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Add MS 5111
- Record Id:
- 040-003377960
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002227712
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100045921555.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5111
- Title:
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Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 438; Scrivener evan. 438; von Soden ε 241), in two volumes the other being Add MS 5112
- Scope & Content:
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Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 438; Scrivener evan. 438; von Soden ε 241), in two volumes the other being Add MS 5112. This volume contains the Gospels of Matthew and Mark.
Folios 10-11 were removed and are housed in a separate volume as Add MS 5111/1. Folio 12 is housed in another separate volume as Add MS 5111/2.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002227712
040-003377960 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5111-5112 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 438; Scrivener evan. 438; von Soden ε 241), in two volumes
Add MS 5111 : Four Gospels (Gregory-Aland 438; Scrivener evan. 438; von Soden ε 241), in two volumes the other being Add MS 5112 - Contains:
- Add MS 5111, ff 1r-9r : Eusebius of Caesarea, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones evangeliorum praemissa (CPG 3465), entitled Πρόγραμμα…
Add MS 5111, ff 13r-134v : Gospel of Matthew.
Add MS 5111, ff 134v-211v : Gospel of Mark, ff 136r-211v, preceded by capitula (Soden, pp. 407-409) and subscription (Soden, p. 297), ff 134v-135v.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 5111 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002227712[0005]/040-003377960
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5111-5112
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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In two volumes (Add MS 5111, Add MS 5112)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0500
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 6th century-12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff v + 211 + iv, 241.
Dimensions: 255 x 180 mm.
Ruling: 175 x 100 mm, 18 lines per page.
Binding: British Museum red leather binding.
Scribe: Γρηγόριος συγκελλιώτης τοῦ γεροντίου (died 1189), Repertorium 1A, no. 83. See Add ΜS 5112, f 235v. + ἐκοιμίθη ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ Γρηγόριος μοναχὸς ὁ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον τοῦτο Εὐαγγέλιον γράψας μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίῳ δα΄ νζ΄ ἔτους; f 241r: ἐκοιμίθη ὁ δοῦλος τοῦ Θεοῦ Γρηγόριος μοναχὸς ὁ Συγκελιώτης τοῦ γεροντίου, ὁ καὶ γράψας τὴν βἰβλον ταύτην, μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίῳ ἔτους ςχϟζ΄, ἰνδ. ζ΄ ἡμέρᾳ δ΄.
Decoration: Canon tables, dating from the 6th or 7th century, inserted as ff 10-11 of Add MS 5111 are now housed in separate volume as Add MS 5111/1. Portrait of the Evangelist Matthew, dating from the third quarter of the 12th century, inserted as f 12 is now housed in a separate volume as Add MS 5111/2.
- Custodial History:
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Owned by Anthony Askew (1722-1774).
Purchased at Askew's sale, 15 March 1785, lot 622.
- Information About Copies:
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· Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digital Manuscripts, https://bl.uk/manuscripts/.
- Publications:
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E. M. Thompson and G. F. Warner, Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part I, Greek Manuscripts , London 1881, p. 21 and pl. XI.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes , 45 (1884), 339 (p. 28 in the offprint, which is paginated 1-40).
F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament , 2 vols, 4th edn, London 1894, vol. 1, p. 239.
C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testaments , 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 1, p. 190.
Hermann 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.
C. Nordenfalk, Die spätantiken Kanontafeln , Göteborg 1938, pp. 127 ff.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 3.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 5111, ff 134v-211v
Add MS 5111, ff 13r-134v
Add MS 5111, ff 1r-9r
Add MS 5111/2