Beta
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.
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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” |
Online sources
- Bnf Gallica Digital images