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Egerton MS 2392
- Record Id:
- 032-001608734
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001608734
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000172
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2392
- Title:
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The Divine Liturgies and ordination services
- Scope & Content:
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The Divine Liturgies and ordination services.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001608734", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392: The Divine Liturgies and ordination services" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001608772", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 1r-2r: A rubric on episcopal consecration, entitled ἑρμηνεία περὶ ἀρχιερατικῆς χειροτονίας…" },{ "id" : "040-001608773", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 3r-5r: Order for the consecration of a reader and chorister, ff 3r-v, and of a subdeacon, ff 3v-5r." },{ "id" : "040-001608775", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 5v-23r: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, ff 6r-23r, preceded by a full-page portrait of St John Chrysostom, f 5v." },{ "id" : "040-001608776", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 23v-46v: Liturgy of St Basil of Caesarea, ff 24r-46v, preceded by a full-page portrait of St Basil of Caesarea, f 23v." },{ "id" : "040-001608777", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 47v-57v: Liturgy of the Presanctified, ff 48r-57v, preceded by a full-page portrait of St Gregory Dialogus [?], f 47v." },{ "id" : "040-001608779", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 58r-67r: Order for the ordination of a deacon, ff 58r-60v, of a priest, ff 61r-63v, and of a bishop, ff 64r-67r." },{ "id" : "040-001608780", "parent" : "032-001608734", "text" : "Egerton MS 2392, ff 67r-70r: Prayer of absolution before Communion, recited by the bishop or the spiritual Father, entitled Εὐχὴ ἦν…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001608734
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 2392, ff 1r-2r : A rubric on episcopal consecration, entitled ἑρμηνεία περὶ ἀρχιερατικῆς…
Egerton MS 2392, ff 3r-5r : Order for the consecration of a reader and chorister, ff 3r-v, and of a subdeacon, ff 3v-5r.
Egerton MS 2392, ff 5v-23r : Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, ff 6r-23r, preceded by a full-page portrait of St John Chrysostom, f 5v.
Egerton MS 2392, ff 23v-46v : Liturgy of St Basil of Caesarea, ff 24r-46v, preceded by a full-page portrait of St Basil of Caesarea, f 23v.
Egerton MS 2392, ff 47v-57v : Liturgy of the Presanctified, ff 48r-57v, preceded by a full-page portrait of St Gregory Dialogus [?], f 47v.
Egerton MS 2392, ff 58r-67r : Order for the ordination of a deacon, ff 58r-60v, of a priest, ff 61r-63v, and of a bishop, ff 64r-67r.
Egerton MS 2392, ff 67r-70r : Prayer of absolution before Communion, recited by the bishop or the spiritual Father, entitled Εὐχὴ…
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- 032-001608734
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 2392
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 71 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2392 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1664
- End Date:
- 1664
- Date Range:
- 1664
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper, worm-eaten throughout.
Foliation: ff 71. One modern paper flyleaf and one contemporary (worm-eaten) paper flyleaf at the beginning, all unfoliated. Two contemporary (worm-eaten) paper flyleaves at the end followed by one modern paper flyleaf, all unfoliated.
Dimensions: 290 x 200 mm.
Ruling: 180 x 110 mm, 20 lines per page.
Binding: Half black, British Museum, 20th century.
Decoration: A frame surrounds the text. Illuminated decorated headpieces and initials. Full-page portraits of John Chrysostom, Basil, and Gregory, ff 5v, 23v, and 47v.
Scribe: Εὐθύμιος ἱερομόναχος Νίρος ἐκ Σοποτοῦ (Polites and Polite 1994, p. 436): colophon, f 71r.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Greece (Northern Peloponnese), written there by Euthemius, a monk, in Sopoto, Kalavryta, and completed on 25 July 1664: colophon, f 71r: ἐτελιώθη ἡ θεία δέλτος ἐπὶ ἔτους ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ ᾳχξδ΄ ἰουλίου κε΄ διὰ χειρὸς καμοῦ εὐτελοῦς καὶ ἐλαχίστου Εὐθυμίου μο...ίου ἀπὸ Πελοπονήσου ἐκ χώρας σοποτοῦ διὰ ἐξόδου θ θ ἧγουν τέσσαρες χιλιάδες τετρακόσια˙ ἀνευ τοῦ κόπου ἦγουν τοῦ γράψαντος (ἂν) καὶ λάχι καὶ εὔρητε σφάλμα εἰς αὐτη εὔχεσθαι καὶ μὴ καταράσθε./ Εὐθύμιος καὶ τὸ ἐπίκλινίρος.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased at Sotheby's, 16 February 1875, using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection.
- Administrative Context:
- Greece (Northern Peloponnese), written there by Euthemius, a monk, in Sopoto, Kalavryta, and completed on 25 July 1664: colophon, f 71r: ἐτελιώθη ἡ θεία δέλτος ἐπὶ ἔτους ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ ᾳχξδ΄ ἰουλίου κε΄ διὰ χειρὸς καμοῦ εὐτελοῦς καὶ ἐλαχίστου Εὐθυμίου μο...ίου ἀπὸ Πελοπονήσου ἐκ χώρας σοποτοῦ διὰ ἐξόδου θ θ ἧγουν τέσσαρες χιλιάδες τετρακόσια˙ ἀνευ τοῦ κόπου ἦγουν τοῦ γράψαντος (ἂν) καὶ λάχι καὶ εὔρητε σφάλμα εἰς αὐτη εὔχεσθαι καὶ μὴ καταράσθε./ Εὐθύμιος καὶ τὸ ἐπίκλινίρος.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?index=0&ref=Egerton_MS_2392].
- Publications:
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Euchologion sive Rituale Graecum, ed. J. Goar, Venice 1730, pp. 673-74.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1861-1875, vol. 2, London 1877, p. 1033.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 85.
L. Polites and M. Polite, Βιβλιογράφοι 17ου-18ου αἰώνα, Συνοπτικὴ Καταγραφή, Athens 1994, p. 436.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)