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–5vPs 1-9:3a
6r–18vStichera κατανυκτικὰ
19rLibanius, Epistulae ad Basilium magnum
19vBlank
20r–119vOfficia sabbati ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ ἑσπερίνῳ et dominicae εἰς τὸν ὄρθον.
120r–129rLeo Sapiens, Hymni liturgici PG 107, 309-314
130–149vMetrophanes Smyrnaeus mtr., Hymni
150r–vBlank
150vOwnership 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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