Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Egerton MS 2786
- Record Id:
- 032-001611598
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001611598
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000185
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2786
- Title:
-
Gospel Lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 346; Scrivener evst. 255), imperfect
- Scope & Content:
-
Gospel Lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 346; Scrivener evst. 255). Imperfect, beginning with the Gospel for the 5th day of the 5th week of John, and ending with the Menologion at the 6th January. Partly palimpsest: ff 55 to 157 are composed of leaves from at least four manuscripts of the 12th century, of which one (ff 59, 60) is a Lectionary, containing lections from Matthew; another (ff 55, 64, 73, 80, 84, 85) is a manuscript of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, written in double columns, and containing portions of the Orations (among others, parts of Orations 37, 38, 45); a third (f 132) is a manuscript of the Septuagint, containing part of Daniel 3; and the rest are from a theological work, most of which is wholly obliterated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001611598", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2786: Gospel Lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 346; Scrivener evst. 255), imperfect" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001611598
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001611598
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 157 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2786 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 12th century-14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Parchment. Partly palimpsest: ff 55-157.
Foliation: ff 157 + iii. Three unfoliated paper flyleaves after f i; four after f ii; four after f 157; and five at the end.
Dimensions: 220 x 155 mm.
Ruling: 150 x 120 mm, 20 lines per page.
Script: In two hands, the second of which begins on f 58r.
Binding: Black and blue leather, British Library, 1974,
Decoration: 5 headpieces in red and brown with a braided or geometric pattern (ff. 40v, 65v, 96v, 132, 136v). Large initials in red and/or brown and red with penwork decoration, some anthropomorphic with a hand blessing. Smaller simpler initials in red. Simple headpieces in brown and red. Highlighting of letters in red.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
James Woodhouse (d. 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands: No. 28 of his collection, as 'Evst. 255': inscription, printed notice cited below (f ii recto)
William Bragge (b. 1823, d. 1884), civil engineer, steel manufacturer and collector: his sale, 7 June 1876: printed notice (f ii recto). John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'E libris Johannis Guilielmi Burgon S. T. B. Decani Cicetrensis. dii 8 Junii, AD. 1876' (f i verso), and similar (f iii recto).
Rev. W. F. Rose, vicar of Worle: printed notice in the Guardian about the manuscript by Burgon dated July 28, 1882 (pasted onto f ii recto).
- Source of Acquisition:
-
Purchased from Rev. W. F. Rose, 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:
-
Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2786].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=550&CollID=28&NStart=2786].
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years 1888-1893, London 1894, pp. 475-476.
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. 345.
C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 1, p. 417.
A. Rahlfs, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen philol.-hist. Klasse), Berlin 1914, p. 109.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 88.
J. Mossay and X. Lequeux, Repertorium Nazianzenum: Orationes. Textus Graecus. 2. Codices Americae, Angliae, Austriae (Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums; n.F. Reihe 2, Forschungen zu Gregor von Nazianz 5), Paderborn 1987, p. 61.
K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin 1994, p. 240.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)