Joseph 'Azariah, as appears from ff. 28 b and

Add. 2814Paper, about 9^ in. by 6| ; 99 leaves, of which ff. 1, 2, and

9799, are blank; 12 quires, unsigned, of 8 leaves (ff. 296),except the last but one, which has only 7, owing to the firstleaf having been cut out ; 20 or 21 lines in a page. Writtenin a good, regular, Nestorian hand, and dated A.D. 1879.

I. The Memra Zcmganaya, or Memrd dhe-Zauge of Bar-hebraeus (so called because it is written in rimed couplets oftwelve syllables), on the study of divine things (theology) andthe perfection attainable thereby. It was composed at Bagh-dad, A. Gr. 1588 = A.D. 1277; see Payne Smith's Gatal, col.371, no. 4; and Assemani, B.O., iii. 1. 604. To this are joinedsupplementary stanzas by four later writers, viz.

1. Khamis bar Kardahe, a junior contemporary of theauthor.

2. ishd'-yabh bar Mekaddem, metropolitan of Arbel, A. Gr.1763 = A.D. 14.52.3. Joseph II., patriarch of the Chaldeans, from the village

of Tel-Kephe, near Mosul, A. Gr. 2009 = ad. 1698.4. The priest Saum5 or Somo (Sumo, Bar-sauma), from

the village of Piyoz*, near Mosul.* See Badger, The Nestorians, i. Hi.


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the writers, viz. Somo, Joseph, Isho'-yabh, Khamis, and Bar-hebraeus. This order is indicated on ff. 5 b and 6 a, first bywriting the names in full, OÔOm, \^JS>0*, JkiOX*, UCd^bXA,îQ >0u3o â\ , and then by using the initials or other letters ofthe names, viz. ^, u, Îk, 4?^, and A^, accompanied by anArabic transcription, l3.i0-, -**^î Pî- l^jj-o^j and ,^3Jj^*j/i.Four lines are wanting on ff GO a and h.

Title, f 3 h,a^Ji ôa^Vr? ' ôc^4^ l^^ ^^^? ' ^^V^^ ^*^ ^-^

'. ôai iA^ ôitAôjQ3^ : Â^ba 5^2 a^ \3 ^SajL'V'ta : ilm^ ^**2 b2 w.^^ ;^'ô : ;lV,oô2^? *^bo]dora&o

Then follows an introduction, written by Mar Joseph II.,f. 3 6,;a3l^ vnV


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li^lsp îs9^ ^^^4^ ^t^ SÔX* ^3^3 o^.^ < ^

^k,0f^3 ;is^^^ ^*?3^ 3^3 ^^ JQX^$ lalsiboôx^ o^^î ôô 3orca3o ;Xdja U3w2 ^âis;^^S^s< '. p.sibo 3^ ^^3 Xasis ;iy.Sa^3i:^^ ô^ÔÔ^sis ôJu.33^3 ^p oioi l*>lo^^ s^J^^l iSiXJ3 ^JSXmIJ^sis ^JED ^3^ ^3J^ \^ Tskb 3kA : ^dXai ^^Ôuâ^Û^3 dO:S (f. 5 a) :* âOtJQ> 30703^0 ^XjX3 0^.3 ^SmiIÎ'sâd ;:^3u.3^^ ^*3^ Âol yîias ô32 ;)^ o;^.V^2CI .Âold ^22 >ax.3 îsS^l ;is^^ '. 326^Sfis ^3\a pyja 3A . wdjcai XouLbois^ ;o7aS2 ^3 do^3A . ÂA>2 ;ôuSajq>^^ wcias/sfr^p ^ôuLm^S^3 ^JsiMiiâUia Op3 ^3m*2 ^3^ ^LCd ^3:S ;^l332 X^ ^3ud^q^3 3 U^'iti ^ÂîS^ ^3^ ^ ÔrO 3070030vi3 ^073iS33 Uy**i ^3^0 ._ ^2 bb^ ^f3Cti3 l^'^6sâii ^0X^3 ^bo13^d3 ^3:so


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(sic) ;j^\d ^d ;i^^3 ^^w^^ liyj^l lto\ii3 ô>so

The poem itself begins as follows, f 5 b.

.^1 îî>^ 2ifiU2 ^07 ^XtS %1 ^

: yMsisacifi X ^. poL^ XoA ^ 2 ^ôTî û

: âisJk J& :s*2&3oaM ll^.^ ^ ^2: yîmb ^2^ îs^2 bâ^ ^^^? ^^

jQ90u3oâ\ \c 2baLôAt the end, f 81 a, are verses by Mar Joseph II. and the

priest Saumo, the former on the margin thus :2x.ov 02 isil : ly^^'3 lâSi Atadl }aI o^jsitois lo)


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The latter are as follows

is*ô^ (sic) Jajo^S'^ s&2 : ;Xo^.mM ô^ ô^: }ô2^ 2>.i3 ^3^3 ;oo7i 0^3 '^'^^ 9^? : ;^0M3 ^9

