Beta
Ra 1069
Jerusalem, Patriarchal Library, Σταυροῦ 88. No diktyon: 35984.
s. XII
| Parchment, 59 ff., 208 × 160
mm 210 × 160 (Rahlfs), 208 × 160 (Papadopoulos-Kerameus),
1 col., 40 lines per page.
| Minuscule (Epsilon style).
| Scribe:
Same scribe and artist as in the codices Monastery of St. Sabas 63 and Monastery of St. Sabas 208 https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279396388-jo/?st=gallery.
| Provenance: Monastery of St. Sabas, Palestine.
Psalms and Odes (illuminated).
| There is a lacuna after the ff. 56v, 57v, 59v. According to Papadopoulos-Kerameus, the bishop Porphyrius Uspensky cut and stole several of the manuscript’s folios and miniatures.
| Text-type: L.
| Content | |
| 1–55r | Ps 1-151. Headpiece to Ps 1 and a medallion with a bust of Christ (f. 1r) |
| 56r–56v | Ode 1. Miniature of Moses and the Israelites (f. 56r) |
| 56v–57r | Ode 2:1-7, 43b-43g. Miniature of Moses (f. 56v, badly faded) and a miniature of Habakkuk (f. 57v) |
| 57r–57v | Ode 3 |
| 57v | Ode 4:1-13c |
| 58r–58v | Ode 7 |
| 58v–59r | Daniel 3:46-51 and Ode 8:57-88 (the text differs from Rahlfs’ edition). Miniature of the Three Hebrews in the furnace (f. 59r) |
| 59v | Ode 9:46-79. Miniature of the Virgin Mary (f. 59v) |
Bibliography
Catalogues
Papadopoulos–Kerameus, Α.: Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων, vol. 3, Saint–Petersburg 1897, 146–147.