Syriac Gospels, British Library, Add. 14669
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British Library, Add MS 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.[1]
Description edit
It contains the text of the Gospel of Mark 14:71.72; 15:3-5.8-11.15.16; 15:17-40; Gospel of Luke 1:1-8 on 3 leaves (11 ½ by 8 ⅜ inches). The writing is in two columns per page, in 21-23 lines per page.[1] The writing is a large, elegant Estrangela.[1]
The manuscript is housed at the British Library (Add MS 14669, fol. 34-36) in London.[1]
See also edit
- Other Peshitta manuscripts
- Codex Phillipps 1388
- British Library, Add MS 14455
- British Library, Add MS 14459
- British Library, Add MS 14479
- Sortable articles
References edit
Further reading edit
- William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum (1870; reprint: Gorgias Press 2002).