The colophon, f. 81 h, states that this manuscript was finishedon the 25th of Tammuz, A.D. 1879, in Tel-Kephe, near Mosul,by the scribe Joseph Azariah. The missing leaf (after f. 81)contained an account of disturbances at Tel-Kephe in 1879, ofwhich we have the beginning on f. 81 h.lislâiil SSi^ liioho ôîo vîiAS câsso^ 71^2ibo ^^^ ;i^^ ;a:.^ ^ >/D>\^Y>p ;ô3ubo\o: oboo^ ;.t>trt oîjQxSiio : U'Lîs V?Aa3 ;aaJ.i^ ^ôlapasal ;*AoA ^ô ^*^'l ^3^ âJii 23uo;^ ^^joo* ^SM

;3Lac3 .lay^ .cp 07^ -99^^ l^^ l**^ -^093

;As^ *jQ>aau3ati waM3 oi^^b^ ^^9^^ ;N>abt3b ô)* See Sachau, J?me in Syrien . Mesopotamien, p. 359,


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Ixoia ;^:3Aô loo] ^.*^x lli\a hô^ \^l o^6y>23:soa) ^>ibLX ^dJCdoboa oâAo ^.oo) ^.^f2

aik^îsi M>S0 ^ . 3^2 âb âiâ :o3J=i ux^ o2 (f. 82 a)

On the margin of ff. 81 b and 82 a are some verses, of whichthe following may serve as a specimenô]oisSo : JQ>o\oô2^ aîÔj, ^9^ ^070^*2 ^3 ^^Vî^p o2 tSo3t6s9 âr : sKooJaS^cS ô ^tslJIa ^bi*^.S ?4\,^ x


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jsb92a .ô\, 3j6.Sio? .;A^ I'aijolip ^^^^ ^^V*jaikX < ;I^ ;-^ uojoao^ o?* . ;*iy^ ^*3f> -,?*23

jLkOb^ o2 ^b ôr .2'3a6ka3 uQ>*V^30u\ uaâ 2xbo


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Add. 2816Paper, about 9| in. by 7|; 139 leaves; 14 quires, unsigned,

of 10 leaves, except the last, which has 9 ; 20 or 21 lines ina full page. Written in a rather inelegant Nestorian hand ofthe xixth cent.

A treatise on Astronomy, entitled Sulldkd Haundnaya or' the Intellectual Ascent,' by Gregory Barhebraeus.

Title, f. 3 h,

Ff. 27, 28, 55 J, 56 a, 132 and 133 a, are blank, markinglacunae in the manuscript from which this transcript was made.

The contents of this work have been described in detail byPayne Smith, Catal., no. 177 (Bodl. Hunt. 540), and Zoten-berg, Catal, no. 244 (Bibl. nation., ancien fonds 162). Thereappear to be no other MSS. of this work in Europe.

Add. 2817Paper, about 8 in. by 5|; 194 leaves, the first of which is an

unnumbered flyleaf (ff. 1, 192 and 193 are blank) ; 21 quires,signed with letters, mostly of 10 leaves (I has 12, a 8, u* 6,5^ 8, and Ja 7); 16 lines in a full page. Written in a good,clear, Nestorian hand, and dated A.D. 1883.

The History of Joseph in ten metrical discourses, ascribedby the Nestorians to Mar Ephraim, but in reality by Balai or


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Add. 2817 661Balaeus (see Assemani, B.O., i. 166), as appears from Brit. Mus.Add. 12,166, a manuscript of the vith or viith cent., in whichhomm. i. and viii. are given under his name (see Wright'sCatal, p. 675, and Overbeck, S. Ephraemi Syri etc. OperaSelecta, p. 270 sqq.). The whole work has been recently pub-lished at Paris (Maisonneuve, 1887), printed with the types ofDrugulin of Leipzig.

Title, f. 2 b,

(sic) yfoîfis auisflo .aoJOsL aoi ^ôlp ^^JkXN:* }m*^ a*a^2 ;a^ ^?f?^V? ^^'^'^^ ^'^^

1st discourse, f. 2 6,

Subscription, f, 25 a,

2nd discourse, f. 25 a,.dotl^ ;3iS er^ôa eSStl 3A : ^3^3 2a^2^

3rd discourse, f 39 &,

4th discourse, f, 47 a,

5th discourse, f. 55 6,


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7th discourse, f. 91 a,

8th discourse, f. 121 a,

9th discourse, f. 161 6,

Subscription, f. 174 b,

10th discourse, f. 174 6,(sic) : 23X>^^ 2abo2^ ^\x

(sic) yfii^yJ^ l^ho ao^The last leaf was evidently wanting in the manuscript from

which this copy was made, for the text ends abruptly at p. 261,line 6, of the printed edition.

The colophon, f. 191 a, states that the manuscript wascopied at Tel-Kephe (near Mosul), by a deacon named Francis,from* Beth Mere, in 1883.X^OX A


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Add. 2818 663I. Turgame, or hymns to be chanted before the Gospel on

Festivals*, by Mar 'Abhd-ish

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