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Egerton MS 2610
- Record Id:
- 032-001609078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609078
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000178
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2610
- Title:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 700; Scrivener evan. 604; von Soden ε 133)
- Scope & Content:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 700; Scrivener evan. 604; von Soden ε 133).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001609078", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2610: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 700; Scrivener evan. 604; von Soden ε 133)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001609104", "parent" : "032-001609078", "text" : "Egerton MS 2610, ff 1r-10r: Eusebius of Caesarea, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones evangeliorum praemissa (TLG 2018.013), ff 1r-2; Canon tables, ff…" },{ "id" : "040-001609135", "parent" : "032-001609078", "text" : "Egerton MS 2610, ff 11r-89r: Gospel of Matthew, ff 13r-89r, preceded by capitula, f 11r, and a portrait of St Matthew the Evangelist, f 12v." },{ "id" : "040-001609136", "parent" : "032-001609078", "text" : "Egerton MS 2610, ff 89v-140v: Gospel of Mark, ff 92r-140v, preceded by capitula, ff 89v-90v, and a portrait of St Mark the Evangelist, f 91v." },{ "id" : "040-001609137", "parent" : "032-001609078", "text" : "Egerton MS 2610, ff 141r-229v: Gospel of Luke, ff 145r-229v, preceded by capitula, ff 141r-143r, and a portrait of St Luke the Evangelist, f 144v." },{ "id" : "040-001609139", "parent" : "032-001609078", "text" : "Egerton MS 2610, ff 230v-296v: Gospel of John, ff 231r-295r, preceded by a portrait of St John the Evangelist, f 230v, followed by an almost erased…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609078
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 2610, ff 1r-10r : Eusebius of Caesarea, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones evangeliorum praemissa (TLG 2018.013), ff 1r-2; Canon tables,…
Egerton MS 2610, ff 11r-89r : Gospel of Matthew, ff 13r-89r, preceded by capitula, f 11r, and a portrait of St Matthew the Evangelist, f 12v.
Egerton MS 2610, ff 89v-140v : Gospel of Mark, ff 92r-140v, preceded by capitula, ff 89v-90v, and a portrait of St Mark the Evangelist, f 91v.
Egerton MS 2610, ff 141r-229v : Gospel of Luke, ff 145r-229v, preceded by capitula, ff 141r-143r, and a portrait of St Luke the Evangelist, f 144v.
Egerton MS 2610, ff 230v-296v : Gospel of John, ff 231r-295r, preceded by a portrait of St John the Evangelist, f 230v, followed by an almost…
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- 032-001609078
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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296 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2610 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 296. Three paper flyleaves and one parchment flyleaf at the beginning, and three blank paper leaves after f 295.
Dimensions: 150 x 115 mm.
Ruling: 95 x 65 mm, 19 lines per page.
Binding: Pre-1600. Brown sheepskin over wooden boards, with blind-stamping of fleur-de-lys and rosettes, probably Cretan. Fore-edge painting, 14th century, probably also Cretan. The edges can be seen on Digitised Manuscripts: the fore-edge as f viii recto; the upper edge as f ix recto; the lower edge as f x recto. Remnants of characteristic three braided tabs inside the lower cover, once part of the book's fastening mechanism.
Decoration: Canon tables in architectural frames in gold and colours (ff 3v-4r, 5v-6r, 7v-8r, 9v-10r). 4 miniatures of Evangelist portraits in colours on gold grounds (ff 12v, 91v, 144v, 230v). Large headpieces in colours and gold, with foliate patterns and birds (f 13r), and 4 large initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of the Gospels (ff 13r, 92r, 145r, 231r). Initials in gold. Simple head- and tailpieces in gold. Chrysography.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Note in Greek of the birth of a daughter, partly defaced, dated 6738=1229-1230: ἐγενήθ(η) ἡ αὐθεντοποῦλλα ἡμὸν/ εἰ κυρα θεοδότα ἡ κοντοφρενὸς μονι (μινὶ) (α)ὐγ(ού)στ ημερ(α) ἰνδ γος ἔτ(ου)ς χψλη΄ +++ (f 295v).
15th-century marginal notes in Latin; 16th-century notations in Latin and Greek on a paper flyleaf (f 296v).
'No.147' overwritten ('No.15'?) on the upper pastedown, not later than 1550.
17th-century Latin title inscribed on the spine.
Owned by a member of the Albani family: bookstamp in ink with the arms of the Albani family surmounted by an ecclesiastical hat and accompanied by the initials 'RA', between 1650 and 1750 (f 1r).
Owned by a German bookseller: bought at the sale at Puttick's, 28 April 1882, lot 30, by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater [b. 1756, d. 1829]).
- Source of Acquisition:
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Owned by a German bookseller: bought at the sale at Puttick's, 28 April 1882, lot 30, by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater [b. 1756, d. 1829]).
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
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Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2610]
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8103&CollID=28&NStart=2610]
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1882-1887, London 1889, p. 334.
H. C. Hoskier, A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604, London 1890.
F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, vol 1, London 1894, p. 261.
C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 1, pp. 213-14, vol. 3, p. 1110.
H. von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, 4 vols, Berlin 1902-1916, p. 140.
W. H. J. Weale and L. Taylor, Early Stamped Bookbindings in the British Museum, London 1922, p. 163, no. 365.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1929, p. 16, no. 44.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 86.
T. S. Pattie, Manuscripts of the Bible: Greek Bibles in the British Library, London, 1979, pp. 7, 31, pl. 2.
B. M. Metzger, Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Palaeography, New York 1981, pp. 122-23, no. 37.
K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin 1994, p. 700.
T. S. Pattie, Manuscripts of the Bible: Greek Bibles in the British Library, rev. ed., London 1995, pp. 9, 38, pl. 2.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)