Beta

Ra 1785

Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 773. No diktyon: 67404.
s. XIV-XV | Paper, 150 ff., 1 col., 21-29 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Later Palaeologan Hands). | Provenance: Unknown. | Owners: f. 150v, Ownership note: αὕτη ἡχῶν πέλει παπ(ὰ) κῦρ Γεωργ(ιω) τῶ Βερτούλ  Cf. Devreesse (1950: 289), Ἰωάννης Ἁγιομαύρας (1538-1614)  RGK I, 179; RGK II, 238; RGK III, 299.
Octoechus. | The manuscript is made of seven parts written by different hands (cf. Devreesse, 1950: 289). The folios containing the Psalms are defective. The titles are rubricated, and the initial letters are decorated.
Content
1r–5v Ps 1-9:3a
6r–18v Stichera κατανυκτικὰ
19r Libanius, Epistulae ad Basilium magnum
19v Blank
20r–119v Officia sabbati ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ ἑσπερίνῳ et dominicae εἰς τὸν ὄρθον.
120r–129r Leo Sapiens, Hymni liturgici PG 107, 309-314
130–149v Metrophanes Smyrnaeus mtr., Hymni
150r–v Blank
150v Ownership note
Bibliography
Choulis, K.: “Conservation treatments on the greek manuscripts of the "Fondo antico" in the Vatican library under Paul V (1605–1621)”, Piazzoni, A., Studi in onore del Cardinale Raffaele Farina (Studi e Testi, 477–478) Città del Vaticano 2013, 147–192, 51, 159, 165, 175 (tav.3), 183 (tav. 11c), 187 (tav. 11c ),188 (tav. 16a).
D'Agostino, M.: “La mano di Giovanni Santamaura. Per una lista delle testimonianze librarie”, Scripta 4 (2011), 11–14, 12 (n. 36).
Touliatos–Banker, D.: “Check List of Byzantine Musical Manuscripts in the Vatican Library”, Manuscripta 31 (1987), 22–27, 26.
Catalogues
Devreesse, R.: Bibliothecae apostolicae vaticanae codices manu scripti recensiti. Codices vaticani graeci tomus III, codices 1745–1962, Città del Vaticano, 1950, 288–289. 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 256. 
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