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Harley MS 5650
- Record Id:
- 040-001780308
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001780308
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000142
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5650
- Title:
- Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 25a)
- Scope & Content:
- Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 25a). Partly palimpsest.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001780308", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5650: Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 25a)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001780309", "parent" : "040-001780308", "text" : "Harley MS 5650, ff 1-112: Gospel lectionary, inc. John 16:25 (Thursday of Pentecost). Gregory-Aland l 25a; Scrivener evst. 25." },{ "id" : "041-001780310", "parent" : "040-001780308", "text" : "Harley MS 5650, ff 113-120: Resurrection Gospels. Gregory-Aland l 25b; Scrivener evst. 25b. An insertion, 11th century" },{ "id" : "041-001780311", "parent" : "040-001780308", "text" : "Harley MS 5650, ff 121-136, 237-267: Synaxarion 1 Sept.-31 Aug." },{ "id" : "041-001780312", "parent" : "040-001780308", "text" : "Harley MS 5650, ff 45-108, 265-267: Palimpsest leaves, re-using three liturgical MSS of the 10th or 11th centuries:(a) ff 45-100, 102+107. Menaeum(?)…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001780308 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5650 : Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 25a) - Contains:
- Harley MS 5650, ff 1-112 : Gospel lectionary, inc. John 16:25 (Thursday of Pentecost). Gregory-Aland l 25a; Scrivener evst. 25.
Harley MS 5650, ff 113-120 : Resurrection Gospels. Gregory-Aland l 25b; Scrivener evst. 25b. An insertion, 11th century
Harley MS 5650, ff 121-136, 237-267 : Synaxarion 1 Sept.-31 Aug.
Harley MS 5650, ff 45-108, 265-267 : Palimpsest leaves, re-using three liturgical MSS of the 10th or 11th centuries:(a) ff 45-100, 102+107.…
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- 032-002045828[5653]/040-001780308
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
168 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5650 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 11th century-12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment and (f 268) paper.
Foliation: ff 168 (f 136 followed without loss of text by f 237).
Dimensions: 240 x 157 (160/175 x 103) mm. (ff 1-112, 121-136, 237-267); 230 x 155 (133 x 105) mm. (ff 113-120).
Ruling: Leroy 20D1 (f 93 20A1), 21-23 lines (ff 1-112, 121-136, 237-267), 25 lines (ff 113-120).
Collation: Gatherings of 8, numbered εʹ-κζʹ (ι4 κ4 (ff 113-120) κς4 κζ3).
Binding: British Museum, half brown leather (1964).
Scribe: (ff 1-112v, 121-136v, 237-267v) Nikephoros (Νικηφόρος, Repertorium 1A, no. 306).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Written by Nikephoros, lector and protopsaltes, at the expense of Nikolaos Skunoplokos, priest (f 267v; Repertorium 1A, no. 306; Evangelatou-Notara pp. 75, 184, there incorrectly dated to the 11th century).
Owned by John Covel, D.D. (his Greek MS XXI, f 1; Fontes p. 116).
Purchased from Covel for the Harleian Library, 27 February 1715/6 (Diary pp. xxxiv-xxxvi).
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- 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=harley_ms_5650].
- Publications:
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J. J. Griesbach, Symbolae Criticae ad supplendas et corrigendas variarum Novi Testamenti lectionum collectiones, 2 vols, Halle 1785-1793, II.16.
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, III, p.284.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) p. 347.
F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, 2 vols, 4th edn, London 1894
C. E. Wright and R. C. Wright, The Diary of Humphrey Wanley 1715-1726, 2 vols, London 1966, pp. xxxiv-xxxvi.
C. E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1972, p. 116.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien, (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna, 1981, no. 306.
F. Evangelatou-Notara, Σημειώματα Ἑλληνικῶν Κωδίκων ὡς Πηγὴ διὰ τὴν Ἔρευναν τοῦ Οικονομικοῦ καὶ Κοινωνικοῦ Βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου Αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ Ἔτους 1204, Athens 1982, pp. 75, 184.
K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (Berlin and New York, 2nd edn., 1994), p. 220 (GA l 25a).
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 155-156.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)