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Ra 143

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Theol. gr. 177 (Lamb. 19, olim 57). No diktyon: 71844.
a. 1162 (Rahlfs), a. 1150 (Hunger) | Parchment (ff. 1–5, 7–206); Palimpsest (ff. 6, 207–209)  The scriptura inferior is dated to the second half of s. X, see Hunger (1984: 316). The text of the scriptura inferior of f. 6r–v has not been identified. For the ff. 207-209 see below., 209 ff., 230 × 170 mm, 1 col., 26, 35–37 lines per page  26 lines: ff. 7r–183v; 35–36 lines: ff. 1r–6r, 186r–206v. |  Minuscule (It has some similarities to the so-called “Epsilon style”). | Provenance: Palestine (?). | Owners: Janos Zsambosky (16th c.), Patriarchal Library in Jerusalem  See Ehrhard (1892: 344).
Psalms and Odes. | According to Detlef Fraenkel, at the end of the Odes there are similar exegetical texts as in Ra 1018. | Text-type: L.
Content
1r–2r Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography: Πρόγραμμα εἰς τὸν προφήτην Δαυίδ. In the lower margin of f. 1r by a later hand “Οἱ δι᾽ ὅλου εἰς τὸν κύριον ψαλμοί· β´, η´, μδ´ καὶ ρθ´κατὰ τὸν ἰνδικοπλεύστην κοσμᾶν”
2r–4v Theodoret of Cyrus, Μέθοδος Ἰωσίππου ἐκ τῶν ὑπομνημάτων αὐτοῦ και χρονικῶν συνταγμάτων, πῶς συνέστη τὸ Ψαλτήριον.
4v–5r Athanasius of Alexandria, Epistle to Marcellinus
5r–5v Apophthegma of St. Pambo
6r–10v Ps 1-8
11r–13r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
13r–18r Ps 9-16
18r–20r A prayer by Symeon Stylites the Younger, catanyctic troparia and other prayers.
20r–26v Ps 17-23
26v–29v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
30r–32r Ps 24-26
32r Troparia
32r–35v Ps 27-31
36r–37v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
37v–43v Ps 32-36
43v–45r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
45r–52v Ps 37-45
52v–54v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
54v–60v Ps 46-54
60v–63r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
63r–68v Ps 55-63
68v–70v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
70v–76v Ps 64-69
76v–78v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
78v–85r Ps 70-76
85r–86v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
86v–94v Ps 77-84
94v–96v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
96v–102v Ps 85-90
102v–105r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
105r–110v Ps 91-100
110v–112r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
112v–118r Ps 101-104
118v–120r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
120r–126r Ps 105-108
126v–128r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
128r–133r Ps 109-117
133r–135r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
135r–142r Ps 118
142r–146v Resurrectional troparia, troparia on death and prayers
146v–152r Ps 119-133
152r–154v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
154v–161v Ps 134-142
161v–163v Catanyctic troparia and prayers
163v–168v Ps 143-150
168v–173r Catanyctic troparia and prayers
173v Ps 151
174r–175r Ode 1
175r–177v Ode 2
177v–178v Ode 3
178v–179v Ode 4
179v–180r Ode 5
180r–180v Ode 6
180v–182r Ode 7
182r–183r Ode 8 (before v. 57 there is the title “ὠδὴ η´ τῶν τριῶν παίδων”)
183r–183v Ode 9
184r–185v Paschal table for the years 1163–1210 see Hunger (1984: 324)
186r–203v Anonymous commentary on the Psalms. It contains excerpts from Hesychius of Jerusalem and Theodoret of Cyrus. CPG 6552, PG 27: 649-1344, PG 80, 857-1997
203v–204r Commentary on the Odes by Basil of Ceasarea and Eusebius of Caesarea. ed. Corderius 1646
204r–204v Scholium to the hymn Φῶς ἱλαρόν, scholium to Isaiah 8:8-9 and scholium to the Lord’s Prayer.
205r–206v Anastasios Sinaites, Question 18 PG 89, 500-505, cf. CPG 7746
206v Fragment of Theodoret on the Psalms. It is attributed in the manuscript to Basil of Ceasarea. PG 80: 868
207r–209r Palimpsest folios without any scriptura superior. The scriptura inferior consists of excerpts from Diodore of Tarsus. Hunger (1984: 325) relates the content of ff. 207r–v to Cod. Vind. theol. gr. 8, f. 181v. ed. Olivier 1980 and Mariès 1919.
Bibliography
Corderius, B.: Expositio Patrum graecorum in Psalmos, III, Antverpiae 1646, 853–962.
Ehrhard, A.: “Die griechische Patriarchal–Bibliothek von Jerusalem. Ein Beintrag zur griechischen Palaeographie”, Römische Quartalschrift für christliche Altertumskunde und Kirchengeschichte (1892), pp. 339–365, 344. 
Karo, G., H. Lietzmann: Catenarum graecarum catalogus (Nachrichten der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch–historische Klasse), Göttingen 1902, 21. 
Mariès, L.: “Extraits du commentaire de Diodore de Tarse sur les psaumes”, Recherces de Sciences religieuse 10 (1919), 90–100.
Olivier, J. M.: Diodori Tarsensis Commentarii in Psalmos I (CCSG 6), Turnhout–Leuven 1980.
Parpulov, G.: “Six scribes of the early Comnenian period”, Estudios bizantinos 5 (2017), 91–107, 105 (n. 49). 
Parpulov, G.: Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, 60, 106, 199, 130–131, 148, 152, 156, 158–159, 173. 
Catalogues
Hunger, H., Kresten, O.: Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Teil 3/2: Codices Theologici 101 – 200, Wien 1984, 316–327.
Lambeck, P.: Commentariorum de Augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vindobonensi: Liber Tertius, Vindobonae 1776, 75–95. 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 321–322. 
Author Maria Tomadaki
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