Beta
Ra 140
Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, B. X. 33 (Omont 4). No diktyon: 8921.
s. XII
| Parchment, 276 ff., 140 × 111
mm,
1 col., 17 lines per page.
|
Minuscule (Perlschrift).
| Patrons:
Johannes Kun,
Udalrico Mertz Basiliensis,
John of Ragusa.
| Provenance: The manuscript belonged to the collection of the theologian John of Ragusa and was brought to Basel in 1438 (see the description of Patrick Andrist).
Psalms and Odes (illustrated).
| Prophetic phrases have been added to the upper margins of several folios by a later hand, e.g. “ ἀπὸ λύπης εἰς χαρὰν ἔλθης” (you will come from sadness to joy), f. 61r; “ἐπληρώθη τὸ πρᾶγμα ὃ ζητεῖς, παρακάλου τὸν Θεὸν κατὰ πᾶσαν ὥραν” (the thing you ask has been accomplished, pray to God every moment). According to Patrick Andrist, these verses form a divination system used by the medieval readers. They opened randomly the manuscript and they had a good or a bad omen for their personal life depending on the meaning of the verse they had just read.
| Text-type: L.
Bibliography
Martiniani–Reber, M., Byzance en Suisse, Genève 2015, 298–299 (n° 346) (Description of the manuscript by Patrick Andrist).
Catalogues
Meyer, G./Burckhardt, M.: Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Basel. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis. Abteilung B: Theologische Pergamenthandschriften. Zweiter Band: Signaturen B VIII 11 – B XI 26, Basel 1966, 761.
Online sources