Beta

Ra 1827

Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, gr. 61.
XIII/2 | Parchment, 263 ff., 150 × 123 mm  150 × 110 (Rahlfs), 150 × 123 (Kamil), 150 × 120 (Parpulov), 1 col., 18-20 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Archaising hand).
Psalms and Odes (illustrated). | The manuscript contains anthropomorphic initials. There is a decorated headband before each kathisma and a floral headpiece before Psalms 1, 77 and the first Ode. | Text-type: L.
Content
1r–1vBlank
2rDodecasyllabic verse: “ψαλτήριον ἅγιον δαβὶδ προφήτου”.
2vMiniature of David
3r–76vPs 1-49 tit. Δαυὶδ προφήτου και βασιλέως μέλος
77rBlank
77vMiniature of David’s penitence
78rBlank
78v–119rPs 50-76
119v–121rBlank
121vMiniature of Moses receiving the Law from Christ; Miniature of Moses and the Israelites
122r–234rPs 77-151
234r–234vPossession notes by later owners
235rMiniature of Moses
235vMiniature of the dance of the Hebrew women
236r–238rOde 1
238r–243vOde 2
243v–245rOde 3
245r–247rOde 4
247r–248vOde 5
248v–249vOde 6
249v–252rOde 7
252r–254vDaniel 3:46-51 and Ode 8
254v–256rOde 9
256vMiniature with Theotokos enthroned and the nun Theotime
257r–259vOde 12
260r–263vEaster tables for the years 1274-1295
Bibliography
Cutler, A.: The Aristocratic Psalters in Byzantium, Paris 1984, 112–115 (no. 57).
Iacobini, A.: “Libri per i monaci. Segni e immagini di committenza monastica nel mondo bizantino”, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici, 43 (2006), 3–19, fig. 11.
Kondakoff, N. and M. Trawinski: Histoire de l'art byzantin considéré principalement dans les miniatures, vol. II, Paris 1891, 54.
Parpulov, G.: Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, 55, 119 and Appendix B1. 
Catalogues
Gardthausen, V.: Catalogus codicum graecorum Sinaiticorum, Oxford 1886, 15. 
Kamil, M.: Catalogue of all manuscripts of the Monastery of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai, Wiesbaden 1970, 64 (no. 61). 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 289. 
Author Maria Tomadaki
Copyright 
Die Editio critica maior des griechischen Psalters,
Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Permalink https://septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de/catalogue/Ra_1827/
Publication Date Jul 31, 2023
Report Problem
Online sources