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Add MS 16943
- Record Id:
- 032-002168916
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002168916
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x0000fc
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187620079.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 16943
- Title:
- Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 497)
- Scope & Content:
- Four Gospels
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002168916", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 16943: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 497)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002168917", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 1-2: Eusebius of Caesarea, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones evangeliorum praemissa (TLG 2018.013)." },{ "id" : "040-002168918", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 2-8: Prefaces and canon-tables." },{ "id" : "040-002168919", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, f 8v: Μαξίμου μοναχοῦ." },{ "id" : "040-002168920", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 10-57v: Matthew, preceded by chapter-titles (ff 9r-v)." },{ "id" : "040-002168921", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 61-90v: Mark, preceded by chapter-titles (ff 59r-v) and a portrait of St Mark the Evangelist (f 60v)." },{ "id" : "040-002168922", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 91-144: Luke, preceded by a portrait of St Luke the Evangelist (f 90v)." },{ "id" : "040-002168923", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 146-183: John, preceded by chapter-titles (f 144v) and a portrait of St John the Evangelist (f 145v)." },{ "id" : "040-002168924", "parent" : "032-002168916", "text" : "Add MS 16943, ff 184r-v: Genealogy of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, from Cosmas Indicopleustes." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002168916
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 16943, ff 1-2 : Eusebius of Caesarea, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones evangeliorum praemissa (TLG 2018.013).
Add MS 16943, ff 2-8 : Prefaces and canon-tables.
Add MS 16943, f 8v : Μαξίμου μοναχοῦ.
Add MS 16943, ff 10-57v : Matthew, preceded by chapter-titles (ff 9r-v).
Add MS 16943, ff 61-90v : Mark, preceded by chapter-titles (ff 59r-v) and a portrait of St Mark the Evangelist (f 60v).
Add MS 16943, ff 91-144 : Luke, preceded by a portrait of St Luke the Evangelist (f 90v).
Add MS 16943, ff 146-183 : John, preceded by chapter-titles (f 144v) and a portrait of St John the Evangelist (f 145v).
Add MS 16943, ff 184r-v : Genealogy of Jesus Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, from Cosmas Indicopleustes.
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 8 items
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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- Material: Parchment.
- Foliation: ff (iv) + 184 + (ii).
- Dimensions: 157 x 123 mm.
- Ruling: 100 x 75 mm; written in 1 column, 22-23 lines per column.
- Binding: Full red leather binding.
- Custodial History:
- f 2: 1696 <Φλεβαρίου> Σωφρόνιος Ἱερομόναχος ταβουλάρις. Owned by Hon. Frederic North, later 5th Earl of Guilford.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased at James Bohn's sale, Hammond's, 18 May 1847, lot 947.
- Publications:
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- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1846-1847 (London, 1864), p. 327.
- C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, vol. 1 (Leipzig, 1900), p. 196 (e 497).
- M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe (Paris, 1952), p. 26.
- K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (Berlin and New York, 2nd edn., 1994), p. 76 (GA 497).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)