and list of Odes
Septuagint Odes
- in Greek
Rahlfs' edition. πηγή: nocr
Note: later Greek mss. and contemporary liturgies omit Odes 10-14.
Numbering by Rahlfs
(based on Codex Alexandrinus and on (non-digitised) Codex Veronensis):
1. First Ode of Moses: Exodus 15:1-19
2. Second Ode of Moses: Deuteronomy 32:1-43
3. Prayer of Samuel's Mother Hannah: I Samuel 2:1-10
4. Prayer of Habakkuk: Habakkuk 3:2-19
5. Prayer of Isaiah: Isaiah 26:9-20
6. Prayer of Jonah: Jonah 2:3-10
7. Prayer of Azariah: Septuagint Daniel 3:26-45
8. Song of the Three Holy Children: Septuagint Daniel 3:52-90
9. Christian "New Testament": Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55)
and Prayer of Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79)
10. Song of the Vineyard: Isaiah 5:1-7
11. Prayer of Hezekiah: Isaiah 38:10-20
12. Prayer of Manasseh
13. Christian "New Testament": Prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32)
14. "Gloria" or "Morning Hymn"
(original compilation, quoting Psalms 35:10-11; 118:12; and 144:2, and Luke 2:14)
Containing Odes 1-3, 5, 6, 4, 11, 12, 7-9a, 13, 9b, 14
Codex Turicensis
Containing Odes 3, 9a, 11-12, 7-9b, 13-14
B.N.U. di Torino, B. VII. 30 (Pasini 342)
Containing Odes 1-6, 11-12, 7, Daniel 3:46-51, 8-9, 13-14
[pages slightly out of order in digitisation]
Peshitta Canticles or Odes
-in Syriac Aramaic
[pp. 1-26: Odes I-IX. pp. 27-28: Additional Odes in ms. 9a1.
Next Section: Prayer of Manasseh within Odes in ms. 9a1.]
Only "Old Testament" Odes included.
ܡܒܘܥܐ: Leiden Peshitta Institute
Song of Mary ("New Testament": Luke 1:46-55)
[within the Book of Common Prayer of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church: doc. pp. 116, 118]
Numbering by the Leiden Peshitta Insitute,
according to the order in "Jacobite" Ms. 9t3:
Ode I = Exodus 15:1-21 (or -19)
Ode II = Deuteronomy 32:1-43
Ode III = Isaiah 42:10-13, 55:8
Ode IV = I Samuel 2:1-10
Ode V = Habakkuk 3:2-19
Ode VI = Isaiah 26:9-20
Ode VII = Jonah 2:3-10
Ode VIII = Addition to Daniel 3:26-56
Ode IX = Addition to Daniel 3:57-88
Un-numbered Odes found in Ms. 9a1:
- Psalm 63:2-12
- Prayer of Hezekiah (Isaiah 38:10-20)
- Prayer of Manasseh
Christian "New Testament" Odes typically appended
in the "Jacobite" and "Melchite" traditions:
Luke 1:46-55
Luke 1:68-79
"Gloria" or "Morning Hymn" (see above)
Both an early and a late recension,
with no digitised exemplars
Notably, Ms. 9t3 = BL Add. Ms. 17109,
basis for the Leiden edition
Ms. 10t5 = BL Add. Ms. 17125
[see doc. p. 59: image of "Gloria" canticle]
Ms. 9a1: "Pre-recensional" text of Odes I-IX,
alongside three additional odes
grouped with the Jacobite texts in Leiden:
Ms. 9a1 = Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Or.58 [ff. 103v-105r]
Containing Odes I-III and IX.
18 < 13dt1 = Rylands Syr. MS 4 [ff. 220r-221v]
16t2 = Jerusalem, Greek Patriarchate, Syriac Ms. 27 [img. 03_02_10 = ff. 135v-140r, 143r-144r]
17t3 = BN Syriaque 24 [ff. 112r-116r, 118v-119r]
17t4 = BN Syriaque 25 [ff. 99v-103r, 206v-207r]
"Melchite" Psalter tradition (containing Odes I, II, and IV-IX):
12t8 = Sinai, St. Catherine Monastery Syriac MS. 260
[ff. 102r-115r] (images may not be used)
"Maronite" Psalter tradition (containing Odes I-III and IX):
14t1 = Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Ms. Pluteum 1.12 [ff. 203r-211r]
Latin Psalter Canticles
-in Latin
Cantica
fons: "Psalterii secundum Vulgatam," Dom Robert Weber. 1961.
