Beta

Ra 1831

Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, gr. 66. No diktyon: 58441.
s. XIII/XIV, XVI  s. XIII/XIV: ff. 1–245; s. XVI: ff. I–IV | Parchment (ff. 1–245); Paper (ff. I–IV), 249 ff., 110 × 70 mm, 1 col., 19 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Archaizing hand).
Psalms and Odes. | A prognostic symbol appears in the upper margin of each verso folio and signifies a prediction for the personal life of the medieval reader, who could randomly select one specific folio and Psalm.Text-type: L.
Content
Ιr–Iv Liturgical notes, inc. “ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῶ τοῦ μεσονυκτικοῦ τῆς ὄλης εὐδομάδος (sic)”.
IIr–IVv Commentary on the prognostic symbols, that accompany the Psalms and Odes in the manuscript.
1r–225v Ps 1–151
225v–227r Ode 1
227v–232v Ode 2
232v–235r Ode 3
235r–237v Ode 4
237v–238r Ode 5
238r–238v Ode 6
239r–241r Ode 7
241r–243v Daniel 3:46-51 and Ode 8
243v–245v Ode 9
Bibliography
Parpulov, G.: Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, Appendix B1. 
Catalogues
Gardthausen, V.: Catalogus codicum graecorum Sinaiticorum, Oxford 1886, 16. 
Kamil, M.: Catalogue of all manuscripts of the Monastery of St. Catharine on Mount Sinai, Wiesbaden 1970, 64. 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 289.