Beta
Ra 1895
a. 1369
| Parchment, 327 ff., 150 × 110
mm,
1 col., 17 lines per page.
|
Minuscule (Archaizing hand).
| Patron:
Νικόλαος Κρητικός (14th c.), priest at the village Καϊάφας close to Chandax (Crete).
On Nikolaos and the identification of the village see PLP 13747. See also VG, p. 349..
| Provenance: Crete.
| Owner:
Adolf Fredrik Sturtzenbecker († 1784), priest at the Swedish legation of Constantinople.
The University Library of Uppsala acquired the manuscript in 1787 from his estate..
Psalms and Odes.
| There is a phytomorphic pyle before Psalm 1 (f. 35r) and a decorated headband before Psalm 77 (f. 162v). The initials of the verses of the Psalms are rubricated. Three red dots mark the end of each verse. A monostich in dodecasyllabic metre precedes each of the Odes. Part of the text is lacking in Ps 17 and 21. The first 32 folios have been partially damaged.
| Text-type: L.
Content | |
1r–28v | Troparia and Prayers |
29r–31v | Eusebius of Ceasarea, On the diapsalms cf. the edition by Bandt (2019: 276) |
31v–32v | Eusebius of Ceasarea, Hypothesis on the Psalms cf. the edition by Bandt (2019: 38) |
33r–33v | Notes on the liturgical use of the Psalter during Lent, tit. “ἑρμηνία (sic) τοῦ ψαλτῆρος πῶς ὀφείλει στιχολογεῖσθαι τῆ ἁγία καὶ μεγάλη τεσσαρακοστῆ”. see Parpulov (2014: 154-155) |
34r | Blank |
34v | Scribblings |
35r–280r | Ps 1–151 tit. Δαυὶδ προφήτου και βασιλέως μέλος |
280v–282v | Ode 1 |
282v–287v | Ode 2 |
287v–289r | Ode 3 |
289r–291v | Ode 4 |
291v–292v | Ode 5 |
293r–294r | Ode 6 |
294r–296v | Ode 7 |
296v–299r | Daniel 3:46-51 and Ode 8 |
299r–301r | Ode 9 |
301r–302v | Ode 11 |
302v–303r | Colophon by Nikolaos (d. 1369) |
303r–303v | Epigram on the Psalter |
303v | Epigram on the Psalter |
304r–324v | Acolouthia of the Akathistos Hymn |
325r–326v | Hymns on the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary |
326v–327v | Liturgical treatise, tit: “ἑρμηνεία εἰς τὸ μεσωνυκτικὸν (sic) τοῦ σαββάτου”. |
Bibliography
Bandt, C.: “Eusebius (?), De diapsalmate”, in C. Bandt, Fr. X. Risch and B. Villani, Die Prologtexte zu den Psalmen von Origenes und Eusebius (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 183), Berlin–Boston 2019, pp. 273–277, 276.
Bandt, C.: “Origenes (?), De divisione psalmorum”, in C. Bandt, Fr. X. Risch and B. Villani, Die Prologtexte zu den Psalmen von Origenes und Eusebius (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur 183), Berlin–Boston 2019, 32–49, 38.
Crostini, B.: “Greek Manuscripts in Sweden. A Digital Catalogue (www.manuscripta.se)”, in P. Degni, P. Eleuteri, M. Maniaci (eds.), Greek Manuscript Cataloguing. Past, Present and Future (Bibliologia 48), Turhnout 2018, 59–66, 62–63.
Online sources
- Manuscript.se Digital catalogue
- Database of Byzantine Book Epigram (DBBE)