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Harley MS 5657

Record Id:

040-001780313

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001780313

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000143

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5657

Title:

Collection of ecclesiastical writings

Scope & Content:

Collection of ecclesiastical writings.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Οἱ…" },{ "id" : "041-001780319", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 56v-63v: Nicephorus I, Patriarch of Constantinople, Letter to Theodosios of Corinth (PG 100.1061A-1064D), inc. Περὶ ὧν…" },{ "id" : "041-001780320", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 63v-66: Extract from Nicephorus I, Patriarch of Constantinople, Letter to Theodosios of Corinth, inc. Τὸ λύειν καὶ…" },{ "id" : "041-001780321", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 66-69v: Extracts from Ioannes Moschos, Pratum Spirituale, Peter I, Bishop of Alexandria (can. 15; PG 18.508B8-C1), Nicolas I,…" },{ "id" : "041-001780322", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 69v-70: Extract from Balsamon περὶ ἡγουμένων ἀνιέρων." },{ "id" : "041-001780323", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 70-71v: Summary of Nikon of the Black Mountain, Pandect No. 40 περὶ τοῦ μὴ κρίνειν ἱερέα. Nikon's Pandect…" },{ "id" : "041-001780324", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 71v-72: Nikon of the Black Mountain, Pandect No. 41 περὶ προχειρίσεως (PG 106.1373D-1375A)." },{ "id" : "041-001780325", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 72-73: Question and answer περὶ ἀσθενείας γερόντων. Inc. Τίς τῶν γερόντων ἐρώτησε." },{ "id" : "041-001780326", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 73-82: Nikolaos Chrysoberges, Patriarch of Constantinople, Περὶ διαίτης κοσμικῶν τοῦ ὅλου…" },{ "id" : "041-001780327", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 82-87: Neilos, Epistolae 3: 82, 125, 129, 141, 156, 182, 209, 213, 219, 235 (PG 79.425, 441, 444, 448, 457, 469, 480, 484, 492; CPG…" },{ "id" : "041-001780328", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, f 87: Ἐρώτησις τοῦ Στουδίτου. inc. Περὶ τῶν θελόντων βαπτισθῆναι." },{ "id" : "041-001780329", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, f 87v: Extract on the divine liturgy, inc. Τί δ'ἄλλο ἔστι τὸ λειπόμενον." },{ "id" : "041-001780330", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 88-90: Gregory of Nazianzus, Testamentum (PG 37.389-396; CPG 3033). Slightly abbreviated at the end." },{ "id" : "041-001780331", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 90-93: Donation of the Emperor Constantine. Mansi II, pp. 606-611. inc. Δέον ἐκρίναμεν μετὰ πάντων…" },{ "id" : "041-001780332", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 93-94: Τάξις γινομενὴ ἐν τῷ ασοφορεῖσαι κοσμικὸν. Goar pp. 378-379." },{ "id" : "041-001780333", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 94v-95: Extract from Nikon, inc. Διηγήσατο τις τῶν ὁσίων πατέρων ὅτι ἦν τις…" },{ "id" : "041-001780334", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 95v-97: Ἐξομολογητικὸν ἔγγραφον πρὸς πατέρα πνευμικὸν. inc. Τὴν εἰκονα…" },{ "id" : "041-001780335", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 97-98: Three prayers for those who have eaten unclean food, etc." },{ "id" : "041-001780336", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 98-101v: Amphilochius of Iconium, De non desperando (BHG3 1450w)." },{ "id" : "041-001780337", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 101v-103: Amphilochius of Iconium, De diaboli paenitentia (BHG3 1445m)." },{ "id" : "041-001780338", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 103v-104v: Λειτουργία τοῦ μικροῦ σχήματος. Διάταξις περὶ ασοφόρου." },{ "id" : "041-001780339", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 104v-110: Ἀκολουθία τοῦ μανδυωτικοῦ μικροῦ σχήματος. Goar p. 382." },{ "id" : "041-001780340", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 110-113: Anastasius I, Patriarch of Antioch, De tribus quadragesimis (PG 89.1389C-1397C; CPG 7773)." },{ "id" : "041-001780341", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, f 113: Life of St Leontios. inc. ῾Ο ἐν ἁγίοις πατὴρ ἡμῶν Λεόντιος ἐν τῷ ὅρει…" },{ "id" : "041-001780342", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 113v-128v: John, Patriarch of Antioch (d.441), De azymis. Printed in Orientalia Christiana II3 (1923) pp. 244-263. Inc.…" },{ "id" : "041-001780343", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 128v-136: John, Metropolites of Claudioupolis, De azymis. Inc. Ἐπειδή σοι μαθεῖν ἔρως." },{ "id" : "041-001780344", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 136-138v: Photius, Contra Francos. J. A. G. Hergenröther, Monumenta graeca ad Photium eiusque historiam pertinentia, Regensburg…" },{ "id" : "041-001780345", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 138v-139v: Numbers 31: 2-24." },{ "id" : "041-001780346", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 139v-140: Extract from Philo, inc. Ἐπαινέσας δὲ Μωΰσης τόν τε στρατηγὸν Φηνεές." },{ "id" : "041-001780347", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 140v-141v: Hippocrates, Epistula ad Ptolemaeum regem de hominis fabrica. F. Z. Ermins, Anecdota medica Graeca, Leiden 1840, pp.…" },{ "id" : "041-001780348", "parent" : "040-001780313", "text" : "Harley MS 5657, ff 143-143v: Λίβελος διδόμενος παρὰ Λατίνων τῶν προσερχομένων τῇ ἁγίᾳ τοῦ…" }]

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-001780313

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5657 : Collection of ecclesiastical writings

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Hierarchy:

032-002045828[5660]/040-001780313

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

143 folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1399

Date Range:

14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper (w.m. cf. Briquet 16022 (type indéterminée; Bologna 1317)).

Foliation: ff 143.

Dimensions: 233 x 150 (188 x 110) mm.

Ruling: 18-31 lines.

Binding: British Museum, half brown leather (1964).

Script: Several scribes.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance:

Owned by the hieromonk Germanos (f 4; Fontes p. 161).

Acquired by Bernard Mould at Smyrna in 1724 (f 143v; Fontes p. 246).

Acquired from Mould for the Harleian Library, 28 July 1725 (f 1; Diary p. 368 n.2).

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_5657].

Publications:

J. Goar, Euchologion sive Rituale Graecum, Venice 1730.

J. D. Mansi, Collectio Conciliorum, Paris/Leipzig, etc., 1759-1962.

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, III, p. 285.

C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes, 4 vols, Geneva, etc. 1907 (repr. Amsterdam 1965).

C. E. Wright and R. C. Wright, The Diary of Humphrey Wanley 1715-1726, 2 vols, London 1966, p. 368 n.2.

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, pp. 161, 246.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 156-157.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)