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Add MS 40749
- Record Id:
- 032-002250162
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002250162
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000063.0x0001cd
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40749
- Title:
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Offices for St Demetrius Myroblytes and the Great Earthquake, from the Menaion (October 26th)
- Scope & Content:
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Offices for St Demetrius Myroblytes and the Great Earthquake, from the Menaion (October 26th). The volume consists of two distinct portions, of different dates:
A 17th-century manuscript containing part of the Morning Office, ff 1r-30v, followed by an eighteenth-century leaf (ff 31r-v) containing the missing conclusion.
A 15th-century manuscript presenting the round of offices from Little Vespers onwards and breaking off imperfectly in the second Epistle of the Liturgy, ff 32r-70v.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002250162
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002250162
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 70 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_40749 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 15th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 70. Two unfoliated modern paper flyleaves and one contemporary parchment flyleaf at the beginning. One contemporary parchment flyleaf and three paper flyleaves at the end. A composite manuscript, ff 1-30 dating from the 17th century, f 31 from the 18th century, ff 32-33, ff 35-37, and ff 39-70 from the 15th century, ff 34, 38 possibly from the 16th century.
Dimensions: 195 x 125 mm.
Ruling: irregular.
Binding: Modern, half black.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Owned by Jeremiah, a hierodeacon: ownership inscription, f 1r: Ἐτούτη ἡ βίβλος ὑπάρχει Ἰερεμία Ἰεροδιακόνου κτῆμα.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased at Hodgson's, 20 April 1923, lot 527.
- 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=Add_MS_40749].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1921-1925, London 1950, p. 166.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 82.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)