Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 39593
- Record Id:
- 040-002059214
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002059203
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001215.0x000196
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 39593
- Title:
-
PARHAM MS XI: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 550; Scrivener evan. 537; von Soden ε 250), with prefaces taken from the commentary of Theophylact, and synaxaria
- Scope & Content:
-
PARHAM MS XI: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 550; Scrivener evan. 537; von Soden ε 250), with prefaces taken from the commentary of Theophylact, and synaxaria.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002059203
040-002059214 - Is part of:
- Add MS 39583-39671 : PARHAM MANUSCRIPTS. These eighty-nine MSS., 39583-39671, were bequeathed, with Oriental MSS. 8729-8855, by Darea Curzon,…
Add MS 39593 : PARHAM MS XI: Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 550; Scrivener evan. 537; von Soden ε 250), with prefaces taken from the commentary… - Contains:
- Add MS 39593, ff 1r-49v : Gospel of Matthew, ff 3r-49v, preceded by epigrams on the Gospel of Matthew, f 1r, and a preface taken from the commentary…
Add MS 39593, ff 50r-82r : Gospel of Mark, ff 52r-82r, preceded by capitula, ff 50r-v and a preface taken from the commentary of Theophylact,…
Add MS 39593, ff 82v-136v : Gospel of Luke, ff 84r-136v, preceded by capitula, ff 82v-83v and a preface taken from the commentary of Theophylact,…
Add MS 39593, ff 136v-178v : Gospel of John, ff 138r-178v, preceded by capitula, ff 136v-137r, and and a preface taken from the commentary…
Add MS 39593, ff 179r-193v : Synaxarion for the immovable feasts, entitled Μηνολόγιον, ff 179r-190v, Synaxarion for the Saturdays and…
Add MS 39593, ff 194r-211r : Synaxarion of the entire year with rubrics, ff 194-210v, followed by Eusebius, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 39593 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002059203[0011]/040-002059214
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 39583-39671
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
211 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_39593 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 211.
Dimensions: 255 x 195 mm.
Ruling: 180 x 125 mm, 33 lines per page.
Binding: (possibly contemporary) of boards covered with black leather, blind-tooled, with cross on front cover, much rubbed.
Decoration: Decorated headpieces. Initials, lists of chapters, Ammonian section-numbers, and lection notes in red, much-faded.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Gerasimus of Torphane, owned in 1609: ownership inscription (f 192v).
Karakallou Monastery, Mount Athos, owned, whence it was acquired by Robert Curzon in 1837: inscription (f 2v).
- Former External References:
- Curzon Greek MS 9
Curzon MS 74 - Former Internal References:
- Parham MS 11
- Source of Acquisition:
-
Add MSS 39583-39671, along with Oriental MSS 8729-8855, were bequeathed to the British Museum by Darea Curzon, Baroness Zouche (d. 1917), having been part of the collection formed at Parham, Co. Sussex, by the Hon. Robert Curzon, afterwards 14th Baron Zouche, as the result of his travels in the Levant, etc., in 1833 and later. A copy of Robert Curzon's Catalogue of Materials for Writing, ... Rolls and other Manuscripts and Oriental Manuscript Books (1849), with manuscript additions, accompanied the gift, and is now Add MS 64098.
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts]
- Publications:
-
F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, 2 vols, 4th edn, London 1894, vol. 1, pp. 252-253.
C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 1, p. 202.
H. von Soden, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, 4 vols, Berlin 1902-1910, vol. 1, p. 156.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1916-1920, London 1933, pp. 72-73.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 75.
K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin 1994, p. 79.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gerasimus, of Torphane, former owner of a set of gospels, fl after 12th century
Monastery of Caracallou, Athos, Mount
Theophylact, of Bulgaria, c 1050-c 1108