Catholic set of Canticles, not corresponding to any one manuscript tradition.
Canticum Moysis: Exodus 15:1-18Canticum Moysis: Deuteronomy 32:1-18
Canticum Annae: I Samuel 2:1-10
Canticum David: I Chronicles 29: 10-13
Canticum Tobiae: Tobit 13:1-10
Canticum Iudith: Judith 16:15-21
Canticum Ecclesiastici: Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 36:1-16
Canticum Isaiae: Isaiah 12:1-6
Canticum Ezechiae: Isaiah 38:10-22
Canticum Isaiae: Isaiah 45:15-26
Canticum Ieremiae: Jeremiah 31:10-14
Canticum Trium Puerorum: Daniel 3:52-57 ("addition")
Canticum Trium Puerorum: Daniel 3:57-88, 56 ("addition")
Canticum Habacuc: Habakkuk 3:2-19
Canticum B. Mariae V.: Christian "New Testament": Luke 1:46-55
Canticum Zachariae: Christian "New Testament": Luke 1:68-79
Canticum Simeonis: Christian "New Testament": Luke 2:29-32
fons: "The Psalter of the Psalms of David and Certain Canticles" by Richard Rolle of Hampole, 14th c., ed. H.R. Bramley, 1885.
"Roman" or "Gallican" Canticles, sans Daniel, Zacharias, and Simeon.
Canticum Isaye: Isaiah 12Canticum Ezechie: Isaiah 38
Canticum Anne: I Samuel 2
Canticum Moysi: Exodus 15
Oracio Abacuch: Habakkuk 3
Canticum Moysi: Deuteronomy 32
Canticum Marie: Christian "New Testament": Luke 1
[pp.2-9]. fons: ed. Carolo Cajetano, Milan. 1830.
"Milan" Canticles, sans Deuteronomy and Habakkuk.
Cant. Trium Puerorum: Daniel 3 ("addition")Canticum Isaiae: Isaiah 26
Canticum Annae: I Samuel 2
Canticum Jonae: Jonah 2
Canticum Zacharias Prophetae: Christian "New Testament": Luke 1
Canticum Moysi: Exodus 15
Canticum Trium Puerorum (2): Daniel 3 ("addition")
The five traditional forms of Latin Canticles (see manuscripts):
Type 1: "Roman" and "Gallican" canticles:
"Roman" Canticles:Isaiah 12:1–6 (Vulgate)
Isaiah 38:10–20 (Vulgate)
I Samuel 2:1–10 (Vulgate)
Exodus 15:1–19 (Old Latin)
Habakkuk 3:2–19 (Old Latin)
Deuteronomy 32:1–43 (Old Latin)
Daniel 3:57–88 ("addition", Old Latin)
Christian "New Testament": Luke 1:68–79 (a "stable" form)
Christian "New Testament": Luke 1:46–55 (a "stable" form)
Christian "New Testament": Luke 2:29–32 (a "stable" form)
"Gallican" Canticles:
Same texts and order as "Roman" canticles, but all with the Vulgate text. ("New Testament" remains "stable")
Type 2: "Milan" canticles (also called "Ambrosian"):
Daniel 3:52–56 ("addition")Isaiah 26:9b–20
I Samuel 2:1–10
Habakkuk 3:2–19
Jonah 2:3–10
Deuteronomy 32:1–43
Christian "New Testament": Luke 1:68–79
Exodus 15:1–19
Daniel 3:57–88 ("addition")
-- all in "Old Latin" text forms.
Type 3: "Irish" canticles:
Canticles are interspersed into an otherwise Gallican Psalter, in Vulgate form (though earlier versions had Vetus Latina texts) :Daniel 3:57–88 ("addition")
Isaiah 12:1–6
Isaiah 38:10–20
I Samuel 2:1–10
Exodus 15:1–19
Habakkuk 3:2–19
Deuteronomy 32:1–43
Type 4: "Mozarabic" or "Spanish" canticles:
39 core odes, with a variable total of 76-104 texts.Most in Vulgate form but a few in Old Latin.
