(Q47078)
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Bible
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Everett, Edward, 1794-1865
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Turkey--1050-1100
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ca. 1050-ca. 1100
11. century
1050Gregorian
1100Gregorian
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Extent: 230 leaves, bound : vellum ; 29 cm.
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The weekday lections are from John, those for Saturday and Sunday from Matthew and Luke. An index to the lections by a 19th-century scholar (in photocopy) is shelved with the ms.
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Written by one scribe in a professional medium-large round and clear liturgical minuscule hand with slight inclination to the right. The writing is in two columns in brown ink.
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There are a few small headpieces, wavy division bars, and pen-ornamented initial letters, all in magenta ink. Ekphonetic notation is also in magenta ink.
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The ms. probably comes from an outlying province of the Byzantine empire. Earlier cataloging had dated this ms. to the 13th century, but the writing differs from the archaizing scripts of that later time.
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Bound in early 19th-century brown leather over wooden boards, gilt. The binding is as vol. 1 of a 2-volume set (kept together as MS Gr 7), but MS Gr 7 vol. 1 was originally a different manuscript.
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In a tray case, 30 cm.
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Purchased by Edward Everett in Constantinople, 1819.
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Gift of Edward Everett, 1820.
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23 July 2024
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23 July 2024
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