Beta

Ra 101

Oxford, Christ Church, Wake gr. 61. No diktyon: 48583.
a. 1391 | Parchment; Paper (ff. 4, 5, 138, 140, 141, 165), 222 ff., 280 × 190 mm, 1 col., 19 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Hodegon style). | Scribe: Ἰωάσαφ τῆς μονῆς τῶν Οδηγῶν  RGK I 208, II 287, III 344. | Provenance: Constantinople, Hodegon Monastery. | Owner: According to Turyn (1980:145), the manuscript was kept during the 17th and the early 18th centuries in the area around Trebizond.
Psalms and Odes (illustrated). | As the many hymns indicate, the manuscript was meant to serve liturgical purposes. Some of its folios have been lost and as a result its content is incomplete.Text-type: L.
Content
Upper cover (verso) Note by a monk (17th c.)
1 Fragment of a paschal table added by a later hand. It refers to the years 1404–1410.
1v Miniature of David
2r–6v Ps 2:5b-Ps 8
6v–7v Kathisma α´: trisagion, catanyctic troparia from the Triodion (inc. ὅτι τὸ πέλαγος πολὺ τῶν παραπτωμάτων μου, Σωτήρ) and a prayer.
8r–13v Ps 9:13b-Ps 16
13v–15v Kathisma β´: trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Triodion (inc. Ἥμαρτον εἰς σέ, Σωτήρ, ὡς ὁ ἄσωτος υἱός) and a prayer.
15v Ps 17:1-4b
16r–23v Ps 17:18a-Ps 23
23v–25v Kathisma γ´: trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Triodion (inc. Ἑσπερινὸν ὕμνον προσφέρομέν σοι, Χριστέ, μετὰ θυμιάματος καὶ ᾠδῶν πνευματικῶν) and a prayer.
25v–30v Ps 24-28:10a
31r–33r Ps 30:12c-Ps 31
33r–34v Kathisma δ´: trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Triodion (inc. Ἤθελον δάκρυσιν ἐξαλεῖψαι τῶν ἐμῶν πταισμάτων, Κύριε) and a prayer.
34v–44r Ps 32-36
44r–45r Trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Triodion (inc. Κύριε, ἁμαρτάνων οὐ παύομαι, φιλανθρωπίας ἀξιούμενος οὐ γινώσκω) and a prayer.
45r–56v Ps 37-45
56v–58v Kathisma στ´: trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Octoechos (inc. ἐν τῆ φρικτῆ παρουσία σου, Χριστέ, μὴ ἀκούσωμεν) and a prayer.
59r–68r Ps 47:8-Ps 54
68r–69v Kathisma ζ´: trisagion, stichera from the Triodion (inc. ὡς ὁ ἄσωτος υἱὸς ἦλθον κἀγὼ οἰκτίρμον) and a prayer.
69v–78v Ps 55-63
78v–80r Kathisma η´: trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Triodion (inc. Σὲ τὸν βασιλέα καὶ δεσπότην ἄγγελοι ἀπαύστως ἀνυμνοῦσιν) and a prayer.
80r–89r Ps 64-69
89r–91r Kathisma θ´: trisagion, catanyctic stichera from the Octoechos (inc. Εἰ ὁ δίκαιος μόλις σώζεται, ἐγὼ ποῦ φανοῦμαι ὁ ἁμαρτωλός) and a prayer.
91r–99v Ps 70-75:11a
100r–100v Ps 76:14a-21c
100v–102r Kathisma ι´: trisagion and catanyctic troparia. Part of the folio has been cut off.
102v Miniature depicting the Virgin Mary and the Monk Kaloeidas.
103r Miniature of Christ
103v Blank
104r–115r Ps 77-84
115r–117v Kathisma ια´: trisagion and catanyctic troparia from the Parakletike (inc. παροικοῦσα ἐν τῆ γῆ ψυχῆ μου μετανόησον).
117v–125v Ps 85-90
125v–127r Kathisma ιβ´: trisagion, catanyctic troparia from the Parakletike (inc. τὴν ταπεινὴν μου ψυχὴν ἐπίσκεψαι, Kύριε) and a prayer.
127v–135v Ps 91-100
135v–137r Kathisma ιγ´: trisagion and catanyctic kathismata from the Triodion (inc. Κριτοῦ καθεζομένου καὶ ἀγγέλων ἐστώτων) and a prayer.
137r–146r Ps 101-104
146r–147v Kathisma ιδ´: trisagion and catanyctic kathismata from the Triodion (inc. ἐννοῶ τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν φοβερὰν καὶ θρηνῶ μου τὰς πράξεις).
147v–156v Ps 105-108
157r–158v Kathisma ιε´: trisagion, catanyctic kathismata from the Parakletike (inc. ἔχουσα ψυχή μου τὸ ἰατρεῖον τῆς μετανοίας, πρόσελθε δακρύουσα), prayer.
158v–165v Ps 109-117
166r–168r Troparia from the Triodion (the beginning is missing)
168r–179r Ps 118
179r–181r Kathisma ιστ´: trisagion and troparia (inc. Τὸν τάφον σου, Σωτήρ, ἐγγίζει ὁ καιρός).
181r–188r Ps 119-133
188r–189v Kathisma ιη´: trisagion, kathismata dedicated to the cross (inc. ἐξηγόρασας ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς κατάρας τοῦ νόμου τῶ τιμίω σου αἵματι τῶ σταυρῶ προσηλωθείς) and a prayer.
189v–199r Ps 134-142
199r–200v Kathisma ιθ´: trisagion, troparia (inc. Aἱ ἀνομίαι μου ψάμμον θαλάσσιον ὑπερνικήσασα τὴν ταπεινὴν μου ψυχή) and a prayer.
201r–207v Ps 143-150
208r–212r Ode 2:4d-10
212r–213r Ode 3
213r–215r Ode 4
215r–216v Ode 5
216v–217r Ode 6
217r–219r Ode 7
219r–221r Daniel 3:46-51 and Ode 8
221r–222v Ode 9
222v Colophon in verses mentioning the name of the scribe DBBE
Bibliography
Bokotopoulos, P., “Ένα άγνωστο χειρόγραφο του κωδικογράφου Ιωάσαφ και οι μικρογραφίες του: το ψαλτήριο Christ Church Arch. W. Gr. 61 (πίν. 100–104)” Δελτίον Χριστιανικής Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας 8 (1976), 179–198.
Bravo Garcia, A. – I. Pérez Martin, I., “El Escorialensis T.III.4: Un códice con las obras de Demetrio Crisoloras copiado por Josafat de Hodegos y Esteban de Midia”, Segno e testo 3 (2005), 439–466, 440 (n. 3), 450.
Pérez Martín, I., “The Escorial Akathistos: the Last Manuscript Illuminated in Constantinople” Italia medioevale e umanistica 52 (2011), 227–262, 246 (n. 62).
Stefec, R., “Aspekte griechischer Buchproduktion in der Schwarzmeerregion”, Scripta 7 (2014), 205–233, 206.
Catalogues
Hutter, I., Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften, vol. IV, Stuttgart 1993, 148–153.
Kitchin, G. W., Catalogus codicum MSS. in Bibliotheca Aedis Christii apud Oxonienses adservantur, Oxonii 1867, 26–27.
Rahlfs, A., Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 175. 
Turyn, A., Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington 1980, 142–146.