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032-002110470

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Add MS 4950-4951

Title:

Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 449; Scrivener evan. 449; von Soden ε 330)

Scope & Content:

Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 449; Scrivener evan. 449; von Soden ε 330), in two volumes, with prologues, kephalaia, titloi, Eusebian canons, and indications of lections. Followed by menologion and synaxarion.

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Greek Manuscripts

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Add MS 4950 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 449; Scrivener evan. 449; von Soden ε 330)
Add MS 4951 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 449; Scrivener evan. 449; von Soden ε 330)

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Record Type (Level):

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2 items

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1200

End Date:

1299

Date Range:

13th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Parchment.

Foliation: ff 146, 171.

Dimensions: 125 x 90 mm.

Ruling: 95 x 60 mm, 24 lines per page.

Binding: Half goat leather binding with blue cloth and leather corners.

Scribe: Γεράσιμος (Repertorium, 1A, 51); Add 4951, f 171r.

Decoration: Miniatures of the Evangelists at 4950, f 4r (Matthew), 4950, f 90v (Mark), 4951, f 1r (Luke) and 4951, f 91r (John). Some pages, including the first page of each Gospel, have ornamental headpieces and initials, in brown, yellow and green.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean. Written by the scribe Gerasimos: colophon (Add MS 4951, f 171r) +Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα/ καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες ἰδεῖν λιμένα,/οὕτως καὶ οἱ γράφοντες βιβλίου τέλος./Ὢ παντέφορε καὶ τριφεγγεὶς οὐσία/ εἰ τῷ κράτει σου τὸ πᾶν περιστυχοῦσα/ σκέπε φρούρει φύλαττε τῷ κτισαμένῳ/ πίστει καὶ πόθῳ σὺν τῷ γράψαντι,/ πανευκλεεῖ γραφέω μοναχῷ στε τάλα/νι τῷ Γερασίμῳ. Ὦ Χριστὲ χρηστότητος καὶ φυλακτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου σκέπε,/ φρούρει, φύλαττε τοὺς φιλοχρίστους πάντας/ ἔμπλησον αὐτοὺς τὸν σίτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον/ ἵνα τρέφουσι τοὺς ξένους καὶ τοὺς φίλους/ ὥσπερ Ἀβραὰμ ὁ φιλόξενος πάλαι/ πυκτὶς ὑπάρχει Μακαρίου ἁμαρτωλοῦ.

Provenance:

Owned by César de Missy (1703-1775), Prussian critic and divine. De Missy was George III's French chaplain, and spent his life collecting materials for an edition of the New Testament.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased at the sale of de Missy's library, 18-26 March 1776, lot 1639.

Administrative Context:

Eastern Mediterranean. Written by the scribe Gerasimos: colophon (Add MS 4951, f 171r) +Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα/ καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες ἰδεῖν λιμένα,/οὕτως καὶ οἱ γράφοντες βιβλίου τέλος./Ὢ παντέφορε καὶ τριφεγγεὶς οὐσία/ εἰ τῷ κράτει σου τὸ πᾶν περιστυχοῦσα/ σκέπε φρούρει φύλαττε τῷ κτισαμένῳ/ πίστει καὶ πόθῳ σὺν τῷ γράψαντι,/ πανευκλεεῖ γραφέω μοναχῷ στε τάλα/νι τῷ Γερασίμῳ. Ὦ Χριστὲ χρηστότητος καὶ φυλακτὴρ τοῦ κόσμου σκέπε,/ φρούρει, φύλαττε τοὺς φιλοχρίστους πάντας/ ἔμπλησον αὐτοὺς τὸν σίτον καὶ τὸν οἶνον/ ἵνα τρέφουσι τοὺς ξένους καὶ τοὺς φίλους/ ὥσπερ Ἀβραὰμ ὁ φιλόξενος πάλαι/ πυκτὶς ὑπάρχει Μακαρίου ἁμαρτωλοῦ.

Publications:

F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, 2 vols, 4th edn, London 1894, I, pp. 239-240.

C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, I, p. 191.

Hermann von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte 4 vols, Berlin 1902-1910, I, p. 175

M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 2.

The British Library Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts, 1756-1782, London 1977, pp. 289-290.

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. 74.

I. Vassis, Initia Carminum Byzantinorum, Berlin 2005, pp. 904-905.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Gerasimos, scribe, fl Early 12th century
Missy, César, theologian, chaplain to George III, and book collector, 1703-1775