Beta
Ra 175
London, British Library, Royal 2 A VI. No diktyon: 39764.
s. XII/1; XVI
s. XII/1: ff. 2–108, 110–117, 119–124, 126–161, 163–184, 186–303; s. XVI: ff. 1, 109, 118, 125, 162, 185
| Parchment (ff. 2–108, 110–117, 119–124, 126–161, 163–184, 186–303); Paper (ff. 1, 109, 118, 125, 162, 185), 303 ff., 138 × 90
mm,
1 col., 20/18 lines per page
20 lines: ff. 2–21; 18 lines: ff. 22–303.
|
Minuscule.
| Scribe:
Μιχαὴλ μοναχός.
| Owner:
John Theyer (1598–1673).
Psalms and Odes.
| This Psalter is remarkable for its exceptionally small size and for the unusually large number of prefatory texts at the beginning.
| Text-type: L.
| Content | |
| 2r–16r | Prefaces |
| 16r–21v | Prayers End lost |
| 22r–280r | Ps 1–151 |
| 280v | Poem on the Psalter |
| 281r–303r | Ode 1–9 |
Bibliography
Crostini, B.: “Perils of Travel or Joys of Heaven? Reconsidering the Traveling Hypothesis for Bodleian Library, MS E. D. Clarke 15 and the Function of Diminutive Manuscripts”, Manuscripta 63 (2019), 63–104.
Parpulov, G., “A twelfth–century style of Greek calligraph”, in: Cronier, M. Mondrain, B. (eds.), “Le livre manuscrit grec: écriture, matériaux, histoire. Actes du IXe Colloque international de Paléographie grecque, Paris, 10–15 septembre 2018)”, Paris 2020, 181–196, 186.
Parpulov, G. R.: Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, 130, 224, 301.
Parpulov, G.: “Six scribes of the early Comnenian period”, in: Estudios bizantinos 5 (2017), 91–107, 105 n. 49.
Catalogues
Pattie, T. S., McKendrick, S.: Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts in the British Library, I, London 1999, 224–225.
Online sources
- British Library on-line catalogue Digital Images
- DBBE