Beta

Ra 1087

London, British Library, Add. 11836. No diktyon: 38864.
GA Number: 491.
s. XIΙ  Parpulov: s. XII; Rahlfs: s. XI | Parchment, 305 ff., 190 × 130 mm  122 × 82, 1 col., 34 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Epsilon style). | Provenance: Church of St. Barnabas in Βάσσα (Cyprus). | Owners: Μακάριος Πορφυρόπουλος, ἱερομόναχος (s. XVII ?), Νικόλαος, παπᾶς (s. XVII ?), Samuel Butler, bishop of Lichfield (s. XIX).
New Testament, Psalms and Odes (illuminated). | The codex is beautifully illustrated and it includes several miniatures of biblical figures, rubricated titles and initials, as well as decorated headpieces. On f. 5r there is a floral headpiece, which incorporates a medallion with Christ. | Text-type: L.
Content
1r–4v Canon tables
5r–123v The four Gospels. Miniature of Luke (f. 60v) and Miniature of John (f. 97v)
124r Blank
124v Miniature of the Apostles
125r–156v Acts of the Apostles. The beginning is defective, it starts with Act. 1:23.
157r–160r James
160r–163r 1 Peter
163r–165r 2 Peter
165v–168v 1 John
168v–169r 2 John
169r 3 John
169v–170r Judas
170v–186r Romans
186r–197r 1 Corinthians
197r–204v 2 Corinthians
205r–208v Galatians
208v–212v Ephesians
212v–215v Philippians
215v–218r Colossians
218r–220v 1 Thessalonians
220–222r 2 Thessalonians
222r–225r 1 Timothy
225r–227v 2 Timothy
227v–228v Titus
229r–229v Philemon
229v–238r Hebrews
238v Blank
239r–266v Ps 4–76
267r Blank
267v Miniature depicting Christ and five faithful people.
268r–295v Ps 77–151
296r Miniature of David?
296v Blank
297r Possession note from the church of St. Barnabas in Cyprus. It is written by a later hand.
297v Miniature
298r–298v Ode 1. Miniature of the Exodus (f. 298r)
298v–300r Ode 2
300r–300v Ode 3. Miniature of Hannah (f. 300r)
300v–301v Ode 4. Miniature of Habakkuk (f. 300v)
301v–302r Ode 5. Miniature of Isaiah (f. 301v)
302r–302v Ode 6. Miniature of Jonas (f. 302r)
302v–303v Ode 7. Miniature of the Three Youths in the furnace along with an angel (f. 302v)
303v–304r Ode 8
304r–304v Ode 9. Miniature of the Holy Virgin (f. 304r)
304v–305r Ode 11
305r–305v Ode 12
Bibliography
Gregory, C. R., Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, I, Leipzig 1900, 195 (no. 491), 280 (no. 196), 305 (no. 253). 
Parpulov, G., Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, Appendix B1. 
von Soden, H., Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte (Vol. 1, Pt. 1), Göttingen 1911, 105 (no. δ 152). 
Catalogues
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1841–1845, London 1850, 10. 
Constantinides, C. and R. Browning, Dated Greek Manuscripts from Cyprus to the Year 1570, Washington–Nicosia 1993, 363–366 (no. 108).
Rahlfs, A., Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 104.