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Harley MS 5647
- Record Id:
- 040-001780303
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001780303
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000141
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5647
- Title:
- Four Gospels, with marginal commentary on Matthew, capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke. Gregory-Aland 72; Scrivener4 evan. 72; von Soden ε 110.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001780303", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5647: Four Gospels, with marginal commentary on Matthew, capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke. Gregory-Aland 72;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001780304", "parent" : "040-001780303", "text" : "Harley MS 5647, ff 4-81v: Matthew, preceded by capitula (ff 1v-2v) and a 13th century portrait of Matthew the Evangelist, by a Syriac artist (f 3v)." },{ "id" : "041-001780305", "parent" : "040-001780303", "text" : "Harley MS 5647, ff 86-133: Mark, preceded by a hypothesis (ff 82-82v), Eusebian sections (ff 83-84) and a 13th century portrait of Mark the…" },{ "id" : "041-001780306", "parent" : "040-001780303", "text" : "Harley MS 5647, ff 138v-213: Luke, preceded by a 13th century portrait of Luke the Evangelist, by a Syriac artist (f 137v)." },{ "id" : "041-001780307", "parent" : "040-001780303", "text" : "Harley MS 5647, ff 216-267: John, preceded by a 13th century portrait of John the Evangelist, by a Syriac artist (f 215v)." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001780303 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5647 : Four Gospels, with marginal commentary on Matthew, capitula, Eusebian sections, and hypotheses to Mark and Luke. Gregory-Aland… - Contains:
- Harley MS 5647, ff 4-81v : Matthew, preceded by capitula (ff 1v-2v) and a 13th century portrait of Matthew the Evangelist, by a Syriac artist (f 3v).
Harley MS 5647, ff 86-133 : Mark, preceded by a hypothesis (ff 82-82v), Eusebian sections (ff 83-84) and a 13th century portrait of Mark the…
Harley MS 5647, ff 138v-213 : Luke, preceded by a 13th century portrait of Luke the Evangelist, by a Syriac artist (f 137v).
Harley MS 5647, ff 216-267 : John, preceded by a 13th century portrait of John the Evangelist, by a Syriac artist (f 215v).
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Harley MS 5647 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5650]/040-001780303
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 items
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5647 (digital images currently unavailable)
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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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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
- Parchment. ff 268. 250 x 200 (161 x 102) mm. Ruling Leroy 610A1, right hand justification quadruple, 22 lines (ff 1-236) and 24 lines (ff 237-268). Headpieces and initials in red ink. Inserted illuminated evangelist portraits by a Syriac artist, 13th cent.(?), with Arabic marginal titles (ff 3v, 85v, 137v, 215v). Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered in upper right corner of first recto of each gathering (ff 4-180) αʹ-κβʹ (f 173). 18th cent. French binding of red leather over wooden boards.
- Custodial History:
- Owned by the Monastery of St Symeon the Wonder-Worker (the Younger Stylite) on the Wondrous Mountain, near Seleukeia Pieria on the Orontes, 'in the days of Hosios Petros, kathegoumenos and archimandrite' (inscriptions in Greek (f 1) and Arabic (f 267v));
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, III p.284.
- J. N. Birdsall, 'The New Testament Text', in The Cambridge History of the Bible, I: From the Beginnings to Jerome, ed. P. R. Ackroyd and C. F. Evans, Cambridge 1970, p.325, pl.23.
- K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (Berlin and New York, 2nd edn., 1994), p. 50 (GA 72).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)