Beta
Ra 1062
London, British Library, Add. 47674 (Olim: Holkham Hall, Library of the Earl of Leicester, 22). No diktyon: 39238.
s. XIII/1
| Parchment, 142 ff., 280 × 200
mm,
2 col.
One column in Greek and another in Latin., 32 lines per page.
|
Minuscule (The Greek text is written in an archaizing hand and the Latin one in Gothic minuscule).
| Provenance: France, Paris (?).
see Gamba (2016: 315)
| Owners:
Pietro da Montagnana (d. 1476)
Paduan humanist,
Thomas Coke (1697-1759) purchased the manuscript in 1717 from the monastery of San Giovanni di Verdara in Padua.
Psalms and Odes with parallel Latin text (illuminated).
| According to Gamba (2016: 315), the manuscript was produced in Paris around the year 1230, and it was illustrated by the artist who made the illustrations of the Albenga Psalter. Rahlfs instead dated the manuscript to the 12th century. The codex is beautifully decorated with red and blue initials, colourful borders and several historiated initials, which mostly depict scenes of David’s life. The Greek text contains many misspellings, which indicate that the anonymous scribe did not know well Greek. There are several marginal annotations and corrections by Pietro da Montagnana.
| Text-type: L.
Content | |
Ir–1r | Blank |
1v | Fragment by Nicholas of Lyra, tit.: “Nicolaus de Lyra de provintia (sic.) franciae de ordine minorum in commentariis suis super psalmos loquitur in hunc modum” |
2r–130v | Ps 1-150 |
131r–131v | Ode 11 |
131v–132r | Ode 3 |
132r–133v | Ode 1 |
133v–134v | Ode 4 |
134v–137r | Ode 2 |
137v–138r | Ode 8:57-88. des.: “Εὐλογοῦμεν πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν σὺν ἁγίω πνεύματι. ὑμνοῦμεν καὶ ὑπερυψοῦμεν αὐτὸν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας:. Εὐλογημένος εἰ κύριε ἐν τῶ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ὑπερύμνειτος καὶ δεδοξασμένος καὶ ὑπερυψούμενος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας” |
138r–139r | Ode 7 |
139r | Ode 9:46-55 |
139r–139v | Ode 13 |
139v | Ode 14 |
139v–140r | The Nicean Creed |
140v | Ps 151 by a later later hand |
141r | Hebrew alphabet |
141v–142r | Blank |
142v | Latin note dated to 1478, which states that Pietro da Montagnana donated this manuscript to the monastery of S. Giovanni di Verdara in Padua |
Bibliography
Catalogues
Pattie, T. S. and S. Mckendrick: The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, vol. I, London 1999, 264.
Online sources
- British Library, Digitized Manuscripts Digitized images and description