"Outlier" type: "Sinai" canticles:
"An abridged form of the Song of the Three Young Men is fragmentarily preserved before the collection of canticles (as titled in the manuscript); only Dan 3:68–88 is extant."Exodus 15:1–19;
Deuteronomy 32:1–43;
I Samuel 2:1–10;
Isaiah 5:1–7;
Jonah 2:3–10;
Habakkuk 3:1–19;
Isaiah 26:9–20;
Isaiah 61:1–62:7;
Lamentations 5:1–22;
4 Ezra (Ezra Sutuel) 8:20–36;
Prayer of Manasseh;
Daniel 3:26–45, 52–56; 9:4–19; (partially "additions")
Tobit 13:1–18; 3:2–6;
Judges 16:1–17;
Christian "New Testament": Luke 1:46–55; 1:68–79.
VL372 = Cotton MS. Vitellius E XVIII ("Roman" type). [p: 274]
Cambridge Ms. Ff.1.23 ("Roman" type)
Ms. Library Company, 8 "Gallican" type
VL405 = Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 343 [p: 404], (Canticles in a different order than "typical".)
VL441 = Southampton Psalter (St John's College MS C.9)
(Later "Irish" type). [35V-37V: first 3 canticles. 69V-71R: next 3 canticles. 99V-101R: final canticle.]
[printed transcription: VL460 = The Mozarabic Psalter (MS. British Museum, Add. 30851.)]
"Slavonic" Ms. 5: Psalter (Latin)
Canticles of the Prophets (EOTC version)
- in Ge'ez
ዐይን: Hiob Ludolf
መሓልያ ፡ ነቢያት ፡ ወጽሎቱ ።
In a Printed EOTC Psalter (1900)
Order according to Ludolf
(fairly consistent across EOTC Psalters)
1. First Ode of Moses: Exodus 15:1-19
2. Second Ode of Moses: Deuteronomy 32:1-21
3. Third Ode of Moses: Deuteronomy 32:22-43
4. Prayer of Samuel's Mother Hannah: I Samuel 2:1-10
5. Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah: Isaiah 38:10-20
6. Prayer of Manasseh
7. Prayer of Jonah: Jonah 2:3-10
8. Prayer of Azariah: Ge'ez Daniel 3:26-45
9. Song of the Three Holy Children: Ge'ez Daniel 3:52-88
10. Prayer of Habakkuk: Habakkuk 3:2-19
11. Prayer of Isaiah: Isaiah 26:9-20
12. Christian "New Testament": Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55)
13. Christian "New Testament": Prayer of Zacharias (Luke 1:68-79)
14. Christian "New Testament": Prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32)
Likely typical "early" mss.
IES 74 (15th c.) [p: 107]; EMML 2064 (15th c.) [p: 138];
EMML 4415 (15th c.) [p: 139]; EMML 6531 (15th-16th c.) [p: 149];
EMML 3071 (16th c. Slightly alternate text.) [p: 119]; Davies Dabra Libanos (16th c.) [p: 154]
Likely typical "standardized" mss.
EMIP 99 (17th c.) [p: 317]; EMIP 797 (20th c., late for this type.) [p: 144]
Beta Israel Canticles of the Prophets
- in Ge'ez
No complete Beta Israel Psalter is available for study, so only the excerpted Canticles found in the Sa'atat (liturgies) can be referred to here.
An abbreviated form of the Canticles, included in liturgical mss.
No modern edition or transcription appears to exist.
Order found in Faitlovitch Mss. 19, 20, and 23
1. First Prayer of Moses: Exodus 15:1-19
2. Second Prayer of Moses: Deuteronomy 32:1-21
3. Third Prayer of Moses: Deuteronomy 32:22-43
4. Prayer of Hannah, Mother of Samuel: I Samuel 2:1-10
5. Prayer of Hezekiah, King of Judah: Isaiah 38:10-20
6. Prayer of Manasseh
7. Prayer of Jonah: Jonah 2:3-10
8. Prayer of Azariah: Ge'ez Daniel 3:26-45
(Unabridged text may also include the Song of the Three Holy Chidren, Ge'ez Daniel 3:52-88)
9. Prayer of Habakkuk: Habakkuk 3:2-19
10. Prayer of Isaiah: Isaiah 26:9-20
Faitlovitch Ms. 23: Sa'atat (liturgies)
[doc. pp. 54-58];
Faitlovitch Ms. 19: Sa'atat with citations from Te'ezeza Sanbat
[doc. pp. 24-26];
Faitlovitch Ms. 20: Sa'atat ("Prayers")
[doc. pp. 52-55]