Theological extracts and letters, many relating to the Ecumenical Councils
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Theological extracts and letters, many relating to the Ecumenical Councils. Palimpsest, re-using at least five older manuscripts. The principal MS re-used was a liturgical book written in a small minuscule, perhaps a Menaeum for December. There are prayers and hymns to Nicholas (6 Dec.) and the ...
Theophylact of Bulgaria, Commentary on the Letters of Paul. PG 124.337, 125.9. Imperfect, inc. δὲ φησὶ καὶ τὴν ἀποστολὴν ἐνεχειρίσθην (124.337C). The order of the commentaries is Romans, Hebrews, Colossians, Thessalonians, Titus, Corinthians, Timothy, Ephesians, Philemon, Galatians and Philippians. ff. 138-141 are upside down and in reverse order. Greg.-Aland 1961; Scrivener, l. 4 Paul 372; von Soden Θ, l. π45
Two Letters, one with front of envelope, from Lionel Johnson to Edmund Gosse; [3 July 1886], 24 Feb. 1895. The earlier letter was written from Winchester College, and in it Johnson answers criticisms of his poetry made by Gosse, and states his aims. In the later letter he describes the divisions...
Bible with prologues. 'Modern' chapter numbers; chapters do not start on a new line. Medieval column-numbering in arabic numerals. Extensive ink glosses from I Samuel to Esther (ff. 67v-136r), and elsewhere, sometimes systematically erased, e.g. in the minor prophets.10-part division of the P...