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Egerton MS 2783
- Record Id:
- 032-001609242
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609242
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000180
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2783
- Title:
- Four Gospels, imperfect (Gregory-Aland 714; Scrivener evan. 563; von Soden ε 1392)
- Scope & Content:
- Four Gospels, imperfect (Gregory-Aland 714; Scrivener evan. 563; von Soden ε 1392).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001609242", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783: Four Gospels, imperfect (Gregory-Aland 714; Scrivener evan. 563; von Soden ε 1392)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001609301", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff 1r-9v: Hippolytus of Thebes, extract from Χρονικὸν σύγγραμμα, ff 1r-2v, followed by Eusebius of Caesarea,…" },{ "id" : "040-001609302", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff 10r-103v: Gospel of Matthew, ff 14r-103v, preceded by capitula, ff 10r-11v, summary and epigrams, ff 11v-12v, and a portait of an…" },{ "id" : "040-001609303", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff 103v-161r: Gospel of Mark, ff 107r-161r, preceded by epigrams, ff 103v-104r, summary, ff 104r-v, capitula, ff 105r-v, and a…" },{ "id" : "040-001609304", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff 161v-261v: Gospel of Luke, ff 167r-261v, preceded by summary, ff 161v-162r, capitula, ff 162r-164r, epigrams and a kind of…" },{ "id" : "040-001609305", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff 261v-328r: Gospel of John, ff 265r-328r, imperfect, preceded by summary, ff 261v-262v, epigrams f 262v, capitula, ff 262v-263r,…" },{ "id" : "040-001609306", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff 329r-335v: Synaxarion, imperfect." },{ "id" : "040-001611685", "parent" : "032-001609242", "text" : "Egerton MS 2783, ff i recto, iv recto: Peter Lombard, fragments of the Sententiae (PL 192 Col. 839), pasted on the inside covers. Gothic script,…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609242
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 2783, ff 1r-9v : Hippolytus of Thebes, extract from Χρονικὸν σύγγραμμα, ff 1r-2v, followed by Eusebius of…
Egerton MS 2783, ff 10r-103v : Gospel of Matthew, ff 14r-103v, preceded by capitula, ff 10r-11v, summary and epigrams, ff 11v-12v, and a portait of…
Egerton MS 2783, ff 103v-161r : Gospel of Mark, ff 107r-161r, preceded by epigrams, ff 103v-104r, summary, ff 104r-v, capitula, ff 105r-v, and…
Egerton MS 2783, ff 161v-261v : Gospel of Luke, ff 167r-261v, preceded by summary, ff 161v-162r, capitula, ff 162r-164r, epigrams and a kind…
Egerton MS 2783, ff 261v-328r : Gospel of John, ff 265r-328r, imperfect, preceded by summary, ff 261v-262v, epigrams f 262v, capitula, ff…
Egerton MS 2783, ff 329r-335v : Synaxarion, imperfect.
Egerton MS 2783, ff i recto, iv recto : Peter Lombard, fragments of the Sententiae (PL 192 Col. 839), pasted on the inside covers. Gothic…
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- 032-001609242
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
335 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2783 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 12th century-13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 335 + iv. ff i and ii are the paste-downs on the inside front and back covers.
Dimensions: 140 x 95 mm.
Ruling: 85 x 60 mm.
Binding: 18th century, brown stamped leather, with blind tooling and gold edges. On the inside of each cover there is a portion of a 13th-century manuscript of the Sententiæ of Peter Lombard.
Decoration: 7 full-page miniatures in colours on gold grounds of the symbols of the Evangelists and Evangelist portraits (lacking a portrait of Luke) (ff 13r, 13v, 106r, 106v, 166v, 264r, 264v). Canon tables in red in frames, with foliate decoration (ff 5r-9v). Large headpieces in red with foliate patterns. Large initials in red with penwork decoration. Small initials in red. Simple headpieces in red. Text and rubrics in red.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
James Woodhouse (d. 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands: no. 4 in his collection (f iii recto).
John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'E Libris Johannis Guilmi Burgon, S. T. B. Coll. Oriel. Socii, die 15 Febr. AS. 1875' (f ii recto); printed description of the manuscript by Burgon in the Guardian, 19 July 1882 (f iii recto, pasted to an unfoliated parchment leaf after f 335).
- Source of Acquisition:
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Bught in 1893 from Rev. W. F. Rose, vicar of Worle, 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_2783].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6661&CollID=28&NStart=2783].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1888-1893, London 1894, p. 474.
F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament for the Use of Biblical Students, 2 vols, 4th edn, London 1894, vol. 1, p. 256.
C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 1, p. 215, 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 1902-1910, vol. 1, p. 187.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1929, pp. 16-17, no. 45.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 87.
I. Spatharakis, Corpus of Dated Illuminated Greek Manuscripts to the Year 1453, (Byzantina Neerlandica 8), 2 vols, Leiden 1981, p. 82, no. 336.
K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin 1994, p. 89.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)