Medeltidshandskrift 58
Lund University Library
Olim: [Österl. litt.] Masora
Masoretic Peshitta. Syria (Tikrit), 13th century (1204/1205), Syriac
Contents
- 1 (ff. 3v-308r) Old and New Testament
- 2 (ff. 308r-313v) Jakob of Edessa Letter to Giorgios, bishop of Sarug, on Syriac orthography A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, On Syriac Orthography, Phillips, G. (ed.) London,, 1869.. . Jacobi, Episcopi Edessensi, epistola ad ... de Orthographia Syriaca, Martin, J. P. (ed.) Paris,, 1869.. .
- 3 (ff. 313v-318r) Jakob of Edessa Treatise on punctuation A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, On Syriac Orthography, Phillips, G. (ed.) London,, 1869.. . Jacobi, Episcopi Edessensi, epistola ad ... de Orthographia Syriaca, Martin, J. P. (ed.) Paris,, 1869.. .
- 4 (ff. 318r-320r) Diaconus Thomas Two treatises on the Syriac accent Jacobi, Episcopi Edessensi, epistola ad ... de Orthographia Syriaca, Martin, J. P. (ed.) Paris,, 1869., pp. 11-13; 17.. . A Letter by Mar Jacob, Bishop of Edessa, On Syriac Orthography, Appendix II and III Phillips, G. (ed.) London,, 1870., Appendix II, p. 83 f. and Appendix III, p. 90 ff.. .
- 5 (f. 320v) Epiphanios On Greek prosody Hebraica, vol IV Gottheil, J. H. (ed.) , 1887-1888, p. 168. .
- 6 (ff. 320v-321r) Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions Hebraica, vol IV Gottheil, J. H. (ed.) , 1887-1888, p. 168. .
- 7 (f. 321r-321v) Treatise on the Syriac conjunctions
- 8 (ff. 322r-323v) Gregory of Nazianz Orations
- 9 (f. 324r) Concordance
- 10 (ff. 324v-326r) Calendar
Physical description
Support: Paper
Extent: ff. i + 326 + ii, 340 x 250 mm.
Collation: 33 quires, all but the last quinions: I: 10 (ff. 1-10); II: 10 (ff. 11-20); III: 10 (ff. 21-30); IV: 10 (ff. 31-40); V: 10 (ff. 41-50); VI: 10 (ff. 51-60); VII: 10 (ff. 61-70); VIII: 10 (ff. 71-80); IX: 10 (ff. 81-90); X: 10 (ff. 91-100); XI: 10 (ff. 101-110); XII: 10 (ff. 111-120); XIII: 10 (ff. 121-130); XIV: 10 (ff. 131-140); XV: 10 (ff. 141-150); XVI: 10 (ff. 151-160); XVII: 10 (ff. 161-170); XVIII: 10 (ff. 171-180); XIX: 10 (ff. 181-190); XX: 10 (ff. 191-200); XXI: 10 (ff. 201-210); XXII: 10 (ff. 211-220); XXIII: 10 (ff. 221-230); XXIV: 10 (ff. 231-240); XXV: 10 (ff. 241-250); XXVI: 10 (ff. 251-260); XXVII: 10 (ff. 261-270); XXVIII: 10 (ff. 271-280); XXIX: 10 (ff. 281-290); XXX: 10 (ff. 291-300); XXXI: 10 (ff. 301-310); XXXII: 10 (ff. 311-320, ff. 312 and 319 are added); XXXIII: 6 (ff. 321-326). Decorated quire signatures in Estrangelo lettering in the lower margin of first and last page of quire.
Layout: One column; 21-23 written lines; two columns on ff. 241v-250v; 322v-323v.
Script:
Two hands: the main text is in the hand of the scribe Mattai; the revisions are in the hand of Johannan, the Sinner. A scribe by the same name copied, also in 1204/5, a the text in Ms. 7184 Rich. of British Museum.
