List of the Syriac New Testament manuscripts
The Syriac version is one of the earliest and the most important version of the New Testament. To the present day survived over 350 Syriac manuscripts of the New Testament. Majority of them represent Peshitta version. Only very few manuscripts represent Old-Syriac versions. Some manuscripts represent a mixed or eclectic text.
Manuscripts housed at the British Library, Additional Manuscripts
| # | Date | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| BL Add. 7157 | 767/768 | Pauline epistles † |
| BL Add. 7163 | 8th/9th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 12137 | 6th/7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 12138 | ||
| BL Add. 12140 | 6th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 12141 | 8th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 12177 | 1189 | Gospels |
| BL Add. 14425[1] | 463/464 | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14445 | 532 | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14448 | 13th | New Testament |
| BL Add. 14449 | 6th/7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14450 | 7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14451 | 10th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14452 | 8th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14453 | 6th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14454 | 6th/7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14455 | 6th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14456 | 8th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14457 | 6th/7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14458 | 6th/7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14459 (folios 1-66) | 6th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14459 (fol. 67-169) | 6th | Gospel of Luke-Gospel of John † |
| BL Add. 14460 | 600 | Gospels |
| BL Add. 14461 | 6th | Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of Mark † |
| BL Add. 14461 (fol. 108-212) | 6th | Gospel of Luke-Gospel of John † |
| BL Add. 14462 | 6th | Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of Mark |
| BL Add. 14463 | 823 | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14464 | Gospels † | |
| BL Add. 14465 | 12th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 14466 (fol. 11-17) | 10th/11th | Gospel of Mark Gospel of Luke † |
| BL Add. 14467 | 10th | Gospel of Matthew-Gospel of John † |
| BL Add. 14469 | 936 | Gospels |
| BL Add. 14470 | 5th/6th | New Testament |
| BL Add. 14471 | 615 | Gospels |
| BL Add. 14472 | 6th/7th | Acts, James, 1 Peter, 1 John |
| BL Add. 14473 (fol. 1-139) | 6th | Acts, James, 1 Peter, 1 John |
| BL Add. 14473 (fol. 140-148) | 11th | 2 Peter, 2 John, 3 John, Jude |
| BL Add. 14474 | 11th/12th | New Testament (Except Gospels and Revelation) |
| BL Add. 14475 | 6th | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 14476 | 5th/6th | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 14477 | 6th/7th | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 14478 | 621h/622 | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 14479 | 534 | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 14480 | 5th/6th | Pauline epistles † |
| BL Add. 14481 | 6th/7th | Pauline epistles † |
| BL Add. 14666 (fol. 1-10) | 12th | Gospel of Matthew 1:1-6:20 |
| BL Add. 14666 (fol. 47) | 12th | Gospel of Matthew 1:1-11 |
| BL Add. 14666 (fol. 48) | 10th | Gospel of Matthew 1:1-16 |
| BL Add. 14669 (fol. 26) | 12th | Gospel of Matthew 1:1-13 |
| BL Add. 14669 (fol. 27-28) | 7th | Gospel of Matthew 1:12-2:6; 4:4-24 |
| BL Add. 14669 (fol. 29-33) | 6th/7th | Gospel of Matthew † |
| BL Add. 14669 (fol. 34-36) | 6th | Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Luke † |
| BL Add. 14669 (fol. 38-56) | 9th | Gospels † |
| BL MS Add. 14680 | 12th/13th | Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles † |
| BL Add. 14681 | 12th/13th | Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles |
| BL MS Add. 14706 | 13th | Lectionary (Evangelistarion, Apostolarion, Old Testament) |
| BL Add. 14738 (fol. 6-7) | 13th | Acts 12:20-13:5 |
| BL Add. 17113 | 6th/7th | Gospels |
| BL Add. 17114 | 6th/7th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 17115 | 9th/10th | New Testament † |
| BL Add. 17116 | 9th/10th | Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark † |
| BL Add. 17117 | 5th/6th | Gospel of Mark † |
| BL Add. 17118 | 8th | Gospels † |
| BL Add. 17120 | 6th | Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles † |
| BL Add. 17121 | 6th | Acts, Cath., Pauline epistles † |
| BL Add. 17122 | 6th | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 17124 | 1234 | New Testament |
| BL Add. 17157 | 767/768 | Pauline epistles |
| BL Add. 17224 | 13th | Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of Mark † |
| BL Add. 17224 (fol. 37-42) | 13th | Gospel of Matthew 10:16-12:11; 12:44-14:3 |
| BL Add. 17224 (fol. 43-57) | 1173 | Gospel of Matthew, Gospel of John † |
| BL Add. 17226 | 13th/14th | Catholic epistles † |
| BL Add. 17228 (fol. 38-64) | 13th | James, 1 Peter, 1 John |
| BL Add. 17922 | 1222 | Gospels |
| BL Add. 17983 | 1438 | Gospels † |
| BL MS Add. 14717 | 13th | Lectionary (Evangelistarion, Apostolarion, Old Testament) |
| BL Add. 18812 | 6th/7th | Acts, James, 1 Peter, 1 John |
Manuscripts housed in the Bodleian Library
- Dawkins 27,
- Huntington MS 133 — Bodleian Library
- Huntington MS 587, Bodleian Library
- Marsh 699, Bodleian Library
Manuscripts housed in the Vatican Library
- Codex Vaticanus Syriac 12
- Codex Vaticanus Syriac 19
- Codex Vaticanus Syriac 267
- Codex Vaticanus Syriac 268
Manuscripts housed in other collections
- Egerton 704 — Old Testament, 17th century
- Codex Phillipps 1388 — the four Gospels, 5th/6th century
- Khaburis Codex — 22 books of the New Testament, 12th century
- Rabbula Gospels — the four Gospels, 586
- Morgan MS 783
- Morgan MS 784
- Paris syr. MS 296, Io
- Schøyen Ms. 2080 — 1 Corinthians-2 Corinthians
- Schøyen Ms. 2530
- Ms. Sinai syr. 3
- StL München syr. 8
See also
- Syriac versions of the Bible
- Biblical manuscript
- British Library Syriac Manuscript Collection
- List of the Coptic New Testament manuscripts
References
- ↑ Le Plus Ancien Manuscrit Biblique Date RB 1911, p. 85.
Further reading
- William Aldis Wright, Catalogue of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum
- Erwin Nestle, Syrische Übersetzungen
- Caspar René Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, (Leipzig 1902), Vol. 2, pp. 507–528.
- Julius Assfalg, Syrische Handschriften; syrische karšunische, christlich-palästinische, neusyrische und mandäische Handschriften (Wiesbaden 1963).
- The Four Gospels in Syriac Transcribed from the Sinaitic Palimpsest Edited by R.L. Bensley, J. Rendel Harris & F.C. Burkitt, (Cambridge 1894)