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Syriac Gospels, British Library, Add. 14669

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Source revisionMay 30, 2024
Entity authorityQ4970272 ↗
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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.

Description

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+1⁄2 in × 8+3⁄8 in or 290 mm × 210 mm). The writing is in two columns per page, in 21-23 lines per page. The writing is a large, elegant Estrangela.

The manuscript is housed at the British Library (Add MS 14669, fol. 34-36) in London.

See also

List of the Syriac New Testament manuscripts

Other Peshitta manuscripts

Codex Phillipps 1388

British Library, Add MS 14455

British Library, Add MS 14459

British Library, Add MS 14479

Sortable articles

Syriac versions of the Bible

Biblical manuscript

References

Further reading

William Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum (1870; reprint: Gorgias Press 2002).

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