Decoration
Decorated full page crosses on ff. 1r , 1v , 2r ; full page decorative medallions in table of contents on ff. 2v and 3r , decorated quire signature on f. 10v . All of these decorations belong to the additions of the 18th century. Decorated quire signatures on f. 11r ; f. 1r : cross (205 x 165 mm) in red, green and yellow; f. 1v : cross within a double frame with text (225 x 160 mm) in red, green, yellow and blue; f. 2r : cross within a double frame with text (230 x 138 mm) in red, green, yellow and blue; f. 2v : frame (255 x 167 mm); f. 3r : frame (258 x 185 mm); ff. 11r , 20v , 21r , 30v , 31r , 40v , 41r , 50v , 51r , 60v , 61r , 70v (in red only), 71r , 80v , 81r , 90v , 91r , 100v , 101r , 110v , 111r , 120v , 121r , 130v , 131r , 140v , 141r , 150v , 151r , 160v , 161r , 170v , 171r , 180v , 181r , 190v , 191r , 200v , 201r , 210v , 211r , 220v , 221r , 230v , 231r , 240v , 241r , 250v , 251r , 260v , 261r , 270v , 271r , 280v , 281r , 290v , 291r , 300v , 301r , 310v , 311r , 320v , 321r (red only); quire signatures with numbers in red, green, and yellow surrounded on four sides by intertwining decorations in the form of crosses, bars or vines in red, green, and yellow with black dots, symmetrically designed on the pages facing each other (with the exception of f. 10v which has a simpler design; f. 324v ; circular diagram compartmented in red ink with brown outer contour; ff. 325r , 325v ; rectangular diagrams in red ink; f. 326r : rectangular diagram in red ink from the added portion.
Binding
Blind-tooled brown goatskin binding, 20th century. Size: 350 x 255 x 90 mm.
Brown goatskin binding over millboard, worn. Rounded spine. Tight back with four raised bands. Edges cut, defect and black from burning. Plain single flyleaves and pastedowns of paper. All along sewing on four raised cords laced through the boards. Textblock damp-stained and with large restorations.
The covers are blind-tooled with a large frame made of triple fillets containing a repeated tendril of vine and corner compartments with flowers. The central panel is stamped with a repeated four-petal flower on a diced background, the top and bottom compartments of the panel have lozenge ornaments. The back is blind-tooled with blind fillets next to the bands and a central flower in each compartment.
Foliation
The manuscript is foliated in upper left corner of pages 1-326; there is another, "Western", foliation visible for the last time at f. 40v (287), in pencil in upper right corner of pages.
Additions
There are exegetic and other marginal notes all through the manuscript. On f. Ir: Masora. Syrische Papierhandschrift jakobitischer Herkünft.
Condition
The manuscript is in poor condition due to damages from fire and water.
History
Origin
Written in Tikrit 1204/5 by the scribe Mattai, son of Johannan; revised in 1795/6 by Johannan the Sinner (cf. ff. 3r , 205v , 308r and 324r ).
Provenance
The manuscript was owned by Abd Jeschu bar Abraham who has written in the margin both in Arabic and in Syriac. According to a note on f. 38r he bought the book in 1634/5 from an Arab for 3 piasters. In another note he calls himself Diaconus and writes Arabic with Syriac letters (see f. 255r ). Another owner seems to have been a certain Rabbi' of Tikrit who bought the book for five denari. He writes only in Arabic (see e.g. f. 106r ). How the manuscript came to Europe is not known.
Acquisition
It was bought by the University library in 1923 (library shelf mark on back pastedown).
Bibliography
- Bengtsson, Per Å.: Translation techniques in two Syro-Arabic versions of Ruth Studia Orientalia Lundensia. Nova series Stockholm, 2003, p. 14. 3 .
- Bengtsson, Per Å.: Masoretic Peshitta MSS of Ruth . Unpublished article (Lund, s.d.).