University of Chicago, Codex Ms. 879

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS16623

Shelfmark:

Codex Ms. 879

Title:

Lectionary of Constantine the Reader

Lectionary

Scribe:

Constantine, the Reader

Constantine the Reader WIKIDATA

Place:

Greece?

Greece TGN

Date:

between 1200 and 1250

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Greek

Greek WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 112 leaves : parchment ; 240 x 190 (190 x 136) mm bound to 252 x 198 cm

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Date of production inferred from style of headings and decoration. See Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, volume 86, pages 157-158.
Origin: Produced in Greece or Asia Minor. The undated colophon on leaf 110r identifies the scribe as the Reader Konstantinos Theologites: "eteleiōth[ē] to par[on] eua[ngelion] dia cheiros Kōnstant[i]n[ou] anag[nōstou] tou theologētē". The codex originally contained 134 leaves. Quires 1-3 (24 leaves of Synaxarion including Johannine section for Weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, Easter through...
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (modern paper) + 110 + i (modern paper); 48 58(8+1) 66 712(-3,9,10) 810(-3,9) 9-158 1610(-3,9) 176; quires signed in Greek numbers on upper right recto of first leaf of each quire (some quires also signed on final leaf verso); modern foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, leaves 1 to 5, and every 5th leaf thereafter.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 28 to 31 lines; ruled in drypoint (ruling type II,1b in Lake, K. Dated Greek miniscule manuscripts to the year 1200).
Script: Written in a miniscule hand in dark brown ink. Punctuation includes high point, low point, and double point, comma, marks of interrogation and elision. Cross for full stop.
Decoration: Headpieces of scrollwork in brown and red (fol. 33r, 40v, 81r). Horizontal bars placed at divisions of the Menologion text. 167 initials in red (40-115 mm) set off from text and embellished with foliate, bead, and knot motifs. Lesson headings and initials highlighted in yellow.
Shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Ms879.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Goodspeed Ms. Grk. 34.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, BS3352 1300e.
Related shelfmark: Montréal, Canada, McGill University, Ms. Greek 11.
Related shelfmark: Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala University, Fragm. Ms. Graec. 1.
Related shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Ms879 pt.2.
Byname: Lectionary of Constantine the Reader.
Forms part of the Edgar J. Goodspeed Collection of New Testament Manuscripts.
Undated prayer and notation added by a later hand on fol. 110v.
Marginal notes in a later hand in gray ink on fol. 29r and 60v.
Sale catalogue description (from Erik von Scherling catalogue "Interesting Manuscripts and Documents, List 2," item 96) tipped in on front pastedown.
Naomi Donnelley purchased this manuscript from from antiquarian bookseller Erik von Scherling of Leyden in November 1934. Donnelly then presented it to Edgar J. Goodspeed as a Christmas gift, and at Goodspeed's urging she donated it to the University of Chicago through the Friends of the Library in January 1935.

Keyword:

decorated initials

Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)

Illinois--Chicago

Bible. New Testament

Greek language

Synaxarion

Early works

Institutional Record:

http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4951592

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif-collection.lib.uchicago.edu/object/ark:61001/b21p0qs8d876.json

Holding Institution:

University of Chicago