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Ra 178

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Grec 40 (olim 3421). No diktyon: 49601.
a. 1059; s. XIV; X  a. 1059 (scriptura superior): ff. 2r–7v, 9r–175v; s. XIV (scriptura superior): ff. 1–2, 8; s. X (scriptura inferior): ff. 1, 8 | Parchment (ff. 2–7, 9–175); Palimpsest (ff. 1, 8)  scriptura inferior (s. X), scriptura superior by Μανουὴλ Γαβαλᾶς (s. XIV), 176 ff., 130 × 100 mm, 1 col., 21 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Calligraphic minuscule, which is inclined to the right. It follows the tradition of Perlschrift, but it has shortened descenders. It bears some similarity with the so-called Reggio style, see RGK II 139)  ff. 2r–7v, 9r–175v. | Scribes: Δημήτριος, πρεσβύτερος (s. XI)  ff. 2r–7v, 9r–175v. Cf. RGK II 139, Μανουὴλ Γαβαλᾶς (s. XIV)  ff. 1r–2r, 8r–v. Cf. RGK II 340.
Psalms and Odes. | The folios 1, 8 are parts of a palimpsest. The scriptura superior (s. XIV) consists of the Ps 1:1–2:6b, whereas the content of the scriptura inferior (s. X) has not yet been identified. | Text-type: L.
Content
1r–153r Ps 1–151
153r–154r Ode 1
154r–157v Ode 2
157v–158v Ode 3
158v–160v Ode 4
160v–161r Ode 5
161v–162r Ode 6
162r–163v Ode 7
163v–165r Daniel 3:46–51 and Ode 8
165r–166r Ode 9
166r–167r Ode 11 (Ode 10 is missing)
167r–168v Ode 12
168v–169v Ode 14
169v–170v The Hymn of the Great Compline “Μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεὸς” cf. Isaiah 8, 9–18
170v–171r Makarismoi
171r Ode 13
171r–171v Prayers for the Holy Communion
171v–172r Text on Biblical chronology, inc.“ἀπό τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἔτη”, des. “ἔτη πεντάκις χίλια πεντακόσια”
172r Ode 14
172v The hymn “Ὁ μονογενὴς Υἱὸς καὶ Λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ”
172v–173v The Nicene Creed
173v The Lord’s prayer
173v–174r The hymn “Πληρωθήτω τὸ στόμα ἡμῶν αἰνέσεως, Κύριε”.
174r The hymn “Νῦν αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σὺν ἡμῖν ἀοράτως λατρεύουσιν”
174r–175v Troparia inc. “Τῶν ἁγίων ὁ χωρὸς· sic) εὗρεν πηγὴν τῆς ζωῆς”, des. “διὰ σοῦ εὕροιμεν παράδεισον, θεοτόκε ἀγνὴ εὐλογημένη: ἀλληλούϊα”
175v Colophon by Δημήτριος
175v–176v Hymns for the Lord’s resurrection by a later hand. Inc. “τῶν ἀγγέλον (sic) ὁ δῆμος κατεπλάγη”
Catalogues
Omont, H., Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque nationale et des autres bibliothèques de Paris et des départements, Paris 1886, 7. 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 198. 
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