Harvard University, MS Gr 7 vol. 1

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10992

Shelfmark:

MS Gr 7 vol. 1

Title:

Lectionary of the Gospels in Greek

Date:

ca. 1050-ca. 1100

eleventh century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

grc

Ancient Greek WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 230 leaves, bound : vellum ; 29 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Edward Everett WIKIDATA

Note:

The weekday lections are from John, those for Saturday and Sunday from Matthew and Luke. An index to the lections by a 19th-century scholar (in photocopy) is shelved with the ms.
Written by one scribe in a professional medium-large round and clear liturgical minuscule hand with slight inclination to the right. The writing is in two columns in brown ink.
There are a few small headpieces, wavy division bars, and pen-ornamented initial letters, all in magenta ink. Ekphonetic notation is also in magenta ink.
The ms. probably comes from an outlying province of the Byzantine empire. Earlier cataloging had dated this ms. to the 13th century, but the writing differs from the archaizing scripts of that later time.
Bound in early 19th-century brown leather over wooden boards, gilt. The binding is as vol. 1 of a 2-volume set (kept together as MS Gr 7), but MS Gr 7 vol. 1 was originally a different manuscript.
In a tray case, 30 cm.
Purchased by Edward Everett in Constantinople, 1819.
Gift of Edward Everett, 1820.

Keyword:

rules (layout features)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990096505720203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/ids:12844568

Holding Institution:

Harvard University