Beta

Ra 1543

Mt. Athos, Χιλιανταρίου, 4 (Lampros 225). No diktyon: 19809.
s. XI: ff. 1r-2v, 108r-111v; s. XII: ff. 3r-42v, 44r-107v (ff. 99r-107v were written by two different contemporary hands); s. XVI: f. 43r-v | Parchment (ff. 1-42, 44-111); Paper (f. 43), 111 ff., 230 × 160 mm, 1 col., 20 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Comnenian hand)  ff. 3r-42v, 44r-98r (Parpulov 2014: Appendix B1). | Scribe: Ἰωάννης, μοναχός  VGH 208. | Patron: Γεράσιμος, μοναστής  VGH 208. | Provenance: Mount Athos.
Psalms and Odes. | Parpulov dated the manuscript to the 12th century, whereas Lampros and Rahlfs dated it to the 13th c. Several of the pictures of the consulted microfilm were black and not readable.Text-type: L.
Content
1r–2v Fragments from Gregory of Nazianzus’ Oration on Pentecost (or. 41). Inc. “τῆς δουλείας ἔξω τιθέναι τὸ καὶ ἡμᾶς ποιοῦν ἐλευθέρους”, des. “οἳ κακῶς τῷ τόπῳ χωρίζονται τῷ λόγῳ συνδεδεμένοι”. PG 36: 437-440
3r–17v Ps 1-17:21a
18r–86r Ps 88:4a-Ps 151
86r–87v Ode 1
87v–91r Ode 2
91r–91v Ode 3
91v–93r Ode 4
93v–94r Ode 5
94r–94v Ode 6
95r–96r Ode 7
96r–97v Ode 8 (des. “εὐλογεῖτε ἀπόστολοι προφῆται καὶ μάρτυρες κυρίου: εὐλογοῦμεν πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα τὸν κύριον: καὶ νῦν”).
97v–98r Ode 9
98v Scribal notes
98r–102r Catanyctic hymns from the Oktoechos
102r–107v Prayers
108r–111v Fragments from Gregory of Nazianzus’ Oration on Pentecost (or. 41). Des. “ὁ μὲν δίκαιος ἑξάκις μὲν ἐξ ἀναγκῶν”.
Bibliography
Kontovas, B.:“Τὰ ἑλληνικὰ χειρόγραφα τῆς Μονῆς Χελανδαρίου καὶ οἱ βιβλιογράφοι τους”, Κληρονομιά 15/1 (1983) 97–143, 102. 
Parpulov, G.: Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, 109 (n. 42), Appendix B1. 
Catalogues
Lampros, S.: Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts on Mount Athos, II, Cambridge 1900, 28. 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 24.