Beta

Ra 1126

Oxford, Christ Church, Wake 15. No diktyon: 48537.
GA Number: l 208.
s. XI  Psalms | Parchment, 217 ff., 250 × 195 mm, 2 col., 21 lines per page  Psalms. |  Minuscule (Formal rounded script with some features of “Perlschrift” and of the “epsilon style”.)  Psalms; Minuscule (Liturgical minuscule)  Lectionary. | Scribe: Λεόντιος, μοναχός  VGH 258, RGK I.236. | Patrons: Μιχαήλ, μοναχός ἐν τῇ λαύρα τοῦ ἑξηκονταγενοῦς  cf. f. 217v. RGK I.236, Βασίλειος, λαύρα τοῦ ἑξηκονταγενοῦς  cf. f. 217v. RGK I.236. | Provenance: Μονὴ τοῦ Κώνσταντος, in Mount Athos (?).  See the possession note on f. IIr written by a later hand: “αὕτη ἡ βίβλος ὑπάρχει…τῆς μονῆς τοῦ Κώνσταντος”Owner: Ἰωάννης ὁ τοῦ Δανιὴλ (s. XVI?)  cf. f. 42r.
Fragment of Psalms. | The two flyleaves with the Psalms have been heavily damaged and part of their text is not readable. The lectionary contains ornamented headpieces and capitals in golden ink.
Content
Ir Ps 8:10a-Ps 9:6b
Iv Ps 8:4a-9b
1–217v Lectionary
IIr Ps 2:8b-Ps 3:1-2b (1st column), Ps 7:9b-15b (2nd column)
IIv Ps 7:16b-Ps 8:3c (1st column), Ps 2:2c-Ps 2:8b (2nd column)
Bibliography
Canart, and L. Perria, “Les écritures livresques des XI et XII siècles”, in D. Harlfinger, G. Prato (eds.), Paleografia e codicologia greca (Atti del II Colloquio internazionale Berlino–Wolfenbüttel, 17–20 ottobre 1983), Alessandria, 1991, 67–116, 105.
Dufrenne, S., “Rubricateurs et ornemanistes dans les manuscrits écrits en minuscules bouletées”, in D. Harlfinger, G. Prato (eds.), Paleografia e codicologia greca (Atti del II Colloquio internazionale Berlino–Wolfenbüttel, 17–20 ottobre 1983), Alessandria, 1991, 305–319, 309.
Gregory, C. R., Textkritik des Neuen Testaments, I, Leipzig 1900, 405. 
Lake. K. and S. Lake, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200, vol. V: Manuscripts in Paris, Part II, Oxford, Berlin, Vienna and Jerusalem (Monumenta Palaeographica Vetera series 1), Boston, Mass. 1934, cat. 194.
Catalogues
Kitchin, G. W., Catalogus codicum MSS. qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses adservantur, Oxford 1867, 12. 
Rahlfs, A., Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 175.