This 12th-century lectionary, containing readings for use in the liturgy, takes a distinctive form. The entire text is written in cruciform, that is, in the shape of a cross. It was probably produced at Constantinople for a wealthy individual, possibly a member of the imperial court. The text is...
PARHAM MS VI: Canticles and other Services, imperfect (Rahlfs 1091)
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PARHAM MS VI: Canticles and other Services, imperfect (Rahlfs 1091). According to Rahlfs, this manuscript and Add MS 39587 (Parham MS V) were originally a single manuscript.
PARHAM MS XXVI: John Chrysostom, In Genesim homiliae 1-33 (TLG 2062.112)
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PARHAM MS XXVI: John Chrysostom, In Genesim homiliae 1-33 (TLG 2062.112), ff 1r-316v, followed by a table giving the opening of each homily, ff 317r-318r, and pen-trials and scribblings, f 318v.
PARHAM MS XXX: Revelation (Gregory-Aland 2041; Scrivener apoc. 96; von Soden α1475)
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PARHAM MS XXX: Revelation (Gregory-Aland 2041; Scrivener apoc. 96; von Soden α1475), with brief marginal notes and kephalaia, probably by the original scribe, but less formally written. The quire-numbers on ff 1v and 10v show the manuscript formed part of a larger volume, possibly Athos, Karakal...
PARHAM MS XXXII: Xenophon, Hellenica (TLG 0032.001)
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PARHAM MS XXXII: Xenophon, Hellenica (TLG 0032.001), ff 1-145v, followed by a list of the speeches (δημηγορίαι) in the text, f 146r, a list of the works of Isocrates, f 147r, and the title of the next volume, f 147v (now Add MS 39616). The text shows the lacunae in Book V peculiar to the B famil...