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Oldest handwritten copies of the New Testament in Syriac
Syriac-language manuscripts of the New Testament have come down in several different forms and versions over the centuires.[ 1] : 95 Over 350 Syriac manuscripts of the New Testament have survived into the 21st century.[ 1] : 98 The majority of them represent the Peshitta version.[ 1] : 98 Only a very few manuscripts represent Old Syriac versions.[ 1] : 96 Some manuscripts represent a mixed or eclectic text.[ 1] : 99
Manuscripts housed at the British Library, Additional Manuscripts[ 2] [ edit ]
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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 [ 3]
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 Matthew , 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 [ edit ]
Dawkins 27,
Huntington MS 133 — Bodleian Library [1]
Huntington MS 587, Bodleian Library [2]
Marsh 699, Bodleian Library
Manuscripts housed in the Vatican Library [ edit ]
Codex Vaticanus Syriac 12
Codex Vaticanus Syriac 19
Codex Vaticanus Syriac 267
Codex Vaticanus Syriac 268
Manuscripts housed in other collections [ edit ]
Egerton MS 704 — Old Testament, 17th century
Codex Phillipps 1388 — the four Gospels, 5th/6th century
Khaburis Codex — 22 books of the New Testament, 12th century
Nestorian Evangelion — life of Jesus in the New Testament, 15th/16th 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 [3] [4]
Ms. Sinai syr. 3
StL München syr. 8
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)