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National Library of Russia, Codex Syriac 1, designated by
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, p. V There are also some fragments in other manuscripts. Curiously the text of the later manuscript is better.
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, p. VI According to the note on folio 1 recto the manuscript was presented to the convent of St. Mary Deipara by one Sahlun, a priest of Harran. The manuscript was examined and described by William WrightW. Wright,
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, pp. V-VII and by William Hatch in 1934. It is currently housed at the National Library of Russia (Cod. Syr. 1) in
''An album of dated Syriac manuscripts''. Boston: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
reprinted in 2002 by Gorgias Press. p. 54. . * William Wright,
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, pp. V-VII {{DEFAULTSORT:National Library Of Russia, Codex Syriac 1 Syriac manuscripts 5th-century manuscripts Works by Eusebius of Caesarea
National Library of Russia, Codex Syriac 1, designated by siglum
Scribal abbreviations or sigla ( singular: siglum) are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek, Old English and Old Norse. In modern manuscript editing (substantive and mechani ...
A, is a manuscript
A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand – or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten – as opposed to mechanically printed or reproduced in ...
of Syriac Syriac may refer to:
*Syriac language, an ancient dialect of Middle Aramaic
*Sureth, one of the modern dialects of Syriac spoken in the Nineveh Plains region
* Syriac alphabet
** Syriac (Unicode block)
** Syriac Supplement
* Neo-Aramaic languages a ...
version of the Eusebian Ecclesiastical History
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Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception.
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. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 462. The manuscript is lacunose.
Description
The codex contains the text of the ''Ecclesiastical History'', arranged in large quarto (4 leaves in quire), on 123 parchment leaves. The leaves measure is about . The first leaf is a flyleaf taken from another volume. The original number ofquires
Various measures of paper quantity have been and are in use. Although there are no S.I. units such as quires and bales, there are ISO''ISO 4046-3:2002 Paper, board, pulps and related terms – Vocabulary – Part 3: Paper-making terminology'' ( ...
was 29. It has a large lacuna
Lacuna (plural lacunas or lacunae) may refer to:
Related to the meaning "gap"
* Lacuna (manuscripts), a gap in a manuscript, inscription, text, painting, or musical work
** Great Lacuna, a lacuna of eight leaves where there was heroic Old Norse p ...
after folio 84 and several smaller defects in other places.
The writing is in two columns per page, in 29-34 lines per column, in fine, large, and bold estrangela
The Syriac alphabet ( ) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century AD. It is one of the Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, and shares similarities with ...
letters, with a few diacritical points. The colour of ink is brownish black.Hatch, W. (1946). ''An album of dated Syriac manuscripts''. Boston: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, reprinted in 2002 by Gorgias Press. p. 54. . The leaves were numbered by a later hand, but inaccurately. The text is divided into chapters.
It is one of the two extant ancient Syriac manuscripts of the Eusebian ''Ecclesiastical History''.W. Wright, The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, p. V There are also some fragments in other manuscripts. Curiously the text of the later manuscript is better.
History
According to the colophon, on folio 123 verso, the manuscript was written in the year 773, it means A.D. 462, and the name of scribe was Isaac. The name of the place where the manuscript was written has been erased.W. Wright,The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, p. VI According to the note on folio 1 recto the manuscript was presented to the convent of St. Mary Deipara by one Sahlun, a priest of Harran. The manuscript was examined and described by William WrightW. Wright,
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, pp. V-VII and by William Hatch in 1934. It is currently housed at the National Library of Russia (Cod. Syr. 1) in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
See also
* British Library, Add. Ms. 12150References
Further reading
* Hatch, William (1946)''An album of dated Syriac manuscripts''. Boston: The American Academy of Arts and Sciences
reprinted in 2002 by Gorgias Press. p. 54. . * William Wright,
The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius in Syriac
', Cambridge 1898, pp. V-VII {{DEFAULTSORT:National Library Of Russia, Codex Syriac 1 Syriac manuscripts 5th-century manuscripts Works by Eusebius of Caesarea