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Add MS 37485-37486
- Record Id:
- 032-002053850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002053850
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000046.0x000359
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37485-37486
- Title:
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Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), in two volumes
- Scope & Content:
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Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), in two volumes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002053850", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 37485-37486: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), in two volumes" },{ "id" : "040-002053851", "parent" : "032-002053850", "text" : "Add MS 37485: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), volume 1, containing Matthew and Mark" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002189375", "parent" : "040-002053851", "text" : "Add MS 37485, ff 1r-93v: Gospel of Matthew, ff 5r-93v, preceded by pen-trials, f 1r and f 4r, capitula, ff 2r-3v, and a pen drawing of St Matthew the…" },{ "id" : "041-002189376", "parent" : "040-002053851", "text" : "Add MS 37485, ff 94r-155v: Gospel of Mark, ff 95v-152r, preceded by capitula, ff 94r-v, and a pen drawing of St Mark the Evangelist, f 4v, and…" },{ "id" : "040-002053852", "parent" : "032-002053850", "text" : "Add MS 37486: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), volume 2, containing Luke and John, and additional texts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002189377", "parent" : "040-002053852", "text" : "Add MS 37486, ff 1r-96r: Gospel of Luke." },{ "id" : "041-002189378", "parent" : "040-002053852", "text" : "Add MS 37486, ff 97v-166r: Gospel of John, ff 98r-166r, preceded by capitula, ff 96r-v, and a pen drawing of St John the Evangelist with St Prochoros,…" },{ "id" : "041-002560430", "parent" : "040-002053852", "text" : "Add MS 37486, ff 166v-172r: Prayers of St Basil the Younger, ff 167v-172r, preceded by an epitome of the Synaxarion, f 166v, and verses on St John the…" },{ "id" : "040-002765508", "parent" : "032-002053850", "text" : "Add MS 37486/1: Detached binding from Add MS 37486" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002053850
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 37485 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), volume 1, containing Matthew and Mark
Add MS 37486 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 2291), volume 2, containing Luke and John, and additional texts
Add MS 37486/1 : Detached binding from Add MS 37486
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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2 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1240
- Date Range:
- Early 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff iv + 155; ff ii + 172.
Dimensions: 115 x 75 mm.
Ruling: 75 x 50 mm, 21 lines per page.
Scribe: Xenophon (Repertorium 1A, no. 334).
Binding: Contemporary red leather binding, British Museum. Previous (18th century) red leather binding of Add MS 37486 is housed separately.
Decoration: Pen-drawings of the Evangelists and headpieces.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Presented by Henry Redhead to Clement Chevallier (rector of Badingham, Suffolk), on 24 June 1791: dedicatory inscriptions, Add MS 37485, f ii recto, and Add MS 37486, f i recto.
Owned by Anna Farr Roberts in 1847: ownership inscriptions, Add MS 37485, f i recto, and Add MS 37486, f i recto.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Sotheby's, 15 March 1907, lot 353.
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts]
- Publications:
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C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 3, p. 1206.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1906-1910, London 1912, p. 51.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 70.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin 1994, p. 179.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Chevallier, Clement, Reverend
Redhead, Henry
Roberts, Anna Farr
Xenophon, scribe