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Egerton MS 2785
- Record Id:
- 032-001609279
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609279
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000183
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2785
- Title:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 715; Scrivener evan. 564; von Soden ε 364)
- Scope & Content:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 715; Scrivener evan. 564; von Soden ε 364).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001609279", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 715; Scrivener evan. 564; von Soden ε 364)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001611673", "parent" : "032-001609279", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785, ff i-ii, iii-iv: Pasted flyleaves with names of icon donors to a church, dated 25 August 1720, f ii recto, and other Greek names, f…" },{ "id" : "040-001611675", "parent" : "032-001609279", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785, ff 1r-8r: Synaxarion and Menologion, ff 1r-8r, followed by a scholion on Matthew 1, entitled σχόλιον εἰς τὸν…" },{ "id" : "040-001611676", "parent" : "032-001609279", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785, ff 9r-53r: Gospel of Matthew." },{ "id" : "040-001611677", "parent" : "032-001609279", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785, ff 53v-85v: Gospel of Mark, ff 55r-85v, preceded by capitula, f 53v, a prologue attributed to Cosmas Indikopleustes, ff 54r-v, and an…" },{ "id" : "040-001611678", "parent" : "032-001609279", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785, ff 85v-138r: Gospel of Luke, ff 89r-138r, preceded by capitula, ff 85v-86v, a prologue, ff 86v-88v, and an epigram, f 88v." },{ "id" : "040-001611679", "parent" : "032-001609279", "text" : "Egerton MS 2785, ff 138v-175r: Gospel of John, ff 141r-175r, preceded by capitula, f 138v; Προοίμιον ἐξ ἀνεπιγράφου, ff…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609279
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 2785, ff i-ii, iii-iv : Pasted flyleaves with names of icon donors to a church, dated 25 August 1720, f ii recto, and other Greek names,…
Egerton MS 2785, ff 1r-8r : Synaxarion and Menologion, ff 1r-8r, followed by a scholion on Matthew 1, entitled σχόλιον εἰς…
Egerton MS 2785, ff 9r-53r : Gospel of Matthew.
Egerton MS 2785, ff 53v-85v : Gospel of Mark, ff 55r-85v, preceded by capitula, f 53v, a prologue attributed to Cosmas Indikopleustes, ff 54r-v, and…
Egerton MS 2785, ff 85v-138r : Gospel of Luke, ff 89r-138r, preceded by capitula, ff 85v-86v, a prologue, ff 86v-88v, and an epigram, f 88v.
Egerton MS 2785, ff 138v-175r : Gospel of John, ff 141r-175r, preceded by capitula, f 138v; Προοίμιον ἐξ ἀνεπιγράφου,…
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- 032-001609279
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 2785
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 176 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2785 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff iv + 176. In addition, two unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and two at the end.
Dimensions: 270 x 195 mm.
Ruling: 205 x 155 mm; written in two columns, 29 lines per column.
Binding: Half black leather, 19th century.
Decoration: Four large headpieces and initials in red with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Gospels (ff 9r, 55r, 89r, 141r). Small initials and apparatus in red. Simple headpiece in red (f 175v).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
A slightly later cypher alphabet and a note in cypher (f 8r).
Note in Greek dated 25 August 1720 (f ii recto).
James Woodhouse (d. 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands: no. 37 in his collection.
John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'Liber Johannis Guilielmi Burgon S. T. B. Decani Cicestr. AD. 1875' (f i verso).
Rev. W. F. Rose, vicar of Worle: described by Burgon in the Guardian, 19 July, 1882, and collated by Rose, bought by the British Museum, 8 July 1893, 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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Rev. W. F. Rose, vicar of Worle: described by Burgon in the Guardian, 19 July, 1882, and collated by Rose, bought by the British Museum, 8 July 1893, 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_2785].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=549&CollID=28&NStart=2785].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1888-1893, London 1894, p. 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 Testaments, 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. 178.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1929, p. 17, no. 47.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, pp. 87-88.
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)