Beta
D40940
Meteora, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Βαρλαάμ, 45. No diktyon: 40940.
s. XV-XVI
| Paper, 238 ff., 95 × 153
mm,
1 col., 16 lines per page.
|
Minuscule.
| Scribe:
Χριστόφορος
ff. 1r-175v.
| Provenance: Cyprus?.
| Owners:
Βησσαρίων, μοναχὸς (17th c. ?)
see f. 237r,
Γεράσιμος Ράσκας
see f. 236r,
Διονύσιος μοναχὸς (17th-18th c.?)
see f. 238r.
Horologion.
| Anthropomorphic initial on f. 23v. We are grateful to the monastic community of the Varlaam Monastery for providing us access to the manuscript images.
| Text-type: L?.
Content | |
1r–24v | Nocturns, tit. “ἀρχὴ σὺν Θεῷ ἁγίῳ τῆς ἀκολουθί(ας) τοῦ ὡρολογίου· περιέχων ἅπασαν τὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας τάξιν, ἥτις ψάλλεται διὰ παντὸς καθ᾽ ἑκάστην ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ νυχθημέρῳ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ὅλου” |
25r–63v | Matins, tit. “καὶ ἄρχεται ὁ ὄρθρος” Odes 1-9 on ff. 41r-56r |
63v–87v | Hours |
88r–175v | Liturgical Menologion. At the end is written: “θ(ε)οῦ τὸ δῶρον, καὶ Χριστοφόρου πόνος:· τέλος τοῦ ὡρολογίου” Cf. DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3805 |
176r–181v | Liturgical canons, inc. “καὶ ἐκδεχομένου αὐθαίρετον τὴν διόρθωσιν” |
182r–182v | Blank |
183r–214r | Akolouthia, tit. “Ἀκολουθία εἰς τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν καὶ θ(ε)ὸν ἰ(ησοῦ)ν χριστὸν, περὶ νήψεως”. At the end there is the epigram: “Χριστὲ μάκαρ μερόπων σέλας ἄφθιτον/ ἐσθλὰ δίδου τῷ γράψαντι τέλει” cf. Vassis (2005: 863) |
214v | Blank |
215r–230v | Joseph the Hymnographer, Canon on the Akathistos Hymn. Tit. “ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῷ, ἀκολουθία τῆς ἀκαθίστου παραστάσεως, τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θ(εοτό)κου: ὁ κανὼν” |
231r–234v | Troparia, inc. “ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ κτίσις· οὐ(ρα)νοὶ εὐφραινέσθωσαν” |
235r–235v | Blank |
236r | Possession note by a later hand |
236v | Blank |
237r | Possession note by a later hand |
237v | Blank |
238r | Possession note by the monk Dionysios |
Bibliography
Vassis, I.: Initia Carminum Byzantinorum (Supplementa Byzantina, Texte und Untersuchungen), Berlin/New York 2005, 863.