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Egerton MS 2784
- Record Id:
- 032-001609274
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609274
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000182
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2784
- Title:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 716; Scrivener evan. 565; von Soden ε 448)
- Scope & Content:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 716; Scrivener evan. 565; von Soden ε 448).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001609274", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2784: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 716; Scrivener evan. 565; von Soden ε 448)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001609282", "parent" : "032-001609274", "text" : "Egerton MS 2784, ff 1r-57r: Gospel of Matthew." },{ "id" : "040-001609283", "parent" : "032-001609274", "text" : "Egerton MS 2784, ff 57v-96r: Gospel of Mark, ff 58r-96r, preceded by capitula, f 57v." },{ "id" : "040-001609284", "parent" : "032-001609274", "text" : "Egerton MS 2784, ff 96v-163r: Gospel of Luke, ff 97r-163r, preceded by capitula, f 96v." },{ "id" : "040-001609285", "parent" : "032-001609274", "text" : "Egerton MS 2784, ff 164r-214v: Gospel of John, ff 164r-214v, followed by Synaxarion, imperfect, f 214v." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609274
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 2784, ff 1r-57r : Gospel of Matthew.
Egerton MS 2784, ff 57v-96r : Gospel of Mark, ff 58r-96r, preceded by capitula, f 57v.
Egerton MS 2784, ff 96v-163r : Gospel of Luke, ff 97r-163r, preceded by capitula, f 96v.
Egerton MS 2784, ff 164r-214v : Gospel of John, ff 164r-214v, followed by Synaxarion, imperfect, f 214v.
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- 032-001609274
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 2784
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 214 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2784 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 214 + v, v*. Two unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning of the manuscript (after f ii) and two at the end (after f 214, before f v*). f i is the paste-down on the inside front board. ff iii-v are fragments of the former binding, kept in the same box as the manuscript.
Dimensions: 215 x 140 mm.
Ruling: 150 x 95 mm, 24 lines per column.
Binding: 19th-century brown leather with gold tooling by F. Bedford; gilt edges. The former binding (16th-century stamped black leather) is preserved in the box containing the manuscript, and is now ff iii-v.
Decoration: 4 large headpieces in brown with geometric decoration at the beginning of Gospels (ff 1r, 58r, 97r, 164r). 3 smaller headpieces in brown with geometric decoration for tables (ff 57v, 96v, 214v). Initials in brown with penwork decoration, one anthropomorphic with a blessing hand (f 164r). Rubrics and notes in red.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'Liber Johannis Guilmi Burgon S. T. B. Decani Cicestr. AD. 1877 die sext. mensis Junii' (f i recto); printed notice in the Guardian about the manuscript by him from July 19, 1882 (pasted onto f i recto).
Rev. W. F. Rose, vicar of Worle.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Rev. W. F. Rose, 8 July 1893, by 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:
- 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_2784].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=548&CollID=28&NStart=2784].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1888-1893, London 1894, pp. 474-475.
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. 195.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1929, p. 17, no. 46.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 87.
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)